Thou shalt not! Now Democrats demand to micromanage what is taught about January 6th

When Abigail Spanberger, a far-left Democrat, was elected governor in Virginia no one was surprised when she acted like a far-left Democrat, instantly demanding redistricting to benefit her party, a massive list of tax hikes to fund her agenda, and more.

But now her party, through Democrat Dan I. Helmer of Fairfax in the state legislature, is pushing the boundaries so far that it is raising a warning from constitutional expert Jonathan Turley.

His counsel and advice on constitutional questions has been requested, and used, by Congress over the years.

And his warning about the latest Democrat stunt concerns schools and free speech.

It’s because Helmer wants to control the words that teachers use when teaching about the nation’s history, including the “protest-turned-riot” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In fact, Hemler’s demands, in a proposed state law would prohibit “any such program of instruction, any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of such program of instruction” that describes, portrays or presents “as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest” or “state, 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.”

Of course the facts are that that election was under the undue influence of two major factors never before seen in an American election: the $400 million handed out by Mark Zuckerberg to local election officials who often used it to recruit voters in Democrat districts and the decision by the FBI to interfere by falsely calling the scandalous information about the Bidens contained in a laptop computer abandoned by Hunter Biden as Russian disinformation, when the bureau knew it was factual.

One subsequent survey said had that interference not occurred, and that information about the Bidens been reported like other issues, the election outcome could have, in fact, been different.

Hemler goes further, however, than just banning reasonable opinions about those events.

His bill “requires any such program of instruction, any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of such program of instruction to describe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on U.S. democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.”

Turley explained in his influential column that parents who want to send their children to Virginia public schools “would have to accept this form of indoctrination as part of their children’s education.”

That’s even though, the legal scholar and law professor explains, the Democrats’ characterization of events as an “insurrection” “is historically and legally false.”

“In the last election, Democrats campaigned as moderates, including Abigail Spanberger. Once in control of the governor’s mansion and the legislature, however, they have moved quickly to the far left in a flurry of measures,” Turley explained.

“Democratic legislators just voted themselves almost a 300% increase in salaries. They will need it. They are moving to increase taxes on ride shares, concerts, counseling, leaf blowers, Amazon deliveries, DoorDash, Uber Eats, ammunition, and other areas.”

Helmer’s HB333 now raises “serious concerns over academic freedom and free speech,” he said.

He noted that Democrats since the events have claimed that the protest that turned into a riot in which a police officer shot and killed an unarmed protester were “insurrection.”

“Yet, ‘insurrection’ and ‘sedition’ are legal terms. They have a meaning. The FBI investigated thousands after January 6th and charged hundreds. Not one was charged with insurrection or conspiracy to overthrow the country. The vast majority are charged with relatively minor offenses of trespass or unlawful entry or property damage- the type of charges that are common in protests and riots,” Turley pointed out.

With a failed narrative now, he said, “Democrats are now moving to simply indoctrinate students that this was an ‘insurrection.'”

“Here, Rep. Helmer and other Democrats are mandating the teaching of a false narrative to children rather than simply relying on public debate. The reason is that they are losing the debate over the characterization of this riot as an actual insurrection.”

According to Fox, the demand to control teachers’ specific speech is part of the Democrats’ “slew of controversial bills.”

The report noted even the Virginia Assembly of Independent Baptists has condemned Helmer’s censorship plan.

Executive Director Michael Huffman testified before a state Senate committee that “the true education equips children for life, not political agendas, and glorifying or mandating … the dark day serves only short-sighted partisanship, not our kids’ future.”

Helmer’s extremism long has been established. After all, one of his political ads in 2018 compared President Trump to Osama bin Laden.