LIZ: LET’S WELCOME BACK TO THE
SHOW VIRGINIA’S LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR, WINSOME SEARS.
YOU SPOKE AT CPAC ABOUT THE
CRISIS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" FOUND
PUBLIC ENROLLMENT FELL IN 9 OUT
OF 10 OF THE NATION’S SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
COLORADO, MINNESOTA AND
CALIFORNIA.
YOU SAY THIS IS THE NEW BROWN
VERSUS EDUCATION FIGHT.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> THAT FIGHT WAS ULTIMATELY
ABOUT PARENTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE
THEIR CHILDREN ATTEND THE
SCHOOLS THEY WANT THEM TO
ATTEND.
THIS WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE
PARENTS’ RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THEY WEREN’T GETTING THAT.
WHAT I’M SAYING IS WE HAVEN’T
STOPPED THE FIGHT.
WE ARE STILL FIGHTING RED
LINING.
IF YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN ZIP
CODE, THAT’S THE ONLY SCHOOL
YOUR CHILD CAN ATTEND.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE RICH
VERSUS THE POOR.
THE RICH ARE NOT WAITING ON A
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO DECIDE
WHERE THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD GO
TO SCHOOL.
THE FIGHT IS YOU HAVE A TEACHERS
UNION AND THEY GIVE THE TALKING
POINTS AND TONS OF MONEY TO
REALLY ONE SIDE OF THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM, THE DEMOCRATS.
AND THE PARENTS, YOU DON’T HAVE
ANY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU PAY
DUES TO.
THAT’S WHY YOU ELECTED PEOPLE
LIKE ME TO FIGHT FOR YOU SO YOU
CAN DECIDE HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR
CHILD HAS A GOOD EDUCATION.
WE JUST HAVE TO VOTE
DIFFERENTLY, OTHERWISE WE’LL
KEEP GETTING THE SAME THING.
>> WE HAVE PARENTS ON SAYING
THEY HAVE NO VOICE AT SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE NO SAY ON WHAT
TEACHERS ARE TEACHING ABOUT
GENDER IDENTIFICATION AND MORE.
THEY HAVE NO VOICE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> THAT’S WHY I’M HERE.
THAT’S WHY WE PUT FORWARD THE
EDUCATION SUCCESS ACCOUNTS IS
WHAT WE WERE CALLING IT.
AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS
JUST TO TAKE ONE-THIRD OF THE
FUNDS THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO
THE SCHOOLS AND GIVE IT TO THE
CHILD SO WE ARE NOT WORSHIPING
THE BRICK BUILDING ANYMORE AND
TO SAY TO THE PARENTS, DO WITH
IT AS YOU WISH.
IF IT’S HOME SCHOOLING, PRIVATE
SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS,
WHATEVER.
THIS IS NOT AN EITHER SLASH
OROPTION.
BUT RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE
CHOICE, YOU HAVE STUCK.
WE HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH MONEY TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHAT IS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY?
THERE IS NONE.
DEMOCRATS SAY WE NEED TO GIVE
MORE AND MORE MONEY.
THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CHARGE IN
VIRGINIA.
THEY HAD THE HOUSE, THE SENATE
AND THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION.
AND THEY DIDN’T FULLY FUND
WHATEVER SCHOOLS THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THEY COULDN’T GET
THAT THROUGH.
SO LET’S CUT TO THE CHASE.
PARENTS, IT’S TIME FOR US TO
MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION WHEN
IT COMES TO VOTING.
OTHERWISE, THINGS WILL NEVER
CHANGE.
LIZ: LET’S WATCH THESE MOTHERS
SPEAKING OUT ON CAPITOL HILL.
THIS IS ABOUT THE HOUSE PARENTAL
BILL OF RIGHTS.
>> MY NAME IS SCOTT SMITH.
I’M HERE AS A FATHER AND
TAXPAYER.
LIKE ALL OF YOU, I WANT A FUTURE
WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AT
SCHOOL AND NOT SEXUALIZED,
POLITICIZED WITHIN RADICALIZED.
IN MAY 2021 MY DAUGHTER WAS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN A SCHOOL
IN A FEMALE BATHROOM BY A BOY
WEARING A SKIRT.
WE NOW KNOW THREE YOUNG GIRLS
WERE ATTACKED BY THE SAME SEXUAL
PREDATOR.
THE SCHOOL BOARD FAILED EACH
THESE YOUNG GIRLS AND THEIR
FAMILIES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
>> MY NAME IS NICOLE SOLIS.
I’M A MOTHER FROM RHODE ISLAND
WHO WAS SUED BY THE TEACHERS
UNDERSTANDON BECAUSE I WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT MY KINDERGARTENER WAS
LEARNING IN SCHOOL.
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO ANSWER
TONIGHT OF MY QUESTIONS.
LIZ: YOUR REACTION?
>> THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING.
SOMEBODY HAS TO CARE.
AND NORMALLY WHEN YOU ELECT
PEOPLE, THAT’S WHAT YOU EXPECT.
YOU EXPECT THEM TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
PARENTS, HERE IS THE THING.
YOU SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL,
YOU WANT THEM TO LEARN HISTORY
AND HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND DO
ARITHMETIC.
IF THAT’S NOT HAPPENING, THEN
WHAT IS THE POINT?
BECAUSE YOUR CHILD WOULD NOT
HAVE A FUTURE, WILL NEVER HAVE A
FUTURE IF THEY ARE ILLITERATE.
YOU KNOW WHETHER YOUR CHILD IS
LEARNING OR NOT.
IT’S TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENT
CHOICE, AND THAT STARTS WITH