ALGOP chair submits rule change to ban AEA donations in school board …

The Alabama Republican Party has strongly discouraged candidates from accepting campaign donations from the Alabama Education Association for years. 

But come Saturday, some candidates may formally be prohibited from accepting such funds, as tensions between Republicans and the association rise.

“The Alabama Republican Party is strongly committed to protecting our children from indoctrination in the classroom by left wing groups like the NEA and its affiliated organizations,” ALGOP Chairman John Wahl said in a statement. “Parents should decide what their children learn about divisive concepts, not education unions that have lost touch with the values of the American people.”

The party has grown exceedingly in contention with the AEA as the association has opposed school voucher proposals and even raised concerns about reducing the tax on groceries.

Wahl tied the association to the National Education Association and insinuated that the association is pushing “woke…