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Loudoun County’s Fight Over Critical Race Theory Resonates With the Nation, Says Arrested Parent

Loudoun County’s Fight Over Critical Race Theory Resonates With the Nation, Says Arrested Parent
Former state senator Dick Black (right) with Eugene Delgaudio (left), president of Public Advocates, and Jon Tigges (center) outside the Loudoun County Public School administration building on July 1. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times
Terri Wu
Terri Wu
7/2/2021|Updated: 7/2/2021
Jon Tigges, a parent who was arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting in Virginia on June 22, said he received “outpouring” support from across the country. In addition to receiving phone calls, texts, and tweets, Tigges picked up snail mail the day before upon returning from camping. “It resonates with so many people just how close we are to collapse as a country. They are cheering for us,” he told The Epoch Times on July 1.

“One of the blessings and unexpected secondary consequences of censorship has been that people only feel comfortable sharing face to face because they don’t want to get doxed or they don’t want to lose their job,” said Tigges. So he started “Patriot Pub,” a weekly in-person gathering in mid-April. At these meetings, people dined, discussed, and cussed together. “And the stuff we cuss about, we decide we’re going to do something about it, and that’s begun in the room.”

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].
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