Posted on 11/06/2021 4:17:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
A couple of weeks ago, Terry McAuliffe said that parents shouldn’t have the final say in their children’s education. His remarks echo the current stance of the Democratic Party at large.
But thanks to the brave moms and dads of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe and allied Democrats are now eating their words.
Parental rights were on the ballot in Virginia’s gubernatorial election. Parents turned out in droves to make their message heard loud and clear that they will no longer be an afterthought when it comes to decisions about educating their children.
We saw incredible energy pick up for the race in just the past couple of months. What was once thought to be a blue win changed to a toss-up. And then, that toss-up turned out to be a clearly defined triumph for Mr. Youngkin. There’s no doubt about it: Parents drove the momentum for Youngkin’s victory.
Mr. Youngkin’s win will have a tremendous impact on the national races next year. Most importantly, no longer will education be a Democrat-only issue. Traditionally, Democrats have had a stranglehold here, falsely advertising that they are the only party in support of better schools and proper funding. But in reality, their one and only solution for solving education issues is to throw more money at public schools that are increasingly under the thumb of corrupt bureaucrats and power-hungry teachers unions. As awful as pandemic-related school closures were, they exposed huge cracks in the ailing public education system and made it clear that too many so-called education leaders are in it for all the wrong reasons.
Look no further than Terry McAuliffe’s awful record on education as an example. Though he has claimed to care about students, he vetoed three bills that would’ve funded students instead of systems during his time as governor. More recently, he did nothing to fight against lessons laden with principles of critical race theory (CRT) making their way into public schools and remained quiet as scandal ripped through Loudoun County, which has become the epicenter of the parental rights and education freedom movement. But then again, this is someone who defended Governor Ralph Northam for doing blackface—it makes sense that he would do nothing to protest racially charged, divisive lessons from creeping into K-12 lessons.
Mr. Youngkin, on the other hand, listened to parents on the campaign trail and will continue to do so once sworn into office. He believes that elected officials serve the people, not the other way around. McAuliffe’s approach to education is marked by cowardice; parents and Youngkin’s approach is marked by bravery, especially given the fact that parents continued to show up to school board meetings even after being labeled “domestic terrorists.”
Democrats will try to push the lie that Mr. Youngkin’s win in the great commonwealth of Virginia was made possible by “racism,” among many other contemptible excuses. But us parents could never be so naive. As a parent of four and former school board leader, I know better than to get in the way of angry parents and their children. If political elites don’t know by now that parents are a force to be reckoned with, then it’s about time they learn.
For far too long, parents have been saying that they want politics out of schools. This week, they showed up to the polls to make sure that this message can no longer be ignored.
So, thank you to all the brave moms and dads who voted and showed up to school board meetings even after the federal government was weaponized against them. And thank you to Mr. Youngkin for being a fierce advocate for parental rights and going above and beyond to meet the moment. As we head into the 2022 races, I encourage parents to keep up the great work and hope that more conservative politicians will follow Mr. Youngkin’s lead.
Virginia IS red and has always been red.
The left did it’s best to flood the state with illegals.
As well as DC government types,who are 90% leftards, moving into VA.
And of course, the national media did their best to portray regular Virginians as white supremacists.
Nuclear families promote sexism through their man-woman stereotypes and gender roles. They provide a nucleus of loyalty which is not focused where it should be, on the state.
Nuclear families, in current Marxist theory, need to be eliminated for the glorious end-game of inclusion, equity,and diversity, where no one owns anything, and the state directs everything for the benefit of the downtrodden and the terror of the oppressor.
This is insanity.
Marxism/Progressivism is insanity wrapped in a glittery web of false narratives.
Underneath the false advertising of something for nothing, is the hard reality of a ruling class with total power, subjugating everyone else and living high on the looting of what was a highly productive civilization.
Let’s just hope these victories translate into more victories in 22 and 24. Also these winning Republicants had better deliver.
Makes sense why RATS want to break natural family structure with all their woke filth.
These victories have already been voided thanks to the 13 House Republicans who voted for the fake infrastructure bill.
I love that Youngkin won and that he won on education, but I’ve been waiting over 50 years to find a single state in this country able to break the stranglehold of the Left on education (where’s Kristi Noem when we need her?). Not only has it gotten far worse, no one has even made a credible attempt at trying to clean up the system.
In fact, about the closest thing that I’ve seen to attempting to drive at least some Leftist crap out was the state-level, all Republican (elected), Texas State Board of Education...which used to get into the “Textbook Wars” - to try to remove America-hating crap from the schools.
But those wars are over now, as the schools don’t need textbooks approved by the state, since they get the materials they want electronically...so that battle is lost too, as CRT has been successfully integrated into virtually all class materials here in Texas (of course they don’t call it that).
I think it comes down to the fact that as long as Leftists control the schools, control the classrooms, and write the class materials, they will do as they please, and simply ‘work around’ any mandates that elected people try to impose on them. I don’t know if Youngkin understands that, but if not, he’ll very soon figure it out.
When will virtue signalling Republicans learn that LEGAL immigration is as bad or worse for the USA as illegal immigration? For example, Asian Americans vote for Democrats over Republicans 90%-10%. Northern Va has been flooded with them.
“These victories have already been voided thanks to the 13 House Republicans who voted for the fake infrastructure bill.”
Oh please, get a life, this article is about Virginia. And only 3 Republican votes wound up being needed to pass it.
I still associate red with Communist.
The GOP never choose red as its official color. In 1988, news channels used blue to show GOP states.
Only in 1992 did the news media suddenly use red to show which states went GOP. Coincidentally, this was a year after the fall of Communism discredited the ideology in the minds of many.
Years later, I heart Rachel Maddow praise Anderson Cooper of CNN for the "brilliant" move of using red to symbolize Republicans.
Yep
I get it.
Maybe we should call ourselves the red,white and blue states?
Terry McAuliffe and allied Democrats are now eating their words.
That isn’t all they are eating. 🐂💩
Terry McAuliffe and allied Democrats are now eating their words.
That isn’t all they are eating. 🐂💩
Northern VA is and has been the culprit for 30 years. Giving VA it’s blue appearance for years.
There are sections of Richmond where all you could see were Obama or Hillary yard signs in the past. Those same areas were awash with Youngkin signs.
Both are not good.
But one, like it or not, is “legal” while the other is not.
Personally, I am for only allowing people into our country that have something beneficial to offer.
We already have to many of our own citizens abusing the system.
And BTW
I am registered Ind
and have always been.
Do you think blacks are waking up.
Or, are whites fed up with the BS? Women?
Or, both?
I have family outside Richmond.
But they do not follow politics much.
Lucky souls.😁
Terry McAuliffe’s macaca moment.
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