A Teacher Marched to the Capitol. When She Got Home, the Fight Began. |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=24399"><span class="small">Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times</span></a> |
Monday, 12 April 2021 08:18 |
Rosenberg writes: "Kristine Hostetter was a beloved fourth-grade teacher. Then came the pandemic, the election and the Jan. 6 riot in Washington."
A Teacher Marched to the Capitol. When She Got Home, the Fight Began.12 April 21
Even in San Clemente, a well-heeled redoubt of Southern California conservatism, Ms. Hostetter stood out for her vehement embrace of both the rebellion against Covid-19 restrictions and the stolen-election lies pushed by former President Donald J. Trump. This was, after all, a teacher so beloved that each summer parents jockeyed to get their children into her fourth-grade class. But it was not until Ms. Hostetter’s husband posted a video of her marching down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol on Jan. 6 that her politics collided with an opposite force gaining momentum in San Clemente: a growing number of left-leaning parents and students who, in the wake of the civil-rights protests set off by the police killing of George Floyd, decided they would no longer countenance the right-wing tilt of their neighbors and the racism they said was commonplace. |