- After months of turmoilover COVID restrictions,

Critical Race theory,and transgender policies,

there are now reportsof two sexual assaults

by a gender fluid boy.

The county's new bathroompolicy and a recent change

to state law are back in the spotlight.

Superintendent Scott Ziegler apologizing

after two girls reportedthe sexual assault

on school grounds.

- I am sorry that we failed toprovide the safe, welcoming,

and affirming environmentthat we aspire to provide.

- [Tara] According to theCommonwealth's attorney,

the same teenager isaccused in both incidents

that happened months apart

at different Loudoun County high schools.

In one, the attack tookplace in a girl's restroom.

The alleged attacker allowed access

by the school's transgender policy.

Scott Smith, the father of that victim,

is suing the school systemafter being arrested

while trying to confront theboard at a recent meeting.

- The whole thing was handled poorly.

- [Tara] The superintendentand the school board members

insist they were not awareof the specific details

of this incident until it wasreported in media outlets.

- Mr. Ziegler, how couldhave you lied to all

of these parents about whathad happened to my daughter?

- [Tara] This all brings renewed criticism

on two controversial measures.

The county's recentlyadopted rule allowing

transgender students to use restrooms

that match their gender identity,

a policy supported byVirginia's Board of Education,

and HB257, a bill passedin the legislature

by the democrat majority that ended

mandatory school reportingof certain crimes,

including sexual battery.

- So that parents aren't aware so that

law enforcement isn't aware and I think

that had a direct impact on how

they handled both of these rapes.

- [Tara] Amid the latest fallout,

one school board member abruptly resigned

and there are new calls for thesuperintendent to step down.

- His false statement on June 22nd

and his failure to keepan alleged assailant

out of school are far worse andmerit immediate termination.

- And the school board policieswill no doubt have a big

impact on the Virginia governor's race.

And by the way, Loudoun is ground zero

for protests all around the country.

And now Attorney General Merrick Garland

is ordering the fedsto investigate threats

of harassment and violence against

school officials clearlydirected at parents, Gordon,

and also certainly isgoing to be a huge issue

in the midterms as well.

- Tara, what can youtell us about this case?

It just seems to be incredible

that school officialswould allow a predator

back into school to repeat the crime.

How in the world did that happen?

- You know, that's a great question.

And in fact, Glenn Youngkin,

the Republican candidate for governor,

actually just called for an investigation

into the Loudoun County School Board

because there's a lot ofconflicting information.

The school board saysthere's misinformation

that's floating around.

The superintendent saysthere's misinformation.

But yeah, there's bigquestions into this timeline

and who knew what and when,

and if anybody is hiding anything,

I know the father, SteveSmith, has come out

and said that he was silenced.

They told them not tosay anything for so long

and now he's finallyspeaking out months later.

So definitely we'll seeif Youngkin gets that

investigation into the school board.

I think a lot of people wouldagree that needs to be done.

- All right, well, Terry McAuliffe,

one of the candidates for governor,

has come out and said parentsshould have no influence

on what's being taught in schools.

How is that statementresonating in the race?

- Well, I'll tell you Youngkinseized on that immediately

after McAuliffe had saidthat not so long ago,

but then just last nightMcAuliffe or recently was starting

to backpedal and Youngkin seized on that

and now has a new ad out there

basically playing McAuliffe'swords over and over

that essentially he doesnot want parents involved

in their kids' education.

So you have to believe sinceMcAuliffe was backpedaling

a little bit, essentiallysaying they twisted my words,

that it's not gone over very well.

So definitely a lot ofpeople are very concerned

about education.

I think you're going to be hard pressed

to find any parent,conservative, liberal, whatever,

who's not going to be involvedor want to be involved

in their kids' education.

So this has proven tobe a very huge point.

And the fact that Youngkin hasnow got another ad out there,

I really believe theybelieve they're going

to have big success on this point.

- How is this going toplay out in the midterms

and the national elections next year?

It seems like this is areal hot button issue.

Explicit sexual materialin school libraries,

the teaching of genderidentity, all of these things.

How is this going to play out next year?

- You've got to believe theDemocrats are very concerned

because this has been a long time coming.

So first, you had all theissues about the mask mandates,

reopening schools, now vaccinations,

Critical Race theory,and now porn in textbooks

and sexual assaults now in Loudoun County.

But these issues are not playing out

just in Loudoun County, thoughthat's the eye of the storm.

They're playing out all over the country.

And as time has gone on,

the crowds are gettingbetter, or bigger rather.

More parents are speakingup for their children.

More people are showing up atthese school board meetings.

And certainly, this is goingto play out at the local level,

the state level, and quite possibly

in the presidential election as well.

It's a growing issue,all of these combined,

and it clearly is not goingaway anytime soon, Gordon.

- Well, Tara, thanks for the report.

For you at home, I justthink that this is going

to be such an incredibleissue going forward.

You have on top of the protests,

you have the sitting AttorneyGeneral Merrick Garland

instructing the FBI tostart creating a database

called domestic terrorism because

concerned parents want their voices heard.

If you could imagine being arrested

because you protestyour daughter was raped

in a school bathroom.

That's the extent of this.

And then on top of it, you're now going

to be labeled some kindof domestic terrorist.

This makes no sense to me.

There's a very definitereason the homeschool

movement is booming right now because

people are taking theirchildren out of public schools.

Well, voters in Virginia and New Jersey,

there's an election comingup, isn't that wonderful?

They're going to the pollsTuesday, November 2nd

to elect their governors,

representatives in the state capitals.

You can watch our specialelection night coverage

on the CBN News Channel.

And this certainly will havenational implications for 2022.

Just how mad people are about

where we're going as a country.