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It's not a sign of the apocalypse. I actually have something nice(ish) to say about Governor Abbott: He isn't lying to us about his plans.
His plans are just awful, and they would be an absolute disaster for our state – and for our public schools in particular. But Greg Abbott definitely isn't lying about those plans.
Greg Abbott has fully embraced a Give Me Vouchers or Give Me Death mindset.
For months before the Republican primary, Abbott told anyone who would listen that he needed just two more votes in the Texas House to push through his school voucher program in the next legislative session.[1]
You might think that meant Abbott was out there campaigning to replace pro-education Democrats with pro-voucher Republicans — but you’d be wrong. And Abbott was honest on this point too.
He concluded that the easiest path to victory ran through the Republican base, so Abbott and his fellow Voucherites spent months attacking fellow Republicans and unseating anti-voucher Republican incumbents.
If a Republican incumbent wasn’t a reliable vote against public schools, Greg Abbott found somebody else who would be, endorsed them, and paved the way for a massive anti-education shakeup in the Texas House Republican Caucus. Now the November ballot is stacked full of Republicans with exactly one policy platform: support Greg Abbott’s voucher plan at all costs.
(...Abbott might add: Or else.)
From our very first day, Mothers Against Greg Abbott has opposed Greg Abbott’s attempts to siphon public money away from public schools and into private ones. |
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"While Republicans read bills in committee about stripping transgender youth of their civil rights, banning books in public schools, making it harder to vote, and implementing censorship on college campuses, I’ve noticed who is showing up to speak to support these bills and who is noticeably absent...
Grassroots organizations and civil rights groups like Every Texan, the AFL-CIO, MOVE Texas, Mothers Against Greg Abbott, the Human Rights Campaign Austin, the NAACP, the ACLU, the American Federation of Teachers, and several more have all been there..."
— Michelle Davis, LoneStarLeft Newsletter |
We've seen off attempt after attempt — using every legislative trick in the books — to sneak vouchers over the line. We haven’t lost so far, and we aren’t going to lose now.
Between now and November, we are launching ads, putting up billboards, supporting pro-education Democratic candidates, calling everyone we know, and doing everything else we can to make sure voters know what’s at stake in this election.
And in case that’s unclear, Greg Abbott laid it out: If Abbott’s pro-voucher candidates win in November, he will “now ha[ve] enough votes to pass” school vouchers.[2] |
We should be grateful that Greg Abbott has been so honest about his plans to dismantle public education and fund private schools instead. And we should honestly answer:
Aw, hell no! |
Nancy Thompson, Founder |
REFERENCES [2] Scherer, J. (2024, May 28). Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchers. Texas Tribune. Retrieved from Retrieved from texastribune.org. |
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