Earlier today, we saw this post on Anti-School-Choice GOPers being ousted. https://greatawakening.win/p/17si5AD4hd/antischoolchoice-gopers-massacre/c/
Here is a link to that article directly. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/anti-school-choice-gopers-massacred-texas-primary-vouchers-enacted-alabama
This article immediately raised my hackles because of the enormity of the contributions to ouster these anti-school-choice Republicans. Governor Abbott spent $4.4 million to take them out; and AFC (American Federation of Children) spent $4.5 million to take them out.
So, I started digging on AFC. Here is their website: https://www.federationforchildren.org/
Chairman of the Board is William Oberndorf, a San Francisco-based billionaire, anti-Trump Republican who voted for Hilary and has supported Kyrsten Sinema, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Corey Booker, Mitch McConnell, and Jeb Bush. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Oberndorf
Here is another article which outlines his donations. https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/William-Oberndorf-in-Boudin-recall-17059555.php
Also on the Board is Kevin P. Chavous, a life-long Democrat who served on Obama’s 2008 election campaign and co-founded and chaired the Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), and sat on the board of Handgun Control, Inc., now known as bradyunited.org.
Most importantly, Kevin Chavous has served as the president of Stride K12, Inc. since 2017. Stride is a technology-based curriculum company. https://www.stridelearning.com/
A THEORY: If legislation were to be enacted in TX to regulate the education of those who are homeschooling with Universal School Choice funds, Stride K12 would be a shoe-in for providing such a curriculum.
SUMMARY: AFC, which just successfully ousted multiple CONSERVATIVE politicians who were anti-school-choice in TX, is chaired by a RINO, anti-Trump billionaire and has on its BOD the President of a curriculum company which is poised to make a killing when regulations on the use of the government funds offered through School Choice are enacted.
Universal School Choice is not a conservative value; it is another socialist program which uniquely pulls at the heartstrings because it involves children directly. It is also rife with corruption, as are all government programs.
Quality post. Thank you.
Interested in learning more. How did Abbott give them $4.4 million?
The article said Abbott spent that much to campaign against them. I suppose he supported those who won their seats.
These ousted politicians were all RINOs who attempted to impeach Ken Paxton, a great Patriot fighting Biden and the DNC. Sometimes you just get the right result for the wrong reason.
Yes, I didn't dive into the politicians themselves, so thank you. Because both the teachers unions and the homeschoolers who side with HSLDA are opposed to Universal School Choice, it's often hard to tell who has the same principles.