Mom ain’t happy—and Democrats are in all kinds of trouble this time.
CNN interviewed the “white supremacist racists” who elected Virginia’s first black woman as Lieutenant Governor.
Furious mothers helped elect black Republican mom Winsome Sears as Virginia Lt. Gov. this month and they’re not about to let Democrats’ plans for a “new normal” damage their children even more.
Somehow, days after Americans stunned the Democrats by trouncing them in numerous state and local elections, CNN news editors got the bright idea to go interview some “white suburban moms.”
So, CNN’s Pamela Brown had a conversation on video with four Virginia moms who voted for Biden in 2020, but voted for Republicans in the Virginia elections earlier this month.
She asked them, “Do you think suburban moms like you basically put Youngkin into office?”
Their answers: “Yes.” “Absolutely.” “He knows it.”
It turns out that while mainstream news networks were busy blaming Republicans for politicizing school board races, moms were gearing up to kick politicians out of office for keeping their kids out of school.
“Our kids are in crisis,” one mom said, “the learning loss is real so we’re in a place where our kids are really far behind and they need a lot of help. They need a lot of additional tutoring, they need a lot of additional time after school to help catch them up — and they’re still not focusing on that. It’s like you’re in front of your house and the driveway is really dirty, but the house is also on fire and you’re using a hose to hose off the driveway instead of putting out the fire.”
Oh, so are these the white supremacist racists who elected Virginia’s first black woman as Lieutenant Governor?
Brown’s panel of four moms included a Democrat, two Independents, and one unaffiliated voter.
Not one of them appreciated having their concerns at school board meetings blown off — or being painted as racist extremists when they just want their children’s basic educational needs met.
That reality is something Democratic Candidate Terry McAuliffe didn’t take time to understand on the campaign trail.
“Parents were very angry during school closures at the teachers unions,” another mom added, “For me the nail in the coffin, was on his last day of campaigning he brought the head of the teachers union to his rally and she spoke and it was like someone just poked me right in the eye.”
Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Sears, on the other hand, spent a lot of time listening to parents. And that made all the difference.
The women said they made them feel like their concerns were being heard while McAuliffe, “seemed to be campaigning everywhere except Virginia.”
It turns out all politics are still local and the moms CNN interviewed say that even if Democrats learned their lesson this year, it will take a lot of convincing to ever earn back their trust.
Now the question is whether Democrats—from Joe Biden down to school board candidates—will choose to keep pushing their own agendas at any cost or if they’re ready to start listening to voters.
Political Animal News will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
