{"id":1742074,"date":"2022-11-17T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742074"},"modified":"2022-11-17T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:33:22","slug":"dems-abused-gen-z-with-covid-insanity-for-years-yet-gop-leaders-refused-to-campaign-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-abused-gen-z-with-covid-insanity-for-years-yet-gop-leaders-refused-to-campaign-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Abused Gen Z With COVID Insanity for Years Yet GOP Leaders Refused to Campaign on It"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fdems-abused-gen-z-with-covid-insanity-for-years-yet-gop-leaders-refused-to-campaign-on-it%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=1742074&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scared-mask-1024x685-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The \u201cred wave\u201d that never was is in part thanks to Gen Z voters, who turned out in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/circle.tufts.edu\/2022-election-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record numbers<\/a>\u00a0in the midterms and voted overwhelmingly Democrat. The Gen Z results are devastating and cost Republicans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/e2-80-9cwe-e2-80-99ve-grown-up-in-unprecedented-circumstances-from-economic-turmoil-to-the-pandemic-to-climate-change-to-school-shootings-e2-80-9d\/ar-AA140uGx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several key races<\/a>, but they aren\u2019t surprising considering Republican leadership had no strategy to win over young voters. Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer, and the Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel willfully neglected Gen Z.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is most upsetting about the Democrats\u2019 triumph \u2014 with youths preferring that party over Republicans by a whopping 28-point margin, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/circle.tufts.edu\/2022-election-center#youth-prefer-democrats-by-28-point-margin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exit polls<\/a> \u2014 is that unique from most cycles, Republicans had one important advantage with young, particularly college-aged, voters: Democrats had spent the last two years uniquely torturing Gen Z with ineffective and abusive Covid policies.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, neither McConnell nor McCarthy did anything to capitalize on the incredible circumstances. They had zero plan for recruiting Gen Z voters, opting essentially to hand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2019\/01\/30\/an-early-look-at-the-2020-electorate-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 percent<\/a> of eligible voters to Democrats, which the left took full advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the midterms,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/ellison-other-democrats-hold-get-out-the-vote-event-at-university-of-minnesota\/600217884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a>\u00a0did weekly college campus door-knocking events at dorms and apartments. Democrat candidates visited and spoke to students. Democrat grassroots organizations publicized mail-in-balloting (which is very attractive to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/16\/gen-z-can-do-everything-from-home-if-that-becomes-the-voting-norm-theres-no-going-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convenience-driven<\/a>\u00a0generation). Most importantly, savvy leftist consultant groups taught Democrat candidates how to effectively campaign to young voters via social media and particularly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/gen-z-consultants-advise-candidates-rcna49216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This election cycle was a lost opportunity for Republicans who had a chance to remind young voters that Democrats violated their bodily autonomy and mentally enslaved them for two years. Covid posed virtually no threat to young people. Yet Democrat leaders pressured left-wing university bureaucrats into forcing healthy students to take experimental Covid shots that were not only ineffectual but caused now-verified cases of vaccine injuries, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/09\/cdc-admits-post-vaccine-myocarditis-concerns-that-were-labeled-covid-misinformation-are-legit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heart issues\u00a0<\/a>and irregular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/28\/covid-tyrants-told-women-its-just-your-period-honey-millions-of-jabs-later-they-admit-it-wasnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstrual cycles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students who did not comply with the Covid shot mandates were punished in a whole host of ways, including campus officials disabling their university WiFi, barring them from campus, restricting them from attending in-person learning, and preventing them from registering for classes. Some were even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/exclusive-union-college-sophomore-gets-expelled-for-refusing-booster-shot-despite-her-doctor-saying-her-getting-booster-is-ill-advised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expelled<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For over a year, leftist administrations defrauded students of their tuition dollars by subjecting them to inferior remote learning. When classes finally resumed in person, colleges required students to wear masks, which continued even when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/17\/cdc-finally-admits-cloth-masks-were-always-political-theater\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cdc-finally-admits-cloth-masks-were-always-political-theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> admitted they were utterly useless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, as University of Chicago student Declan Hurley\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/uchicagos-nonsensical-mask-mandate-cruel-to-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0last year, \u201cIn addition to being epidemiologically indefensible, this policy is cruel to deaf and hard-of-hearing students like me\u201d because it \u201c[bars] us from reading people\u2019s lips, muffling people\u2019s voices, and inhibiting effective communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universities <a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/science-proves-fitness-protects-against-covid-but-uchicago-makes-it-impossible-to-work-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shuttered<\/a> campus indoor and outdoor athletic facilities, which was not only detrimental to students\u2019 mental and physical health but also anti-science, since being fit is a crucial\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuvancehealth.org\/coronavirus\/exercise-is-essential-for-well-being-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safeguard<\/a>\u00a0against the worst Covid outcomes for those with comorbidities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some schools, like the one I attended,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/university-of-chicago-demands-new-level-of-covid-compliance-mental-submission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forced students to sign<\/a>\u00a0documents pledging to follow anti-science Covid mandates. My school\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1R19j3YahNrGBw1gc3SxbTwYSjJYbGSo2dLiJXc0rmTo\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Required COVID-19 Attestation<\/a>\u201d forced students into mental submission as well, making students \u201cagree\u201d to claims such as, \u201cCOVID-19 poses a serious public health risk\u201d and \u201cmy failure to follow the [COVID-19] requirements,\u201d like wearing a cloth over my mouth, \u201cmay endanger myself and\/or others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schools were caught targeting and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/unvaxxed-and-undermined-how-uchicago-persecuted-me-for-refusing-the-covid-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surveilling<\/a>\u00a0unvaccinated students, and some institutions are accused of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dossier.substack.com\/p\/tales-from-americas-covid-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">installing security<\/a>\u00a0cameras in the hallways aimed at residents\u2019 doors to make sure students weren\u2019t visiting one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most disturbing was the universities\u2019 anonymous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/university-administrators-need-to-stop-infantilizing-college-students-with-communist-covid-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19 violation reporting systems<\/a>, where students were encouraged to turn in their peers to university authorities for doing things like standing closer than six feet apart or wearing a mask improperly. Covid violation punishments could be as severe as putting students\u2019 class registrations on hold, kicking them out of student housing, and even suspending or expelling them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it is true that most college students were compliant with the Covid mandates, that doesn\u2019t mean they liked them. Many young adults figured out quickly that Covid posed no real threat to them.\u00a0They knew Covid wasn\u2019t dangerous when they tested positive with mild symptoms. They dutifully showed up to class with their masks on but knew it was all for show because they took their masks off for weekend frat parties. They realized the \u201cvaccines\u201d were worthless once they got Covid after their first jab. They also knew the mandates were unjustified and unethical and that lockdowns in particular caused them to suffer from increased rates of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts<\/a>. Even when they were back in person, social interactions were policed and limited.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How did universities get young people to comply, then? The answer is fear (and not fear of the virus). As UChicago sophomore Eden Negussie\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/02\/09\/universities-insane-covid-rules-and-snitch-culture-are-training-the-next-generation-to-embrace-totalitarianism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in 2020, \u201cThe hysteria around COVID restrictions has bred an environment of such extreme judgment and fear that we cannot even function as normal human beings without being on edge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Standing up against Covid tyranny meant social and professional consequences. It meant you could be labeled a \u201cgrandma killer\u201d or a \u201cfascist.\u201d It could damage your reputation or cause you to lose friends or student housing. You may even lose an internship or job opportunity. Understandably, students submitted instead of gambling their careers before they\u2019d even started.<\/p>\n<p>Just because students were coerced into compliance doesn\u2019t mean they enjoyed colleges\u2019 mandates. The GOP leaders could have formulated a plan to emphasize how Republican governors from conservative states were able to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/florida-bans-strict-vaccine-mandates-schools-businesses-2021-11-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stop<\/a>\u00a0university vaccine mandates and point out how students from liberal states were less fortunate.\u00a0They could have reminded students of how miserable they were during lockdowns and brought out the incriminating vaccine and mask data that proves Democrat-fueled mandates were not only pointless but harmful. <\/p>\n<p>They could have exposed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/10\/media-cdc-quietly-admit-3-covid-truths-after-2-years-of-lies-did-they-think-we-wouldnt-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lies<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newspunch.com\/bidens-hhs-and-cdc-paid-screen-writers-and-comedians-to-mock-the-unvaccinated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corruption<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/03\/rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me-a-rundown-of-lockdown-leftists-ignoring-their-own-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hypocrisy<\/a>\u00a0of the politicians and government health bureaucrats who came up with the authoritarian Covid policies. They could have promised to launch investigations that would bring justice to people like Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/05\/disgraced-ecohealth-alliance-should-be-banished-to-wuhan-but-fauci-just-gave-it-millions-more-tax-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Fauci<\/a>. They could have assured students that what Democrats did to them over the last two years was un-American and unethical and that Republicans plan never to let it happen again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans might not have had a chance at winning Gen Z, but they certainly had a chance at tightening the unprecedented gap by which Democrats won them over. Covid is one of many issues Republicans could have run on (unsustainable grocery, gas, and heating bills are undoubtedly another issue they should have emphasized more to young voters).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Republican leaders decided to do absolutely nothing. They handed Gen Z to Democrats on a silver platter. Perhaps a misguided Gen Z strategy could have been forgivable, but no strategy is inexcusable \u2014 and yet another indication that the old-guard GOP leadership needs to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Evita Duffy is a staff writer to The Federalist and the co-founder of the Chicago Thinker. She loves the Midwest, lumberjack sports, writing, and her family. Follow her on Twitter at @evitaduffy_1 or contact her at evita@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cred wave\u201d that never was is in part thanks to Gen Z voters, who turned out in\u00a0record numbers\u00a0in the midterms and voted overwhelmingly Democrat. 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