US EditionProposed Virginia law addresses any school instruction on January 6 riot
Virginia's new law prohibits teaching falsehoods about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, requiring it be called a violent insurrection and banning claims of election fraud, lawmakers said.
- On Thursday, the Virginia General Assembly approved HB333 to require public K-12 schools in Virginia to describe January 6, 2021, as an unprecedented, violent attack and ban portrayals of it as peaceful.
- As the sponsor explained, HB333 was prompted by official messaging; Dan Helmer said it responds to a White House webpage and told CBS News, "The White House has tried to rewrite history."
- Passage prompted pushback from Republican legislators; HB333 passed Virginia House 53-47 and Senate 21-19, with Tom Garrett, Delegate , stating, "It tells us what we re not allowed to say, and it tells us what we must say."
- Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign HB333, making its instructional rules binding where local school boards adopt Jan. 6 programs, while similar bills are being discussed by the New York legislature.
- Beyond classrooms, advocates cite nearly 1,600 clemency grants, over 140 officers injured, and five deaths, as Capitol memorial plaque installation highlights disputes over Jan. 6.
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Virginia bill would mandate teaching of Jan. 6, 2021 as an ‘insurrection’
An ‘unprecedented, violent attack on U.S. democratic institutions’ … and don’t question the 2020 election! A bill requiring the teaching of January 6, 2021 as an “insurrection” recently passed the Democrat-majority Virginia House of Delegates and Senate … and stands ready for Governor Abigail Spanberger’s signature. According to the text of HB 333 (“Public schools… Source
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