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After the Republican National Committee on Thursday threatened the Commission on Presidential Debates that it would "prohibit future GOP nominees from participating in future CPD-sponsored debates" over what the RNC sees as unfairness and bias against Republicans, leftists predictably lashed out.
Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison tweeted that “Republicans can’t win a fair fight and they know it":
Republicans can't win a fair fight and they know it. Regardless of the RNC\u2019s tantrum, voters can count on hearing from President Biden and Vice President Harris who are proud of their records.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/presidential-debates-rnc.html\u00a0\u2026— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair) 1642106460
Joy Behar — loyal leftist co-host of "The View" — asked in a tweet, "Are they afraid that their candidates can’t keep up?"
Are they afraid that their candidates can\u2019t keep up?https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1481665695322681350\u00a0\u2026— Joy Behar (@Joy Behar) 1642098655
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki — when asked for a reaction to the news — quipped that "it's a question best posed to the RNC on what they’re so afraid of":
\u201cIt\u2019s a question best posed to the RNC on what they\u2019re so afraid of.\u201d\n\n\u2014 WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki on RNC threatening to prohibit GOP presidential candidates from participating in debates sponsored by the non-profit commission that has hosted the debates for three decades.pic.twitter.com/tS2Mk3vIzn— The Recount (@The Recount) 1642108057
Veteran Democratic politico Jon Cooper asked, "Who agrees these Republican cowards FEAR THE TRUTH?"
BREAKING: The RNC says it will require all presidential candidates to pledge to NOT participate in any debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates, breaking a decades-long tradition.\n\nWho agrees these Republican cowards FEAR THE TRUTH?— Jon Cooper \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Jon Cooper \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1642094303
Journalist David Leavitt concluded that GOP candidates "don’t want to answer critical questions":
The RNC wants to stop all Republican candidates from participating in presidential debates because they don\u2019t want to answer critical questions.— David Leavitt (@David Leavitt) 1642097606
New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen surmised that the GOP "wants out" of "a common world of fact, about which candidates for president can be questioned":
Ominous sign. The debates are full of problems and quadrennially a disappointment, but they do carry forward one key idea: there exists a common world of fact, about which candidates for president can be questioned. The RNC wants out of that.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1481665661139140616\u00a0\u2026— Jay Rosen (@Jay Rosen) 1642103604
Columnist Tim O'Brien tweeted that the RNC's move is "another example of Republicans’ antipathy toward public institutions and civic processes leading them to just…walk away. Doesn’t bode well for accountability or transparency":
Another example of Republicans\u2019 antipathy toward public institutions and civic processes leading them to just\u2026walk away. Doesn\u2019t bode well for accountability or transparency.https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1481665695322681350\u00a0\u2026— Tim O'Brien (@Tim O'Brien) 1642092529
Comedian Titus attempted to summarize the RNC's stance like so: "Alright guys, our candidates can’t form complete sentences, answer questions or think on their feet, so instead of finding good candidates, let’s refuse to let the morons speak, cool?"
\u201cAlright guys, our candidates can\u2019t form complete sentences, answer questions or think on their feet, so instead of finding good candidates, let\u2019s refuse to let the morons speak, cool?\u201d\nRNC Signals a Pullout From Presidential Debates - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/presidential-debates-rnc.html\u00a0\u2026— Titus (@Titus) 1642109927
Writer Molly Jong-Fast said the RNC's decision "makes me think the GOP is doubling down on its anti-democratic instincts":
The RNC deciding it won\u2019t do debates anymore makes me think the gop is doubling down on its anti-democratic instincts.— Molly Jong-Fast (@Molly Jong-Fast) 1642094860
Nick Knudsen, executive director of nonprofit DemCast, echoed Jong-Fast's sentiments: "The GOP is fully withdrawing from democracy":
Wow. \n\nThe RNC is going to require that presidential candidates pledge to not participate in presidential debates.\n\nThe GOP is fully withdrawing from democracy.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/republican-presidential-debate-dispute.html?referringSource=articleShare\u00a0\u2026— Nick Knudsen \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Nick Knudsen \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1642091905
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted in regard to her letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates said that "for years" the organization that's supposed to be nonpartisan "has shown bias against Republicans. Since they continue to stonewall commonsense reforms, the RNC is leveling the playing field to make debates fair for future nominees."
Among the reforms the RNC wants:
In the 2020 debates between then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden and then-President Donald Trump, it would seem that the moderators made more headlines than they should have.
In the first debate, moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked Trump to condemn "white supremacists and right-wing militia" even though Trump had done so repeatedly and even vowed the week before to designate the Ku Klux Klan as a terrorist organization. However, Wallace didn't ask Biden to condemn Antifa — and Biden, in fact, actually claimed during the debate that the violent leftist group is "an idea, not an organization." Interestingly, Wallace announced last month his departure from Fox News to join CNN.
The CPD tapped Steve Scully — then-political editor for C-SPAN — to moderate the second Trump-Biden debate, but it was soon reported that Scully had served as an intern for then-Sen. Joe Biden in college and later worked on the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy's staff. What's more, C-SPAN suspended Scully after he admitted he lied about his Twitter feed being hacked in regard to a question he posted to former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci after Trump accused Scully of being a "nevertrumper." Soon the second debate was canceled after Trump complained about the format being changed to a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And despite a report that the third debate moderator, Kristen Welker — chief White House correspondent for NBC News — has deep ties to the Democratic Party, she won high praise from both sides of the aisle for her job moderating the third debate.
Goya Foods' pro-Trump CEO, Robert Unanue, is no stranger to controversy over his political views.
In January, the board of the Hispanic foods company voted to censure Unanue, a longtime, vocal advocate for former President Donald Trump, over controversial remarks he made following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.
Last summer, Goya faced calls for a boycott after Unanue praised Trump during a Rose Garden roundtable discussion among Hispanic leaders.
So it likely came as no surprise that, as the Washington Post reported, anti-Trump forces are again calling for a Goya boycott following Unanue's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the weekend.
The businessman took the CPAC stage Sunday to again align himself with President Trump's and his supporters' ongoing allegations that the 2020 election was stolen through massive voter fraud.
Shortly after being introduced, Unanue thanked the crowd and told the audience it was an honor just to be on the same stage the former president would be using later that day for a massive keynote speech, calling the Trump the "real" and "legitimate" president.
"It's just an honor to be here. But my biggest honor today is gonna be that ― I think we're gonna be on the same stage ― as, in my opinion, the real, the legitimate, and the still-actual president of the United States, Donald J. Trump," Unanue said to the CPAC crowd that responded with a roar of applause.
Knowing the blowback he would receive for such a statement, Unanue immediately followed that with a dig at the Twitterverse, which was bound to attack him for his statement, considering what critics on social media did in January when they pressured Goya's board to punish him for his political views.
"Sorry, Twitter. I've already been canceled," he said. "You can't do it again."
Unanue went on to say that conservatives "still have faith that the majority of the people of the United States voted for" Trump and followed that with accusations that the Senate runoff elections in Georgia were "not legitimate."
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The CEO's statements, of course, riled up the left, reigniting their zeal to boycott Goya over his allegations.
For example, the Post noted, "The View" cohost Joy Behar tweeted, "No more chick peas from Goya for me," in response to a story on Unanue's speech.
No more chick peas from Goya for me. https://t.co/GCdsGSG6sE— Joy Behar (@Joy Behar)1614545861.0
Former CNN host Soledad O'Brien said, "Folks at Goya should be embarrassed by their CEO."
Folks at Goya should be embarrassed by their CEO https://t.co/HJIH74mhR1— Soledad O'Brien (@Soledad O'Brien)1614564454.0
Both Newsweek and the Huffington Post reported that they pressed Goya for a response on Unanue's remarks and whether he had been given permission to speak. Goya Foods did not respond.
Joy Behar, co-host of "The View," suggested over the weekend that every American student, most of whom have had their education relegated to remote learning since the beginning of the pandemic, should be forced to "repeat" this school year.
According to Behar, returning to in-person learning should be jettisoned completely this school year.
"Sending kids back to school this year is so fraught with anxiety and uncertainty. Why not just have everyone repeat the year? Is that such a far out idea?" Behar tweeted on Sunday.
Sending kids back to school this year is so fraught with anxiety and uncertainty. Why not just have everyone repeat… https://t.co/uQjR6fCWBv— Joy Behar (@Joy Behar)1612102423.0
In response, Behar was promptly rebuked for suggesting what many considered would be a punishment to students.
Whether students have returned to in-person learning very much depends on location. Many school districts nationwide have returned to in-person learning or a hybrid between in-person and remote learning. Most of the biggest school districts, though, remain closed for in-person learning.
The impacts of remote learning have not been insignificant.
The Associated Press reported:
School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times — with English language learners and disabled and disadvantaged students suffering the most.
Indeed, one of the often unspoken consequences of remote learning, especially for younger and disabled students, is that many parents have been forced to choose between working or sitting with their child during their remote learning sessions. Work, of course, is almost always picked over school, meaning many of the most disadvantaged students in Title I schools are missing school entirely.
Teachers' unions have further complicated the process.
For example, students kindergarten through eighth grade were scheduled to return to in-person learning in Chicago on Monday, but that was pushed back to Tuesday because the Chicago Teachers Union is refusing to send its staff back to school.
Reluctant teachers claim returning to in-person learning remains unsafe, but studies have shown that student-to-teacher transmission in schools is extremely low.
In fact, in one Duke-led study conducted in North Carolina last fall, researchers discovered ZERO instances of child-to-adult transmission of COVID-19.
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