What has happened in San Francisco also carries critical national implications. First, the Left’s insistence on prolonged COVID restrictions in schools, as well as its divisive and race-essentialist education policies, have been proven to be highly unpopular even among traditionally liberal voters in a deep-blue city.

Second, competency matters. Voters are fed-up with institutional failures caused by elected officials who had neglected their essential duties to the communities they were elected to serve. The San Francisco recall demonstrates that education is a front-and-center issue this election year. American parents, regardless of ethnic background, have become a formidable voting bloc, and they are determined to hold school boards accountable when they go too woke.

Last but not least, the success of the recall campaign has ushered in a new political awakening for Asian Americans. Traditionally, Asian Americans have been considered a silent minority, because most are not politically active. Running a political campaign was unthinkable to many Asian Americans before the onset of the pandemic. But through the recall campaign, in Fong’s words, Asian American parents “have found fire in the belly.” In other words, they won’t remain politically silent any longer. And such a political awakening will undoubtedly influence America’s future.