Loudoun County, Virginia, has been the hotbed of the trans culture war in schools for a while now.
Parents have been arrested at Loudoun school board meetings for such things as singing the national anthem.
The most famous of the parents arrested in Loudoun County is Scott Smith, who came to the school board meeting to protest the adoption of trans bathroom policies.
The Biden administration latched onto Smith's case and started calling any parents who would dare care about their children's education: Domestic Terrorists.
There was just one problem.
Scott Smith had a legitimate reason to oppose the new policies.
His daughter had been raped in a school bathroom by a trans student.
And it turned out that the school board not only knew about this trans student raping Smith's daughter, there were other cases, and it was pushing the trans policies anyway.
Two members of the Loudoun County school board even faced charges for the coverup of the rapes.
Unfortunately, one of them was already found not guilty, and the other's trial will be in a few weeks. Remember that the "jury of their peers" pool for both is being pulled from the same county that elected them to subject children to these nightmarish school environments in the first place.
But what of Scott Smith?
It turns out, Smith was charged with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct by county DA Buta Biberaj, who received heavy funding from George Soros in her campaign.
Smith appealed, and the obstruction charge was thrown out due to apparent mismanagement of the case. The trial for appealing the disorderly conduct charge was set to start next week, but Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an absolute pardon instead with all charges dropped and expunged.
It'd be easy to judge Youngkin for being slow in getting around to Smith's case. After all, Smith's story about what happened to his daughter was public knowledge by October 2021. Youngkin was, by all accounts, elected in large part due to the showdown between parents and the Loudoun County School Board.
Why did it take him 1.5 years after taking the job to pardon Smith?
(This question needs to be asked for all the political persecutions to come in the years ahead.)
Was he merely waiting for timing - to pardon Smith days before the trial? Maybe someone can explain the legal reasoning here to me.
For now, let's just focus on the good thing that happened.
Youngkin said,
"Scott Smith is a dedicated parent who's faced unwarranted charges in his pursuit to protect his daughter. Scott's commitment to his child despite the immense obstacles is emblematic of the parental empowerment movement that started in Virginia," Youngkin's statement read. "In Virginia, parents matter and my resolve to empower parents in unwavering. A parent's fundamental right to be involved in their child's education, upbringing, and care should never be undermined by bureaucracy, school divisions or the state. I am pleased to grant Scott Smith this pardon and help him and his family put this injustice behind them once and for all."
Smith released a statement saying,
"My family has been living a nightmare that no family in America should have to endure. But rather than sit quietly and take it, I decided to stand up against the government - and for that I was branded a "domestic terrorist" and charged with crimes that I did not commit. I want to thank Governor Youngkin for his declaration that I am innocent, and for his absolute and unconditional pardon."
Smith noted the state of the justice system in America right now, noting that getting a fair trial is nearly impossible if you aren't woke and/or a Democrat.
"That should scare every American."
However, it doesn't sound like the pardon is going to make his life better. He was branded as the face of domestic extremism by the media, the government tried to destroy him, and his daughter is a victim of rape.
"My wife, she's exhausted. She's the brains behind the whole operation. I'm the muscle; she's the brains. My daughter, you know, she's been constantly bullied and berated by her peers," he said. "But she's as strong as I am. She has her good weeks and has a couple bad days in between, but you know, she graduated from high school. She's looking forward to the future."
I can't imagine how horrible that must be for his daughter, but I applaud the parents for standing up against insurmountable odds in defending her and other children who would be in danger.
We'll be keeping the Smith family in our prayers.
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