Category: The Farrell Report

Despite the Republican assertions that the economy was the core of voters’ anxieties, their post-election responses revealed that ‘saving democracy’ and a ‘woman’s right to choose’ topped their lists.

There has been virtually no response to the Republicans’ continuing assault on America’s democratic institutions, especially K-12 public education.

Repeatedly warned about their lack of an appealing political message, they have elected to stand steadfast in their belief that they know what their voters want and need.

The Republican strategy is to double-down on critical race theory (CRT) which was the point of their educational spear in the Virginia and New Jersey elections. They plan to buttress, if not upstage CRT, with legislation and advocacy to promote corporate-owned charter schools, school vouchers, homeschooling, school savings accounts, and the increased funding of religious schools.

These issues are being carefully woven together to stoke fear, anger, and unity among Virginia’s voters.

They already trailed behind their working- and middle-class counterparts, but there have been major declines in reading and math during the past 18 months.

with their slim majorities in the House and Senate, and faced with internal and external distractions in their effort to pass legislation, Democrats seem to be unaware as to how they are being ‘played.’