And we fucking squandered it. We begged for the communist indoctrination centers to be reopened.

I think a lot of people got the message and started homeschooling after this. You're overall correct though.

I think the conservative movement desperately needs some real leadership and consistency in messaging. I don't think that re-opening schools was necessarily the popular position. If it wasn't, we need messaging that's more responsive to the base. If it was, then we need better thought leaders.