Roy Cooper has made a name for himself fighting against parents who want a better education for their kids, blocking school vouchers left and right. He’s spent years parading around, claiming that North Carolina’s public schools are the only future worth fighting for. But here’s the real story—while Cooper slammed the door on school choice for working families, he quietly put his own daughter in one of the priciest, most exclusive private schools Raleigh has to offer.
While the average North Carolina family has to scrape by and pray their kids escape the chaos and crumbling standards of the public school system, Cooper’s little princess got to stroll the halls of St. Mary’s, a private school with tuition so high it would make most families’ jaws drop. Back in 2011, parents were shelling out nearly forty grand a year, plus thousands more in extra fees. These days that price tag has ballooned to over $66,000. All this while Cooper looked taxpayers in the eye and told them to tighten their belts and “invest in public schools.” The hypocrisy is staggering.
Cooper didn’t just push against school vouchers—he called them a waste, trying to snuff out legislation that would have given thousands of lower- and middle-income families the same shot he gave his own child. He used every excuse in the book: lack of “accountability,” fearmongering about taxpayer dollars supposedly going down the drain, and his tired claim that private schools don’t deserve a dime unless they answer to him. Yet, while he shut the door on opportunity for North Carolina’s kids, his family was living large behind the locked gates of private education.
Even when the state legislature tried to expand vouchers with HB10, giving hope to 54,000 students stuck on waitlists, Cooper vetoed it. He claimed these programs would only help the rich—while conveniently forgetting he’d already bought his own daughter’s ticket to academic privilege. The legislative override made it clear: parents, not bureaucrats, should decide where their kids learn. North Carolina’s conservative leaders gave power back to families, and Cooper was left talking to himself about “transparency” and “waste”—as if parents don’t know what’s best for their own children.
It’s the same story, every time. Elites like Roy Cooper tell ordinary Americans to settle for mediocrity while pulling strings for their own families behind the scenes. They’ll fight tooth and nail to keep working-class parents from escaping public school nightmares, but you’ll never catch their kids waiting for a lottery number or stuck in a failing classroom. North Carolina deserves leaders who practice what they preach, not slick politicians who think rules are just for other people. Isn’t it time to call out this game for what it is—liberal lies, double standards, and pure contempt for the people they claim to serve?
Source: Townhall
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