| Hey Gang, It’s Election Day, and all eyes are on the Commonwealth of Virginia. Biden won Virginia last year by nearly 10 points, yet it’s looking more and more likely that Republican Glenn Youngkin may score an upset victory tonight.
This is terrible news for the Democrats. This race shouldn’t even be competitive. A Republican hasn’t won statewide office in Virginia since 2009. Whether Youngkin pulls out a victory tonight or not, the Democrats should be terrified of what this means for the midterms next year.
So how did this happen? How did this race become so competitive, so quickly? It all boils down to one issue that has dominated more than any other: education.
At the beginning of October, education was barely an issue on the minds of voters, with only 7% listing it as their top priority (compared to 32% who listed the economy as their top issue, or 20% who said the pandemic was most important). These education voters heavily favored Terry McAuliffe over Glenn Youngkin.
But then two things happened. First, Terry McAuliffe made the audacious claim that parents shouldn’t be involved in determining what schools teach their children. This rightly concerned parents across the political spectrum.
Second, shortly after McAuliffe made that outrageous statement, Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak released the first of three bombshell investigative reports showing the rot in Virginia’s schools (if you'd like to support our efforts in investigative reporting, you can become a member now and save 25% with code REALNEWS).
The first report blew the top off the Loudoun County Public School District sexual assault scandal. Rosiak showed how the Loudoun County School Board publicly denied that a female student was raped by a male student wearing a skirt who had entered a girl’s bathroom. Ostensibly, this was to protect the school district’s newly-enacted radical pro-trans policies. This explosive story enraged parents, galvanizing them to call for accountability.
Then, Luke Rosiak exposed Terry McAuliffe’s ties to a law firm that is aggressively fighting against students who were victims of sexual assault in Virginia schools. The law firm McAuliffe worked for is being paid millions of dollars to help the Fairfax County Public School District escape responsibility for failing to protect young girls from the abuse they allegedly suffered.
Finally, the Daily Wire published a report showing how Terry McAuliffe’s education policies could pave the way to a return of “busing” — essentially forcing students to travel long distances to attend failing schools in an absurd attempt to promote “racial equity.”
By the time our third report hit the news wires, the VA gubernatorial race had been turned completely on its head. The latest polling shows that education is by far the top issue on the minds of voters, with the electorate trusting Glenn Youngkin on this issue by a whopping 9 percentage points.
This is what happens when voters are given access to the TRUTH. The radical Left is used to having a complicit media helping them keep their skeletons firmly locked in the closet. They don’t know what it’s like to be held to account for their misdeeds.
That’s all changing.
Here’s a warning to corrupt public officials: The Daily Wire is breaking into investigative journalism, and you can’t hide from us forever. We will expose the truth.
This is all thanks to Daily Wire members. Investigative journalism is incredibly expensive and rarely profitable. That’s why so few conservative media outlets invest in it. For decades, we’ve been too reliant on the leftist media to do the hard work of investigative journalism, allowing them to shape the narrative while conservatives play defense.
But thanks to our members, we were able to hire our first investigative reporter, and the result speaks for itself. But this is just the beginning. If we really want to hold the Left to account, we need ten “Luke Rosiaks” on our staff. Or twenty! We need to build up our investigative reporting team, and we need to do it fast.
So if you’re not yet a Daily Wire member, won’t you join us today? For as little as $4 a month, you can help expose the truth and reclaim the narrative. Every new member that joins our ranks strengthens our ability to build up our investigative reporting team. We cannot do it without you.
Thank you! - Ben
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