{"id":1037425,"date":"2021-11-20T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T22:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1037425"},"modified":"2021-11-20T17:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T22:43:53","slug":"republicans-promise-national-education-fight-in-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-promise-national-education-fight-in-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Promise National Education Fight in Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-promise-national-education-fight-in-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1037425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Seizing on the fervor surrounding Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin\u2019s unlikely victory in a blue state, Republicans across the country gearing up for the midterms are promising a major education reform push focused on parental rights and educational standards.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday to speak at the Republican Governors Association (RGA) about the impact education had on his campaign \u2014 one that many believe can serve as a blueprint for taking back control of the House in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe polls kept telling us that education was the seventh or eighth or ninth most important issue,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-education-parental-rights-school-curricula-604edece27a483155c409187f258a058\">said<\/a>. \u201cLet me tell you, it is the top issue right now, and Republicans across the country can own this topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18838274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"45\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Governors-table-Republican-Governors-Association-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18838274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Governors-table-Republican-Governors-Association-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, left, speaks to reporters while Gov.-elect Glen Youngkin, of Virginia, Govs. Greg Abbott, of Texas, and Kim Reynolds and Pete Ricketts, of Nebraska, listen at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Governors, donors and strategists were riding high on Youngkin\u2019s victory this month in a state Democratic President Joe Biden won by 10 points. (AP Photo\/Jonathan J. Cooper)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, left, speaks to reporters while Gov.-elect Glen Youngkin, of Virginia, Govs. Greg Abbott, of Texas, and Kim Reynolds and Pete Ricketts, of Nebraska, listen at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 (AP Photo\/Jonathan J. Cooper).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Republican path to victory, Youngkin said, would involve advocating for \u201cstrong schools that teach our children how to excel, not watering down the curriculum, a school where parents have a say in what their children are being taught.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/election-overview-virginia-state-house-up-for-grabs-after-two-years-of-democrat-control\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cPublic education bec[ame] a dark horse issue for Democrats\u201d across the country in 2021, as parents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/09\/mother-dismantles-radical-race-gender-curricula-school-board-meeting-vile-episodes-western-civilization\/\">become<\/a> increasingly aware of Critical Race Theory as an indoctrination scheme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/05\/28\/exclusive-critical-race-theory-inside-virginia-countys-curriculum-racial-indoctrination\/\">permeating<\/a>&nbsp;every aspect of public education, as well as promotion of gender theory that has resulted, in some instances, in schools \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/18\/wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-for-allowing-daughter-to-socially-transition-without-their-consent\/\">transitioning<\/a>\u201d children to a different gender without parental consent, even despite their expressed objections, and in Loudoun County, Virginia, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/14\/loudoun-county-school-board\/\">alleged<\/a> rape coverup by their school board to justify their passage of a far-left transgender policy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll the momentum is on our side, and Glenn\u2019s race was the canary in the coal mine,\u201d Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who endorsed Youngkin\u2019s candidacy for governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/republican-governors-celebrate-youngkin-trump-523010\">said<\/a> at the RGA.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) went even further, saying, \u201cThe Glenn Youngkin race provides a roadmap for Republicans in blue states and swing states. His win will define a new generation of Republican leadership and is a huge boost nationally going into 2022. This will be the most important election cycle in more than a decade for our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe teachers unions and these systems are prioritizing the system over the child, and every parent is standing up and saying, \u2018Wait! Wait! Wait! I have a say. My kid is an individual and should be treated as such,&#8217;\u201d New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/republican-governors-celebrate-youngkin-trump-523010\">said<\/a> of education\u2019s new electoral prominence for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/11\/15\/parent-activists-education-critical-race-theory-fight-is-not-over\/\">spoke<\/a> at a press conference held by conservative-libertarian advocacy group FreedomWorks, deriding the \u201cabsolute hostility of the Biden Administration toward concerned parents,\u201d referencing Attorney General Merrick Garland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/04\/ag-merrick-garland-fbi-combat-threats-violence-public-school-officials\/\">decision<\/a> to sic the FBI on parents the National School Boards Association labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.313725490196\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning, I was honored to join FreedomWorks\u2019 Director of Education Reform, and concerned parents across the nation to speak against the absolute hostility of the Biden Administration toward concerned parents, culminating with labeling them \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuZd0ojBjL\">pic.twitter.com\/cuZd0ojBjL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Bob Good (@RepBobGood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBobGood\/status\/1460297491342102531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s radical transgender policies in our schools, whether it\u2019s putting masks on our children, which is paramount to child abuse,\u201d Good began, \u201cwhether it\u2019s forcing vaccines on our children, or whether it\u2019s teaching radical critical race theory in our school systems, educating our teachers to teach that, the lens through which everything is taught, we reject that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3434996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/transgender-bathroom-laws-nc-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3434996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/transgender-bathroom-laws-nc-ap.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2016 file photo, a sticker that reads, &quot;Keep Locker Rooms Safe,&quot; is worn by a person supporting a bill that would eliminate Washington&#039;s new rule allowing transgender people use gender-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings consistent with their gender identity, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. In clashes over transgender students and which restrooms and locker rooms they should use, the U.S. Department of Education has warned public schools that a sex discrimination law makes it illegal to deny them access to the facilities of their choice. (AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren, File<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Good then said the fight for schools was not over, encouraging parents to not \u201cbe quieted\u201d by \u201cstanding in the gap\u201d between their children and government entities such as schools.<\/p>\n<p>One of Good\u2019s recommended solutions is putting cameras in classrooms to afford parents \u201cgreater transparency\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Parents ought to be able to look at the classroom at any time and see what\u2019s happening in their school systems. Congress has given over $200 billion in funding to the school systems because of the virus and the pandemic, when they only asked for $25 billion from the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] to safely reopen. Let\u2019s use some of that money to have greater transparency in the classrooms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the 2022 midterms begin heating up at the turn of the new year, Republicans appear adamant that education will be a prominent, winning message as they seek to take back control of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seizing on the fervor surrounding Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin\u2019s unlikely victory in a blue state, Republicans across the country gearing up for the midterms are promising a major education reform &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}