>> as a parent, it's tough to catch everything, so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. i met with lawmakers. they couldn't believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. >> so, youngkin certainly appears to have ridden to victory on that ad and the issue of critical race theory, vowing to ban it on day one, despite the fact that as we and every reputable journalist has pointed out, it's not even taught in virginia schools. msnbc blog writer writes about this in an article. by the way, ja'han is joining me now. we appreciate it, ja'han. i want to dig into one of the main points you write, which is,