An ad launched by the American Principles Project, which describes itself as “the premier national organization engaging directly in campaigns and advocacy on behalf of the family,” blasts Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in connection with the rape of a girl in Loudoun County.
“In Loudoun County, Virginia a 15-year-old girl was brutally raped by a male student wearing a dress in the girl’s bathroom,” the ad says. “Democrats covered it up. A few weeks later, the same male student raped a 14-year-old girl.”
“Terry McAuliffe won’t protect our daughters in their most private spaces,” the ad continues. “Democrats say this would be transphobic. Will your daughter be next?”
The ad finishes by imploring Virginians to vote against McAuliffe.
Virginians have a choice to make next Tuesday — Between politicians who will protect our daughters in their most private spaces or those who will not.
Watch the closing #VAGov ad from APP PAC 👇 pic.twitter.com/HqwgRbBfyb
— American Principles 🇺🇸 (@approject) October 27, 2021
McAuliffe has been hounded by the scandal in Loudoun County, where school officials are accused of covering up the rape.
On June 22, Scott Smith was arrested at a Loudoun County School Board (LCSB) meeting. His daughter was the 15-year-old raped by the boy in a dress just weeks prior, and he was attempting to express his outrage over the Loudoun County Public School’s (LCSB) transgender bathroom policies to the LCSB.
During that meeting, Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Zeigler said there were no instances of transgenders student raping anyone in a Loudoun County school, despite the bathroom policy.
Zeigler is attempting to brush off calls for his resignation.
Loudoun County has also been the epicenter for parent-led protests against Critical Race Theory (CRT).
McAuliffe might have avoided the ire from family and education groups like the American Principles Project, which has now plagued his campaign for weeks, but for comments he made during a late-September debate against Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin.
“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” he said during the debate.
Further questioning on that statement led to McAuliffe walking out of an interview with a Virginia news station.
Youngkin, meanwhile, is still hammering McAuliffe, who is seeking his second non-consecutive term as Virginia’s governor, on the issue of education.
The McAuliffe campaign did not respond to The Virginia Star’s comment request about the new ad.
The high-profile gubernatorial election will be held Tuesday.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a contributor at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Terry McAuliffe” by American Principles.
