Virginia Passes Law Requiring Educators To Teach The Truth About Jan 6th
Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was a peaceful protest or that there was widespread election fraud. Instead, the law requires that the event be described as a violent attack on U.S. democratic institutions.
Virginia's General Assembly has passed a major bill that will force educators to teach the truth about January 7th and the 2020 election to their students. House Bill 333 passed on Thursday and is going to Governor Spanberger's desk for signature.
WBDJ7 reports that the bill bans schools from calling January 6th a "peaceful protest." It also requires that lessons describe the insurrection as an "unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.“
Furthermore, the bill prohibits any lessons “stating, suggesting, or presenting as credible a statement or suggestion that there was extensive election fraud that could have changed or actually changed the results of the 2020 presidential election.”
The summary of the bill reads: