Consolidated VA Elections Thread

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Anonymous wrote:So, so happy this morning, for the people of Virginia and all of us as Americans.

We are back.

Biden and Kamala are toast. That is the real story now.

And make no mistake about it: This was a Culture Wars win. This election was about CRT. Next up is the trans agenda in our public schools. Yes, we're coming for you too. Enough is Enough.

Well, at least one person is willing to say it out loud.

We should all say this aloud. I vote Dem and we are losing because of our smug take on the culture war.

We won on LGBT rights with same sex marriage and anti discrimination laws, but then waaaaay too far with the neopronouns, XY people in womens sports, “men will never take advantage of new bathroom laws!” crap.

BLM galvanized the country and opened even my very conservative family’s eyes, but then no one was able to turn this into any actual change for the better and instead Dems just focus on shaming white “Karens” with no goal in sight.

Dems have been saying “follow the science” on vaccines, but then go overboard with school closures when the science says the risk of the virus to children is minuscule.

People want affordable healthcare, parental leave, and good infrastructure, but instead all the Dems offer is endless cultural shaming because talk is cheap and legislation is hard. You’re handing the country to the GOP on a platter. (They don’t have any brilliant solutions either, but the Dems are being so annoying no one even blames them for that.)

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Yes! I want good infrastructure. I want universal healthcare. I want paid parental leave and sick leave. I'm for all these social safety net policies. What I'm not for is constant identity politics, men in the women's locker room, not enforcing laws because "that's racist" (thanks for the crime wave), and UBI.

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Anonymous wrote:Remember this: Terry was up by double digits this summer. All he and the Dems had to do to win this was not be crazy.

And they couldn't even manage that.

SMH.

Honestly, over the last few weeks, they had to have had a conversation that went something like:

"Looks like we're losing serious ground on parents of K-12 aged children. School closures and education could be the reason we lose. What should we do?"

"How about we bring in Randi Weingarten to help?"

"Great idea!"

She was the kiss of the death; I knew he would lose the minute she shared a stage with Terry. She might be the second most hated person in politics right now

Yes, along with Stacy Abrams, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris... you could not have asked for a worse supporting line-up.

Unbelievable. I hope the 23-year-olds running Terry's campaign recognize this, but I really doubt it.

what's wrong with Abrams? Serious question. I thought people loved her for her get out the vote in GA.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden will get his bills passed, 5-11 kids will get vaxxed, people will be happy and Biden’s approval numbers will soar. Talk of GOP retaking the House in 2022 is wishful thinking. Calm down, folks.

You still don't get it, do you?

Get what? Biden will now have an excuse to move back to the cevter, which is where he wanted to be anywhere. Silver lining for him here.

Biden is senile and his handlers are far left, so he is just going to double down on whatever they put on his teleprompter.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like making everything about hateful identity politics (while closing schools and creating practical nightmares for families) is NOT an election winning strategy. Who ever could have guessed??

Youngkin ran on hateful identity politics with his CRT and anti-trans fear mongering.

Exactly this.

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Anonymous wrote:So, so happy this morning, for the people of Virginia and all of us as Americans.

We are back.

Biden and Kamala are toast. That is the real story now.

And make no mistake about it: This was a Culture Wars win. This election was about CRT. Next up is the trans agenda in our public schools. Yes, we're coming for you too. Enough is Enough.

Well, at least one person is willing to say it out loud.

We should all say this aloud. I vote Dem and we are losing because of our smug take on the culture war.

We won on LGBT rights with same sex marriage and anti discrimination laws, but then waaaaay too far with the neopronouns, XY people in womens sports, “men will never take advantage of new bathroom laws!” crap.

BLM galvanized the country and opened even my very conservative family’s eyes, but then no one was able to turn this into any actual change for the better and instead Dems just focus on shaming white “Karens” with no goal in sight.

Dems have been saying “follow the science” on vaccines, but then go overboard with school closures when the science says the risk of the virus to children is minuscule.

People want affordable healthcare, parental leave, and good infrastructure, but instead all the Dems offer is endless cultural shaming because talk is cheap and legislation is hard. You’re handing the country to the GOP on a platter. (They don’t have any brilliant solutions either, but the Dems are being so annoying no one even blames them for that.)

+1 The most sensible post on the thread. Thank you.

NP and I would take this one step further.

Democrats wage these cultural wars so earnestly because they fundamentally don’t threaten the real entrenched interests in this country: corporations and the rich. This is why they are having so much trouble legislating when policies like, having the government negotiate prescription drug prices are a no brainer. Paid family leave is a no brainer. Reversing the Trump tax cuts is a no brainer. But no, they threaten corporations and the rich, so the Democrats fail. And what do they have to fall back on? Rainbow pins and “loving” cheap illegal immigrant labor.

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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future.

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican.

I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that.
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well.

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time.

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time.

I agree.

Agree too (Dem voter). This wasn’t the only issue, but one of the big ones. I fear my party is getting a set of alternative facts (like all the PPs set on arguing that Nova schools were opening just as early as the rest of the country??) Voting Youngkin may have been a stupid way to “punish” school boards, but it still was a strong motivation IMHO.

Here you go. Facts.

Post about this from Feb 2020:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/951009.page
“Actually, based on the Burbio methodology, this says that *at most* ~40% of US student are in-person right now. Obviously, it's less than that since 100% of families are not choosing in-person.

https://about.burbio.com/methodology/
"• Burbio assigns a learning mode to a school district based on the most in-person option available to the general student population. Thus if a district offers both traditional and virtual options, the district is categorized as Traditional. " “

Hey out of state political activist.

We are talking about Virginia public schools, which were closed, vs Virginia private schools which were open.

Not 40% of schools in the US.

I’m a VA parent who saw this all go down. Don’t try to rewrite history.

DC areas schools sent kids back to the classroom around the same time as many other schools in the country. We weren’t an outlier.

Private schools had many more resources available to help them open. Mandates for testing, masking, traveling, etc. Plus, smaller classes and tons more space.

You are not being accurate or truthful.

Which part is inaccurate?

DP. All the stuff about private schools, for one.

Private schools absolutely had more resources. It’s much easier to control the variables and mitigate risk when you are small and can mandate anything you want.

Private schools could open full time with smaller numbers. But Va schools should have been open hybrid in August 2020 - not no in person option for one full year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember this: Terry was up by double digits this summer. All he and the Dems had to do to win this was not be crazy.

And they couldn't even manage that.

SMH.

Honestly, over the last few weeks, they had to have had a conversation that went something like:

"Looks like we're losing serious ground on parents of K-12 aged children. School closures and education could be the reason we lose. What should we do?"

"How about we bring in Randi Weingarten to help?"

"Great idea!"

She was the kiss of the death; I knew he would lose the minute she shared a stage with Terry. She might be the second most hated person in politics right now

Yes, along with Stacy Abrams, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris... you could not have asked for a worse supporting line-up.

Unbelievable. I hope the 23-year-olds running Terry's campaign recognize this, but I really doubt it.

what's wrong with Abrams? Serious question. I thought people loved her for her get out the vote in GA.

You can't be serious.

She is a radical leftist with progressive policies. That is enough to dismiss her outright. Oh, and she's also a complete lightweight who thinks that she is much more important than she is.

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Anonymous wrote:Make no mistake about it: This election is all about defeating CRR. Next up is the trans agenda.

Parents have had enough

Of what, exactly?

My dc goes to school with kids from all different backgrounds. There is a transgendered kiddo in dc's class, too. The goal for the community (it is a public school) is for *each kid* to feel supported, loved and celebrated.

Between this election and the screamers in Loudon County, I'd never, ever live in Va. It seems impossible there to get past the bumper stickers and just see people as neighbors with whom you can work together to support each kid.

My goal for my kid in school is to be educated. You know, like Reading, Math and Science.

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how to lose an election 101:

1) try to enact gun laws that are more strict than California in a state with gun ownership rates of Texas the second you get a trifecta to ensure very high rural turnouts
2) lose suburban voters by lying and pretend CRT doesn't exist through legalise obfuscation when most people understand it to be relating to the encompassing encroachment of equity diversity inclusion in the K-12 system, resulting in the removal of Merit based enrollment for TJ and the dumbing down of math education for the sake of equity.

The amount brilliant strategizing the democrats engage to lose elections is mind boggling

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Anonymous wrote:Biden will get his bills passed, 5-11 kids will get vaxxed, people will be happy and Biden’s approval numbers will soar. Talk of GOP retaking the House in 2022 is wishful thinking. Calm down, folks.

You still don't get it, do you?

Get what? Biden will now have an excuse to move back to the cevter, which is where he wanted to be anywhere. Silver lining for him here.

Biden is senile and his handlers are far left, so he is just going to double down on whatever they put on his teleprompter.

+1. No way will Biden move back to the center; he can't. He is owned by China and the progressive left. The one to watch now is Kamala. She will disappear faster than dew on a summer morning. Just watch.

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to bring down food inflation is to stop the monthly child tax credits and pull back expanded SNAP benefits. Less money chasing the same product means a lower price. I'm not sure the rural R voters would appreciate that though.

It may lower food prices, but low-income families will have less money to buy food, so how does that help them?

I don’t think it will even lower food prices. Once prices start going up, they don’t really appreciably come back down. Look at gas prices since 2008 vs. the price of oil.

I can’t find the original comment about ending child tax credit. So I’ll put this here. I’ve been working in person in the service industry most of the pandemic but I had to reduce my hours greatly. When school opened up again and the tax credit became available we were able to afford after care. This is the only reason I can work semi full time hours right now. Because we made less money last year there was no cushion for child care. The credit pays half of what we need and that’s an enormous help. I do typically get a credit at the end of the year but having a monthly installment makes so much more sense for our family. If you are a family that needs it, it’s a life saver.

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to bring down food inflation is to stop the monthly child tax credits and pull back expanded SNAP benefits. Less money chasing the same product means a lower price. I'm not sure the rural R voters would appreciate that though.

It may lower food prices, but low-income families will have less money to buy food, so how does that help them?

I don’t think it will even lower food prices. Once prices start going up, they don’t really appreciably come back down. Look at gas prices since 2008 vs. the price of oil.

DP. I've been thinking about that and don't really understand it. When oil gets back to $100/barrel, where it should be, what will happen to gas prices at the pump?

Jack squat. Lol. Maybe 5-10 cents less per gallon. Maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:Make no mistake about it: This election is all about defeating CRR. Next up is the trans agenda.

Parents have had enough

Of what, exactly?

My dc goes to school with kids from all different backgrounds. There is a transgendered kiddo in dc's class, too. The goal for the community (it is a public school) is for *each kid* to feel supported, loved and celebrated.

Between this election and the screamers in Loudon County, I'd never, ever live in Va. It seems impossible there to get past the bumper stickers and just see people as neighbors with whom you can work together to support each kid.

My goal for my kid in school is to be educated. You know, like Reading, Math and Science.

PP here, and +1000. It is not the responsibility of schools to keep our kids "safe." It is not the responsibility of schools to push a radical leftist agenda of racism and gender questioning. That is the parents' role, to handle individually with their own children as they wish.

Schools need to stick to academics.

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Anonymous wrote:Another reason to not live in VA, poor N VA is stuck with Kentucky politics.

While you are stuck with Kentucky population

DP ? MD has a moderate, Trump hating R governor. VA has a Trump lover for a governor.

The "Kentucky" population is tiny in MD and wants to join WVA. VA has a Trump lover leading the state, so it appears that there are more "Kentucky population" in VA than MD.

Well there are larger pockets of Kentucky population in Baltimore. That’s why the Western counties want to leave. Annapolis is trying to shift Baltimore to Western Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to bring down food inflation is to stop the monthly child tax credits and pull back expanded SNAP benefits. Less money chasing the same product means a lower price. I'm not sure the rural R voters would appreciate that though.

It may lower food prices, but low-income families will have less money to buy food, so how does that help them?

I don’t think it will even lower food prices. Once prices start going up, they don’t really appreciably come back down. Look at gas prices since 2008 vs. the price of oil.

I can’t find the original comment about ending child tax credit. So I’ll put this here. I’ve been working in person in the service industry most of the pandemic but I had to reduce my hours greatly. When school opened up again and the tax credit became available we were able to afford after care. This is the only reason I can work semi full time hours right now. Because we made less money last year there was no cushion for child care. The credit pays half of what we need and that’s an enormous help. I do typically get a credit at the end of the year but having a monthly installment makes so much more sense for our family. If you are a family that needs it, it’s a life saver.

+1 The stimulus money and the tax credit are helping us pay for our child's therapies without going into debt. Therapy we weren't able to get through the public school system because they refused to do evaluations in 2020.