The Fairfax County NAACP is standing by its first vice president after she faced backlash from conservatives and was even asked to resign from the Virginia Parent-Teacher Association after she was heard in a video saying “let them die,” a comment some felt was aimed at parents at a rally opposing critical race theory.
In a statement to NBC News, Fairfax NAACP officials said the first vice president, Michelle Leete, was condemning harmful right-wing politics in her speech at the July 15 rally, in which protesters both for and against equity initiatives faced off just before a Fairfax County Public Schools board meeting. NAACP leaders said Leete’s intent was “abundantly clear when you consider the entirety of her speech, instead of simply the last seconds of it.”
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