Many of the same protestors who targeted President Donald Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk, are now targeting a local school board candidate.
Organizers for the political group Indivisible Project are coordinating efforts to defeat Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD) Trustee Tammy Nakamura.
“We’re block walking (Grapevine) for Matt Foust for GCISD Board of Trustees – Place 3 tomorrow 10-noon if you want to join us PM me!” Sally Pearson posted to Facebook on April 4.
Pearson and other Grapevine and Southlake figures such as Kathy Candelaria and Paula Edens have been listed as organizers for Indivisible in private Facebook groups for years. Pearson is also the moderator of the Indivisible Grapevine Area Facebook page, a group by Indivisible Grapevine Area Action.
The broader Indivisible organization received attention in the late 2010s because of repeated cash injections from left-wing billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. The Open Society Foundations website indicates that it has given the project approximately $7 million in grants since 2018. The largest grant, $3 million, was issued in 2023, and the description says it is intended “to support the grantee’s social welfare activities [for 2 years].”
Indivisible’s various connected entities, including Indivisible- TX 24 and Indivisible – TX 24 Action, two groups focused on Texas’s 24th Congressional District, where Grapevine, Southlake and Colleyville are located, have drawn attention for organizing Tesla dealership protests.
A recent demonstration outside a Tesla dealership in neighboring Southlake is currently the header image on Indivisible- TX 24’s Facebook page.
Footage of the Southlake Tesla demonstration went viral in late March, with 4.5 million views on just one account’s video posting.
At the site of President John F Kennedy’s Assassination in Dealey Plaza, Indivisible TX – 24 Action participated in a “Hands Off” demonstration against Trump and Musk on April 5.
“Hey, hey, ho ho Trump and Musk have got to go! Dealey is full of democracy warriors,” reads a caption on a reel of the protests on the Indivisible TX—24 Action Facebook account.
The alignment of Indivisible with Foust signals the creation of strange bedfellows in a contentious local race.
Indivisible TX – 24 Action previously posted an image during Pride Month in June of 2022 that showed a rainbow pentagram with the words “Remember: Gay The Pray Away … This Month And Always.”
Indivisible TX – 24 Action June 5, 2022 · Pride Month/Facebook
This appears to contrast with Foust’s image depicted by his campaign website.
One entry on ‘Foust for GCISD Place 3’ states, “Growing up in a small town profoundly shaped his fundamental values of faith, community, and education.” Another paragraph indicates he is an active member of a nearby Methodist church.
Foust’s website raises campaign issues such as “fiscal responsibility, respect for educators, and strategic vision.”
The lawyer defines the latter issue: “As a trustee, I will invest in a strategic vision that will serve all of the District’s students and their futures—whether they choose to enter the labor market, enlist in our armed forces, or obtain further education. Tradition and innovation aren’t mutually exclusive: the best way to honor our past is to adapt our legacy to the future.”
Nakamura previously described her vision for education in GCISD to The Dallas Express: “We are going to do reading, writing, and arithmetic, and we are going to do it well and for less money [than other school districts].”
The former member of Colleyville City Council joined the school board when she was elected to a two-year term in 2022. In her tenure, Nakamura said GCISD has returned phonics to elementary education, banned the mandatory use of preferred pronouns and Critical Race Theory, and established new policies that allow parents to review library materials.
GCISD also sued the Biden administration to halt its interpretation of Title IX that would have allowed boys who claimed to be girls into female lockerrooms, DX reported. The Trump administration eventually reversed the policy.
In her re-election campaign launch speech earlier this year, Nakamura said that GCISD has been correcting decades of “fiscal insanity” and will soon have a balanced budget.
Early voting in the GCISD School Board Place 3 race will be from April 22 to 29. Election day is May 3.