Why? Because they can and because Democrats deserve it!

Republicans look to punish Democrats for school mask mandates

Republicans have stepped up pressure on Democrats to ditch mask mandates in K-12 schools, pointing to new signs the public is growing weary of pandemic restrictions and citing the detrimental effects they have on children’s development. A group of Republican House members led by Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Kentucky’s James Comer, ranking member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift masking recommendations for school children.

Parent being arrested at school board meeting

“Across the country, bureaucrats are still forcing young children to wear masks to participate in society when neither kids nor vaccinated adults are remotely likely to get gravely ill,” he said. “What exactly are we doing here? Where are the goalposts? What is the endgame?" Children are just as susceptible to coronavirus infection as adults but are far less likely to become seriously ill. Up to 50% of children who catch COVID-19 might not have any symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.

"After nearly two years in this pandemic, we have better risk mitigation strategies and vaccines, and we know much more about the efficacy of requiring children to wear masks all day," Miyares said in a press release. "Parents know what is best for their children and should be able to decide if their children wear a mask for eight hours a day."

The interesting thing was that much of the success Democrats have had in recent years came from suburban parents who had been slowly moving over towards Democrats. Much of this had to do with priorities on education, child credits, and things Democrats were doing that were aimed at suburban parents. But over the past couple of years, Democrats (as they loved to do) decided that these new voters could be taken for granted and pushed around. 

For decades now, this has been a successful strategy for Democrats with minorities. Take them for granted, keep them in need of or wanting more Government assistance, and demand Republicans were their enemies.  But this sort of strategy does not work with suburban parents who have a different set of priorities and have a longer history of being conservative than liberal. It seems that recently, Democrats are trying desperately to remind these suburban voters exactly why they used to be conservative. 

Unlike some of your traditional Democratic constituents, suburban parents do not want to rely on the government and do not want to be controlled by the Government. They don't mind the government helping them out, but for the most part they are independent minded people who still want to be in charge of their own lives and be in charge of raising their own children. 

But recently liberals (as liberals love to do) have been dismissive of this independence, while arrogantly telling these parents that they (liberal Democratic politicians and their liberal stronghold organizations) know better than parents what is best for their children. Trust me when I say that this doesn't sit well with parents in general. 

Certainly not with the independent swing voter parent who will decide the upcoming elections.