Republicans target Democrats and teachers unions over school closures in bid to regain suburban ....
Source: CNN
Full Headline: Republicans target Democrats and teachers unions over school closures in bid to regain suburban foothold
Republicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools -- and blaming Democrats and their allies in organized labor for continued closures -- will lure back suburban voters who spurned them in 2020.
The Republican Senate and House campaign arms, along with Republican outside groups, have coalesced behind a unified message of reopening schools, hoping to put Democrats in a difficult spot between teachers unions and parents, who desperately want their kids to go back to the pre-pandemic days of in-person learning. The fight could also act as a salve for all-out Republican infighting, giving the party a message and target while many are turning their rhetorical fire on each other.
As they ramp up their criticism, Republicans are seeking a return of their own -- to a strategy of tying Democrats to organized labor during a time of strain centering on a hot button issue with special resonance in the suburbs. GOP officials have in a series of coordinated attacks accused Democrats of turning their backs on scientific evidence in order to placate teachers unions, who have been hesitant in some cases to bring members back to classrooms amid concerns over safe working conditions.
"Science is not the obstacle. Federal money is not the obstacle. The obstacle is a lack of willpower," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday. "Not among students. Not among parents. Just among the rich, powerful unions that donate huge sums to Democrats and get a stranglehold over education in many communities."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/republican-school-closures-suburban-voters/index.html
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All they are going to do is drive the suburbs away even more to Democrats. They are listening to the tiny pockets of the "whiners" who are anti-science/anti-maskers.
COVID-19 has nothing to do with "willpower". Ask Turtle why he refused to go to the WH for the latter half of last year (last visit was supposedly August 2020)
