Texas Democrat who sent his kids to private school criticizes parents who do the same

Texas Democrat Gene Wu said successful a video posted to X connected Monday that parents nonstop their kids to private schoolhouse "so they don’t person to person their kids with your kids," adjacent though a erstwhile societal media station from him indicated helium besides chose backstage schoolhouse for his children.  

"How bash we archer radical we’re going to instrumentality your wealth and springiness it to affluent people, truthful they tin nonstop their kids to private school, truthful they don’t person to person their kids with your kids," Wu told a assemblage connected Monday during a objection against a projected schoolhouse prime bill.

On Jan. 24, 2025, Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton filed Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, which would springiness students cosmopolitan entree to schoolhouse prime and supply astatine slightest $2,000 each twelvemonth to students’ acquisition savings account. If a household decides to enroll their kid successful a backstage school, each pupil would person $10,000 per year, and students with a disablement enrolling successful a backstage schoolhouse would person $11,500 per year. A akin mentation of the measure reportedly failed 3 times successful 2023. 

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Wu, who is the seat of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, has antecedently spoken retired against schoolhouse choice.  (wiki commons)

Wu, who is the seat of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, has antecedently spoken retired against school choice, saying it was a giveaway to Republican donors. In a bid of posts connected societal media successful May 2022, Wu revealed that helium attended a backstage schoolhouse and that helium sent his ain kids to a backstage school. 

"I went to a backstage schoolhouse for precocious school. My household would person loved to person wealth back... But they didn't request it. I would emotion to get $12k of authorities wealth for my kids successful backstage school. BUT that doesn't look just successful the slightest bit," helium wrote astatine the time. 

He continued his statement that cosmopolitan schoolhouse prime successful the signifier of vouchers was a "scam" and would beryllium lone to the payment of "billionaire mega-donors." 

"Greg Abbott is putting his billionaire mega-donors implicit Texas students. Every dollar spent connected his billionaire voucher scam is simply a dollar taken from our classrooms. The politician should afloat money our vicinity schools — not defund them w/ a backstage schoolhouse voucher scam," helium wrote. 

Fox News Digital reached retired for a remark to Wu’s office, but did not instantly person a response. 

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The exterior of the Texas State Capitol is seen connected September 05, 2023 successful Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

In a press release announcing Senate Bill 2, Creighton said that "this session, we are afloat committed to passing universal, broad schoolhouse prime legislation, ensuring each Texas household has entree to the acquisition opportunities they deserve. It’s clip for Texas to articulation the 32 different states that already empower parents and students with greater acquisition freedom."

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