“The people who oppose school choice in this matter are the same people who have school choice themselves.”
In other words, those who vote against school choice are those that have a choice of what schools to send their kids to. This intuitive statement was made just recently in a floor speech by State Senator Justin Wayne of Nebraska. In that speech this African American State Senator described how for years he had voted against bills that were pro-school choice, but this year he decided to approach it differently.
Mr. Wayne issued a challenge to his colleagues – he told his colleagues he’ll vote against the school choice bill if they agree to send their own kids to public schools . . . Brilliant!
“Here’s my offer: I will vote to kill this bill if you send your kids to one of the schools in my district that we’re waiting to turn around. Don’t make a choice that you won’t allow anybody else to make just based off of income.”
Basically he issued a challenge against the hypocrisy of politicians who deny others a choice that they have. We all realize that oftentimes school choice is paramount to the education of those who are not wealthy enough to afford to send their children to private schools. This lack of choice was magnified during the Covid pandemic, not only in Mr. Wayne’s district in Nebraska, but throughout the U.S. as many private schools were in session whereas public schools were not.
From Daniel Mitchell on Townhall Finance:
“What a great idea! All politicians who vote against school choice have to send their kids to the crummy government schools in their states and districts.
That wouldn’t be good news for hypocrites like Barack Obama (and his Secretary of Education), Elizabeth Warren, Democratic congressional candidates, and the head of a teacher union.
Heck, we could create a giant list of all the rich leftists who exercise choice for their own children while voting to deny similar opportunities for kids from families that don’t have lots of money.”
You can bet the farm that you will not hear about or read about Justin Wayne’s floor speech and challenge to his colleagues in any of the Main Stream Media.
Kudos to the State Senator from Nebraska.