May 4, 2026
Virginia teachers get USPIE’s Millstone Award for telling kids to ‘stop Donald Trump at all costs’
USPIE: ‘These teachers have weaponized their classrooms and are clearly inflicting ideological indoctrination on their students’
COLUMBIA, S.C. — At least two civic teachers in Fairfax County, Virginia, advised their students to go home and tell their parents to vote “yes” on a controversial referendum question that would leave the congressional delegation with 10 Democrats and only one Republican.
The gerrymandering measure barely passed on April 21 on a 51 percent to 49 percent vote in the state, which currently has six Democrats and five Republicans in the House, and which gave President Donald Trump 46 percent of the vote in 2024.
“These teachers have weaponized their classrooms and are clearly inflicting ideological indoctrination on their students,” said Sheri Few, founder and president of United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE). “Teachers are saying, ‘Stop Donald Trump at all costs.’
“Whether these kids went home and told their parents to vote ‘yes’ is beside the point. Their teachers are pushing an ideological view (rather than actual teaching) that will shape the children for years to come. For this, they richly deserve the Millstone of the Month award.”
USPIE’s Millstone of the Month award is given to the person involved in government schools who has committed the most egregious acts against children.
Kelly Sadler, the Commentary editor for The Washington Times, wrote in a column that her twin 14-year-old boys had badgered her about how she would vote as soon as she picked them up from school.
“In both of their civics classes that day, taught by two different teachers in Fairfax County Public Schools, they were urged to go home and persuade their parents to vote yes on the measure to make Virginia’s maps ‘as fair as they can be’ to ‘stop Donald Trump at all costs,’” she wrote.
“They used the same talking points being spewed by endless Democratic campaigns in the commonwealth to make Virginia come under one-party Democratic rule.”
She added, “I would yank my kids out of the public school system, as many are doing, if I had the means to do so.”
Days later, an alleged shooter was apprehended at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump and most of his Cabinet. The suspect is Cole Allen, 31, from Torrance, California. A computer game developer and part-time teacher, Allen wrote a manifesto full of Left-wing talking points.
“We don’t know all the facts yet about the incident at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, but teachers using this kind of rhetoric with children is extremely harmful,” Few said.
“We tell our children to be respectful of teachers. Teachers claim authority over children. Their extreme phrasing could easily turn a child into a lone gunman, believing they are doing a good thing.
“Parents must take their kids out of government schools to protect them from teachers like these.”
To hear more from USPIE’s Founder and President, Sheri Few, tune in to the latest episode of USPIE’s podcast, “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few,” on Tuesday, May 5, where Few is joined by Anne Manusky, national director of the Connecticut Republican Assembly (a chartered chapter of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies), and president of USPIE’s Connecticut chapter. USPIE’s “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few” is a weekly podcast that exposes the dangers of education shaped by government bureaucrats and social engineers, while exploring practical ways to protect children and preserve America’s freedom. Listen to “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few” on YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and X.
United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) is a nonprofit, nationwide coalition that is fighting to return education to its proper local roots and restore parental authority over their children’s education by helping parents and local communities to escape federal and other national influences. It is the vision of USPIE to create a culture where parents, empowered with the authority to choose what and how their children learn, are the undisputed primary educators of their children, where local schools operate in support of families, and where education is unencumbered by federal mandates.
USPIE’s powerful documentary, “Truth & Lies in American Education,” addresses some of the most glaring issues in the American education system and helps parents experience a paradigm shift in how they think about education and the role of their local schools. The film follows Few’s daughter-in-law, April, as she seeks to learn more about the system she was planning on exposing to her own children and learns the shocking truth. “Truth & Lies in American Education” is available for streaming on SalemNOW, as well as available on DVD.
For more information on United States Parents Involved in Education, visit www.uspie.org or follow USPIE on Facebook or X.
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To interview a representative from United States Parents Involved in Education, contact Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Beth Bogucki, 610.584.1096, ext. 105, or Daniel Moyer, ext. 104.
