{"id":1328350,"date":"2022-02-22T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1328350"},"modified":"2022-02-22T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:38:16","slug":"michael-bloomberg-san-francisco-recall-a-political-earthquake-dems-need-to-change-course-before-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-bloomberg-san-francisco-recall-a-political-earthquake-dems-need-to-change-course-before-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bloomberg: San Francisco Recall A \u2018Political Earthquake,\u2019 Dems Need To Change Course Before Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fmichael-bloomberg-san-francisco-recall-a-political-earthquake-dems-need-to-change-course-before-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=1328350&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Michael-Bloomberg.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Michael Bloomberg issued a stark warning for Democrats as the 2022 midterms approach, telling them that the recent San Francisco school board recall is a bellwether for the fall elections.<\/p>\n<p>In an editorial for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2022-02-22\/san-francisco-school-board-recall-is-a-sign-for-the-democratic-party\">Bloomberg News<\/a>, the former mayor of New York City, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Democratic megadonor warned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/revolt-against-progressive-agenda-san-francisco-voters-recall-three-school-board-members\">recall<\/a> of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education pointed to a broader trend across the country. Without a major course correction, the Democrats would be headed for an electoral wipeout, Bloomberg argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>The political earthquake that just occurred in San Francisco should be a dire warning to the national Democratic Party, because the same fault line stretches across the country and the tremors are only increasing,\u201d Bloomberg began. \u201c<\/span><span>Three months after Republicans scored major election upsets in Virginia and New Jersey, largely because of the frustration parents felt with Democratic officials who catered to teachers\u2019 unions and culture warriors at the expense of children, voters in San Francisco recalled three school board members by margins of nearly three to one. Coming from America\u2019s most liberal city, those results should translate into a 7 to 8 on the Richter scale, because the three main factors that drove the recall are not unique to the Bay Area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, the school board members failed to show any urgency in reopening schools even when it was clear that doing so was safe \u2014 and that remote classes were leaving students further and further behind.\u201d Bloomberg wrote. \u201c<span>Nothing has widened social achievement gaps more than poorly conceived remote instruction. Parents know this, and Democratic elected officials need to show them that they know it, too.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously reported that issues related to school lockdowns have contributed to declines in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schools-experience-low-attendance-across-the-country\">school attendance<\/a> among students. Graduation rates in at least 20 U.S. states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-number-of-high-school-graduations-stalled-or-even-dropped-in-2021-because-of-covid-19\">stalled or even dropped<\/a> in 2021. School lockdowns have had the greatest impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/school-shutdowns-hurt-low-income-minority-kids-the-most\">low-income and minority students<\/a>. According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, \u201cBlack and Latino students were also more likely to be absent at least 60% of the time during the fall semester.\u201d In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/following-covid-4-in-10-baltimore-public-high-students-earned-below-a-1-0-gpa\">Baltimore<\/a>, more than 4 in 10 public high school students achieved less than a 1.0 GPA during the 2020-2021 school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>Second, the school board members seemed more concerned with political correctness than educating children,\u201d Bloomberg wrote. \u201cInstead of reopening schools, they spent their time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-franciscos-woke-school-board-may-decide-against-renaming-racist-schools\">renaming them<\/a>, stripping off the names of historic figures like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln before a public outcry forced them to reverse course. Meanwhile, parents struggled to keep their heads above water as they tried to manage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schools-across-u-s-facing-class-cancellations-critical-staff-shortages\">having their children at home<\/a>. <\/span><span>The city\u2019s Democratic mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-francisco-mayor-admits-we-failed-our-children-after-school-board-recall\">London Breed<\/a>, rightly criticized the board for having its priorities backward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>Third, the school board members voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sf-forces-top-high-school-to-eliminate-merit-based-admissions\">eliminate merit-based admissions<\/a> at one of the nation\u2019s top-performing schools. Students had long been admitted based on their grades and tests, until the board moved to a lottery system. Make no mistake: Lowering standards in the name of fairness only exacerbates injustice and inequality. Closing achievement gaps must be done by creating more high-quality schools, not undermining existing ones. Voters understand this, and they will keep casting their ballots for candidates who do, too,\u201d said Bloomberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA recent Democratic Party poll showed that voters perceive it as being too \u2018focused on the culture wars\u2019 \u2014 from renaming schools to defunding the police. But the advice that party leaders are giving members of Congress \u2014 to \u2018correct the record\u2019 when Republicans criticize them on schools and culture \u2014 isn\u2019t going to cut it,\u201d Bloomberg said. \u201c<\/span><span>Swing voters will decide the 2022 midterm elections, and right now, polls show they are swinging away from Democrats. The earthquake that shook San Francisco needs to shake up our party, before voters do it themselves in November.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bloomberg issued a stark warning for Democrats as the 2022 midterms approach, telling them that the recent San Francisco school board recall is a bellwether for the fall elections.In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1328350","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\/1328350","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328350\/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=1328350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}