AND THIS WILL BRING IT UP TO
VOTERS MINDS BEFORE VOTING
BEGINS.
MARTHA?
>> Martha: WITH THAT, WE BRING
IN MIKE POMPEO, FORMER SECRETARY
STATE, A FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.
HE PLANS TO SPEAK ABOUT
AMERICA’S CIVIC EDUCATION CRISIS
LATER THIS WEEK.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I’M STRUCK BY THE THINGS THAT WE
SEE FOCUSED ON.
WE SEE FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
AN EFFORTS TO FORGIVE STUDENT
LOANS.
WHY IS THERE NOT AN OUTCRY AT
THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT HOW
DRAMATICALLY OUR STUDENTS HAVE
SLIPPED AND FALLEN SO FAR BEHIND
OTHER NATIONS?
>> MARTHA, THANKS FOR HAVING ME
ON.
THE ANSWER IS TWO WORDS.
TEACHER’S UNIONS.
THE TEACHER’S UNIONS DROVE THESE
KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS FOR
TWO FULL YEARS.
TO HEAR SECRETARY CARDONAS SAY
DRIVING POLITICS OUT OF THE
CLASSROOM IS RICH.
THEY’VE BEEN DRIVING IT IN TO
THE CLASSROOM.
THEY IGNORED THE SCIENCE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN THE
VIRUS WAS UNLEASED BE THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
FOR TWO FULL YEARS, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS BEHOLDEN TO
THE TEACHERS UNIONS.
THEY KEPT THEM OUT OF THE
SCHOOLS AND KEPT THEM FROM
LEARNING, THIS WILL IMPACT
EMPLOYERS ACROSS AMERICA.
THE WORK FORCE WON’T HAVE THE
SKILLS THAT THEY NEED AND IMPACT
FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE SO
FAR BEHIND.
>> Martha: HERE’S THE NATION’S
MATH SCORES. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT FALL
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT FALL
BELOW THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING IN
MATH.
SO 38% FALL BELOW THE BASIC
UNDERSTANDING.
WHAT REALLY SHOCKED ME WHEN I
LOOKED INTO THESE NUMBERS IS
THAT EVEN IN 2019, OUR KIDS WERE
BASICALLY FAILING.
IT’S A SCORE OF 500.
THEY’RE AROUND 250.
THAT NUMBER FELL EVEN MORE
DRAMATICALLY DURING THE COURSE
OF THE PANDEMIC.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE OUTRAGE,
THE CONCERN, I DON’T FEEL IT OR
SEE IT ON THE PART OF OUR
LEADERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT PROBABLY GOES ACROSS BOTH
PARTIES.
YOU KNOW, WHY ISN’T THERE A
PROGRAM, CATCH OUR KIDS UP?
WHY ISN’T THAT HAPPENING?
>> IT’S GOT TO HAPPEN.
THAT’S WHY I’M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT IT THIS FRIDAY.
THEY LOCKED OUR KIDS OUT OF
SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS AND THE
THEY WANTED TO LOCK UP PARENTS
THAT WERE ACCUSED OF BEING
DOMESTIC TERRORISTS BECAUSE THEY
WANTED THEIR KIDS TO LEARN.
MARTHA, I RAN A MACHINE SHOP
BEFORE I RAN FOR CONGRESS.
WE NEEDED STUDENTS OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR
FELLOW COLLEAGUES TO MAKE
THINGS.
THE CAPACITY FOR AMERICA TO
EDUCATE THE NEXT AMERICA.
I WAS WORKING ON THINGS ACROSS
THE WORLD THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT WILL
UNDERMINE THIS REPUBLIC THAN THE
ABSENCE OF EDUCATION.
WE NEED AN EFFORT TO GIVE KIDS
CHOICE ABOUT WHERE THEY GO TO
SCHOOL AND HELP THEIR KIDS MAKE
THAT DECISION WELL.
>> Martha: PARENTS NEED TO WALK
IN TO THE SCHOOL AND SAY CAN YOU
TELL ME WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO GET
MY KID CAUGHT UP, THIS IS A
CRISIS LEVEL OPERATION THAT IS
HANDLED.
IF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IS WORTH ANYTHING, THEY OUGHT TO
HANDLE THIS.
I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS.
THIS VIDEO WAS SHOCKING THAT WE
SAW OVER THE WEEKEND.
THIS IS THE NUMBER 2 IN
LEADERSHIP UNDER PRESIDENT XI IN
CHINA.
HE WAS PULLED OUT OF THIS
GOVERNMENT MEETING AND ESCORTED OUT AGAINST HIS WILL.
OUT AGAINST HIS WILL.
LET’S WATCH THIS.
REMARKABLE.
HE GOT YANKED OUT OF HIS SEAT.
HE DIDN’T WANT TO LEAF.
HE TURNS TO HIS OLD FRIEND,
PRESIDENT XI.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THIS?
>> THAT’S THE FORMER LEADER OF
CHINA BEING ESCORTED OUT BY THE
MOST POWERFUL MAN.
A MAN THAT NOT ONLY CONTROLS
EVERY APPARATUS OF POWER INSIDE
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY BUT
INTENT ON CHANGING THE WAY WE
LIVE.
THOSE STORIES ARE NOT
DISCONNECTED.
WE HAVE TO CONFRONT WHAT IS
GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS
ONSLAUGHT BY THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY WHICH WANTS TO
CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE.
THE CHINESE ARE EDUCATING THEIR
KIDS.
PRESIDENT XI WANTED TO SHOW
THESE IN CONTROL AND THIS IS HIS
SHOW.
THAT SHOULD TELL AMERICA THE
MISSION WE’LL HAVE THE NEXT
DECADE.
>> Martha: OUR KIDS CAN’T READ
AND WRITE AND OUR HISTORY AND
WHAT WE’RE ABOUT, WE WILL FAIL
AGAINST CHINA.
IT’S THAT URGENT.
>> IF WE TEACH OUR KIDS THAT
1619 PROJECT, WE’RE IN A LOT OF
TROUBLE, MARTHA.