The progressive San Francisco school board president who was stripped of her position in a recall vote this week has dramatically claimed that those who ousted her are “aligned” with white supremacists.
“So if you fight for racial justice, this is the consequence,” President Gabriela López tweeted Thursday.
“Don’t be mistaken, white supremacists are enjoying this. And the support of the recall is aligned with this.”
López and two other board members — vice president Faauuga Moliga and commissioner Alison Collins — were all voted out on Tuesday.
Her tweet included a photo of a Washington Post headline that said the three ousted board members were “seen as too focused on racial justice.”
“This headline says it all. If you are not outraged, you’re not paying attention,” Lopez added.
The board members were ousted in the wake of widespread backlash over COVID-19 shutdowns and a controversial plan to rename dozens of school sites.
Parents started pushing to recall the three members in January 2021 after arguing the board was pushing progressive politics instead of acting in the best interests of children amid the pandemic.
The recall effort came as the school board was trying to rename 44 school sites that it said honored public figures linked to racism, sexism and other injustices — including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and trailblazing US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Critics argued the push made a mockery of the country’s racial reckoning — and parents demanded to know why the board would waste time renaming schools when the priority needed to be reopening classrooms.
The board eventually scrapped the plan after widespread uproar.