NC Gov. goes against parents over school choice for their children

"You will obey"

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper [pronouns she, it] declared a parent's right of school choice for their children a "state of emergency" Monday, in a dictatorial attempt to stop a school choice bill from passing the state legislature. 

Since the state legislature is elected by the people of North Carolina, the move by Cooper goes directly against their wishes, meaning that the only state of emergency is having a governor who uses his power to circumvent them. But then again, they also voted for Cooper and are getting what they asked for, good and hard.

Cooper released a video announcement where he declared a state of emergency, arguing that the state of public education is "no less important" than other emergencies, which is total bull crap judging by the way they handled the pandemic.

"It’s time to declare a State of Emergency for public education in North Carolina. There’s no Executive Order like with a hurricane or the pandemic, but it’s no less important," Cooper stated, as if the people's elected representatives were going against their wishes to have some control over their children's education.

He continued to bloviate: "It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life out of public education. I’m declaring this state of emergency because you need to know what’s happening. If you care about public schools in North Carolina, it’s time to take immediate action and tell them to stop the damage that will set back our schools for a generation."

There's a reason their legislature is Republican, but he thinks he supersedes them.

Cooper's tyrannical announcement drew intense blowback on Twitter by those who refuse to march in lockstep with the woke agenda that is using an overreach of government power. And in this case, it's more than ironic that Cooper's own daughter attends a private school.

The governor has been criticized for opposing private school vouchers while sending his daughter to a private school in Raleigh. He has also attempted to end the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program which provides vouchers to lower and middle-income students because it's no skin off his butt.

Independent Women’s Forum senior policy analyst Kelsey Bolar tweeted:

"What a hypocrite. Public schools aren't good enough for his kids, but they are for yours." 

Purple Strategies partner Rory Cooper posted: 

"If I *were* the Governor of NC, I would've been declaring a state of emergency when the state was in the bottom third of states reopening schools and depriving children of the education they needed. Not once parents got involved and demanded something better for their kids."

But of course, no state of emergency was declared about that.

The Blaze columnist Auron MacIntyre wrote: 

"Executive governing in the permanent state of exception to save democracy."

School choice advocate Corey DeAngelis posted:

"they're losing control over the minds of other people's children. good. cry harder, @RoyCooperNC."

The statement that comports to what I've been saying here is by Americans for Prosperity vice president Casey Mattox:

"A ‘state of emergency’ over a bill passed by the legislature. Very serious."

Last month, GOP lawmakers in North Carolina began to move forward with education reform bills that promote school choice, a move that would level the playing field for minorities in the state. One measure they proposed would provide equal funding to charter school students in line with that of public school students. Cooper, and other critics claimed the bill would serve only to cut funding for public schools.

The measures by NC Republicans followed the announcement by State Rep. Tricia Cotham that she would be leaving the Democratic Party to join the GOP. Her decision, she stated at the time, came from her support for school choice.

"On issues like school choice, like charters, we have to evolve," Cotham said. "One-size-fits-all in education is wrong for children … [Democrats] didn't really want to talk about children. They had talking points from adults and adult organizations."

It appears as if some of the woke have awakened.

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GA Dem claims every child in her state is hers but refuses to buy them clothes and feed them

Social media couldn't believe the bull that was being thrown by a Georgia Democrat at a State House discussion on the SB233, or the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act. It failed to clear the House before the end of the Wednesday legislative session.

Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook, [let's pear it down to just two names: Rep. and Westbrook] a Democrat, of course, said the following in discussing Senate Bill 233:

"The question that came to my mind is: Who is my child? Every single child in Georgia. Every single one. Without exception. Not just my own. Not just the ones that I gave birth to." 

And not the ones born to other mothers and fathers who know their child's name, who protect them, nurture them, clothe them and tucked them in at night. Rep. Westbrook has not fed nor clothed them and thus cannot have feelings for them that even minutely compare to that of a parent. And since she doesn't live with any of these children of hers, is she paying any child support?

Corey DeAngelis, a school choice advocate, posted the clip to Twitter, where users commented on Westbrook's take.

"Does she even understand how creepy this is?" Rep. Nick Freitas (R), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates said.

"These people don’t understand the difference between advocating and actually being the parent," another commenter said.

The Left has gone full-blown Marxist where the concept is that the child is owned by the state. Tell that to parents who love their child's individuality. Parents were called 'terrorists' by this administration because they are pushing Marxism in the schools with Critical Race Theory garbage.

Yes, I'm "commie-phobic."

One user tweeted:

"This is the language of Marx & its not aligned with reality. PARENTS are the parents. The STATE does NOT supersede the decision making rights of parents. Period. Full stop." 

These leftists hate a parent's ability to choose which school their child attends. When you actually stop to think about this fact, you can see that it's racist because it prevents children in failing schools [which is largely due to failing teachers who have no consequences of their failing] to attend a non-failing school, even a private one.

The bill is endorsed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, (R) who looks to expand school choice in the state by creating a promise scholarship account (or voucher) to help families alleviate costs of private school tuition. Having school choice scares the crap out of bad teachers and their bad unions. [See Randi Weingarten.]

Kemp and Republicans allied on the bill kept hope that it would pass both chambers since the GOP holds majorities in each, but it ultimately failed to pass the House of Representatives because what Democrats fear even more than school choice is losing their campaign support from teachers' unions. [See Randi Weingarten again.]

In a move that defies conservative ideology, four rural state Republicans [aka RINOs] voted against their constituents and defied party lines by voting against the measure Wednesday. They should be voted out of office.

Westbrook, a Marxist who went to private school, represents the Savannah-area 163rd district, was among the 89 nay votes, naturally.

Hypocrisy much?

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