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U.S. Rep. Bob Good on Thursday encouraged a group of Rappahannock County High School students to not wear masks in school, saying during his visit the administration cant stop everyone.

If nobody in Rappahannock complies [with the mask mandate], they cant stop everyone, Good (R-5th District) told the students. If I was yall, Id say none of yall wear a mask. What are they gonna do? Theyre still going to have school.

Good, a Republican representing Virginias 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke to a Rappahannock County High School government class of about 20 students on Thursday after Tim Stockdale, the class teacher, invited him to speak.

The Virginia Department of Public Health is mandating that all students, teachers, staff and visitors in K-12 schools wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. The event on Thursday was originally supposed to take place in the high school auditorium, but after Good refused to wear a mask, administrators moved it outdoors to the football stadium.

Goods speech to the students included misinformation about masks and vaccines, saying that President Joe Biden and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, both Democrats, are lying to us about the effectiveness of masks. Good said there is no scientific evidence that proves the efficacy of masks, and that COVID-19 vaccines pose more of a health risk to teenagers than the virus itself.

There is a consensus among the scientific community that universal masking does slow the spread of COVID-19.

Superintendent Dr. Shannon Grimsley wrote in an email to the Rappahannock News that she is not concerned about mask compliance among students because Our students and families are very smart, competent individuals who have seen in real time the impact of increasing chances of being quarantined or causing others to be quarantined, as well as the potential of losing privileges, such as the ability to host events and fun activities should numbers increase too much.

Just last week, however, Grimsley reported troubles with compliance, threatening that homecoming and other school events could be cancelled if the numbers of cases and quarantines in the schools dont fall.

There are 54 students and staff at RCHS quarantined, a significant percentage of the buildings total population. The district is experiencing a spike in cases and quarantines that exceeds the spike it saw in September, but is still less than the initial onset of COVID-19 cases in August.

Grimsley also wrote in her statement that Goods visit was within the context of a small group of government students. Students were able to ask questions and see how one elected official viewed some of the current issues."

"The students, under the carefully propitious and contemplative tutelage of Mr. Stockdale, were then able to unpack the ideas and insights of the Congressman against the backdrop of current laws, processes, and complexities that exist among the different levels of government, Grimsley said.

Good also talked about his pro-life positions, saying that science says life begins at conception and that hed like to eliminate all abortions if he could.

He also told the students that colleges and universities outside of faith-based Christian schools are going to try and change what you believe because they are dominated by the left.

He added that he thinks there should be video cameras in classrooms so parents can see what their kids are learning, and that he is against history curriculum that includes Critical Race Theory, which is not taught in Rappahannock schools.

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Why do Republicans think critical race theory is taught in grade school? I never understood that.

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Good is bad. Very, very bad.

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What a kook

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i hate bob :(. he's an asshole.
vaccine is better than the virus.

could get rekt by covid. end up with all types of health problems.
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I used to have to travel through Rappahannock County for my job. Place is a shithole.

CableZL posted...

Why do Republicans think critical race theory is taught in grade school? I never understood that.

Cause they are generally fucking idiots with agendas.

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The fact that this man has not already been forced to resign from his position proves how absolutely, completely fucked the US is.

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Gop is filled with low IQ asshats that wish it was the 1950's still

CableZL posted...

Why do Republicans think critical race theory is taught in grade school? I never understood that.

thats about the time they start teaching their kids to be racist, so theyre worried about that education being subverted

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Wild

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https://imgur.com/l3BzyC8

https://tinyurl.com/trf7msc
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thronedfire2 posted...

thats about the time they start teaching their kids to be racist, so theyre worried about that education being subverted

Gonna need a source on how they "teach kids to be racist".

tanis574 posted...

Gonna need a source on how they "teach kids to be racist".

have you ever listened to a conservative talk about, like, anything

they don't have to explicitly teach racism because kids just pick it up from them

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SiO4 posted...

https://imgur.com/l3BzyC8

https://tinyurl.com/trf7msc

I used to drive that stretch at least once a week lol

Anyone else try to play "Guess the Republican/congressman" when they see topics like this?

tanis574 posted...

Gonna need a source on how they "teach kids to be racist".

by being racist themselves?

its not rocket science bro

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treewojima posted...

I used to drive that stretch at least once a week lol

Ya, I saw your post and looked it up, and well this is what I got.
What you said kinda checks out!
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Oh but when an ethnic student is suspended for violating dress code for having braids or rolls, Im sure this guy was saying the same thing, right?

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