Lee Snodgrass: Dem Leader's Anti-Parent Tweet Falls Flat With Voters
Lee Snodgrass's derogatory tweet fared poorly in a new poll, which showed strong support for Wisconsin's school choice programs.
State Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton, tweeted that parents should not "have a say" in their child's education unless they home school their kids or pay for private school tuition out of their "family budget." That arrogant attitude isn't sitting well with Wisconsin voters throughout the state, including in Democratic-leaning areas, according to a new poll.
Snodgrass is the Vice Chair of the state Democratic Party.
In a press release, School Choice Wisconsin, which commissioned the poll, wrote that Wisconsin voters "are sharply at odds with a Democratic party official and legislator who said parents who want 'to have a say in their child’s education' should home school or pay private school tuition."
In the release, Nic Kelly, president of School Choice Wisconsin, said the survey (further results t