Virginia passes legislation prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6 riot
Source: CBS News
Updated on: March 6, 2026 / 3:09 PM EST
Virginia's legislature has passed a bill prohibiting schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it "as peaceful protest."
The General Assembly approved the measure Thursday, as a first-of-its-kind legislation to combat false statements by supporters of President Trump. The bill says that school instruction must "Not describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest."
Schools may also not "state, suggest, or present 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."
Instead, the measure says that school instruction must "Describe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-legislation-prohibiting-schools-jan-6-falsehoods/
Lovie777
(22,712 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,335 posts)spooky3
(38,526 posts)In VA.
2naSalit
(102,026 posts)Glad they have done this.
Talitha
(7,895 posts)sheshe2
(97,113 posts)Thank you, Virginia!
Bravo
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(134,855 posts)But that's where we are today with MAGA morons.
Cha
(318,452 posts)Cha
(318,452 posts)Thia because of the PEDO in the WH.
BidenRocks
(3,143 posts)I salute this 'No Bullshit' approach to truthiness!
ashredux
(2,924 posts)To paraphrase Mark Twain: a lie gets halfway around the world before you can get your boots on ..