Written by Nathaniel Manor<\/p>\n
Republicans are turning the tide in one battle we never thought we could win: the Virginia gubernatorial election. This new voter trend comes as parents have shifted towards the Republican party as Democrat nominee Terry McAuliffe defended critical race theory, which teaches children to view themselves solely based on race. Additionally, the Loudoun County case where a male student who identified as “gender-fluid”\u00a0 allegedly raped a girl. The student was then transferred to another school where they assaulted another female student. This case and the school board coverup only fanned the flames for a Republican victory in blue Virginia.<\/p>\n
Now the Republicans may have another edge as the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, tweeted her support for school preference over parental choice. An article from the Washington Post titled \u201cParents claim they have the right to shape their kids\u2019 school curriculum. They don\u2019t\u201d claimed that the push for parental involvement in their children\u2019s education is a political tactic to stroke white racial grievance.<\/p>\n
Professor Jack Schneider and journalist Jennifer Berkshire write, \u201cKnowing that every vote matters, the GOP has increasingly relied on a strategy of voter suppression. Simultaneously, Republicans have worked to ensure that their base turns out in force by stoking White racial grievance. The recent firestorm over critical race theory is a perfect case in point. Never mind that this concept from legal scholarship isn\u2019t actually taught in K-12 schools or that it isn\u2019t what most protesters believe it to be. Republicans gain an electoral advantage by convincing their base that White children are being taught to hate themselves, their families and their country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead of condemning this flaming heap of garbage, Randi Weingarten tweeted out, \u201cGreat piece on parents\u2019 rights and #publicschools,\u201d earning her scathing rebukes from the Twitter mobs to defund teachers unions.<\/p>\n
The push for CRT and the backlash illustrate how the Democrats have gone too far with their radicalism. Because they\u2019re trying to appease the party\u2019s most extreme elements, people in the middle (old school liberals and apolitical people) will wake up and side against them. If Democrats lose the election in Virginia, they are in for a world of hurt come 2022 and 2024 as many consider this race to be a bellwether election.<\/p>\n
Written by Nathaniel Manor Republicans are turning the tide in one battle we never thought we could win: the Virginia gubernatorial election. This new voter trend comes as parents have shifted towards the Republican party as Democrat nominee Terry McAuliffe defended critical race theory, which teaches children to view themselves solely based on race. Additionally,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\n