TO BE NOT A SUBJECT OF DEBATE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
SOMEHOW NOW IT IS FOR JOINING US
ON STAGE IS JANUARY, THE MOM
WHOSE LAWSUIT SERVED AS A
CATALYST FOR THIS PARENTAL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE
COFOUNDER OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY.
JANUARY, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
WITH YOUR TEENAGE CHILD THAT
KICKED THIS ALL OFF.
>> SURE.
THE PANDEMIC WAS HARD ON MANY
ADOLESCENTS AND AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE PANDEMIC OUR DAUGHTER TOLD
US THAT SHE WAS CONFUSED ABOUT
HER SEX.
THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE
COMMON AND THIS IS AFTER THREE
OF HER FRIENDS AND HER PEER
GROUP AT SCHOOL ALSO HAD COME
OUT AS TRANSGENDER.
SO AFTER MANY WEEKS, SCHOOL HAD
JUST STARTED, SHE SAID I HAD A
MEETING WITH THREE SCHOOL
OFFICIALS AND THEY ASKED ME
WHICH RESTROOM I WANTED TO USE.
I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SCHOOL
AND WAS TOLD I COULD NOT BE
GIVEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MEETING BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS
NOW PROTECTED BY A
NONDISCRIMINATION LAW
ESSENTIALLY PROTECTED FROM ME,
THEY PRESUME ME TO BE A DANGER
TO MY CHILD.
>> Laura: YOU ARE A DANGER TO
THE CHILD AND THEY ARE WHAT MANY
ARE CALLING GROOMING THE CHILD.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE APPARENTLY
FROM YOUR LAWYER WHO IS IN THE
CROWD, WHERE IS HE?
TELL US.
>> SURE.
AFTER WE FILED THE LAWSUIT
PREDICTABLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FILED THE MOTION TO DISMISS.
WE ARE WAITING ON THE RULING BUT
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT AS WE ARE
HEARING THE SAME EXACT M.O. OF
EXCLUDING AND DECEIVING PARENTS,
EXACTLY WHAT WE HEARD HERE, FROM
PARENTS LITERALLY AROUND THE
COUNTRY BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS
PARENTS ARE FIGHTING BACK AND
FILING LAWSUITS IN STATES ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND HERE IN FLORIDA, NOT ONLY
OUR PARENTS PROTECTED BY THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BUT
THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE
PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE
PARENTS RIGHTS IN EDUCATION THAT
YOU SIGNED INTO LAW.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Laura: IT ALL REMINDS ME OF
WHEN YOU GO TO THE PEDIATRICIAN
AND THE PEDIATRICIAN SAYS CAN
YOU STEP OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN
YOU ARE WITH YOUR CHILD.
LIKE YEAH, NO, WE’RE NOT DOING
THAT.
THEY PRESUME THAT PARENTS SAY
YOU CAN TAKE MY CHILD AND TALK
TO MY CHILD OUTSIDE MY PRESENCE,
NO.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO BIDEN’S
DISTURBING REMARKS ON WHO HE
BELIEVES HE OR KIDS BELONG TO.
>> WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THESE
CHILDREN.
THEY’RE NOT SOMEONE ELSE’S
CHILDREN, THERE ARE OUR
CHILDREN, THEY ARE ALL OUR
CHILDREN. THEY ARE LIKE YOURS WHEN THEY
THEY ARE LIKE YOURS WHEN THEY
ARE IN THE CLASSROOM.
[CROWD RESPONDS]
>> Laura: THEY ARE NOT YOURS
WHEN THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM,
APPARENTLY, THEY ARE THE
EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT’S,
A.K.A. THE TEACHER UNION’S.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT QUESTION
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ON PARENTAL RIGHTS
RIGHTS.
>> IT’S OUTRAGEOUS, I BIRTHED MY
CHILDREN, I CARRIED THEM IN MY
WOMB, I CHANGED THEIR DIAPERS,
THEY ARE MY CHILDREN.
EVERY MOTHER KNOWS THEY ARE
THEIR CHILDREN.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN OR ANYBODY IN
THE TEACHERS UNION OR ANYONE
ELSE WOULD SAY THEY ARE
COLLECTIVELY SOMEONE ELSE’S
CHILD OR COLLECTIVELY THEIR
CHILDREN.
>> Laura: IT’S A GIANT COMMUNE
OF AN EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT.
BY THE WAY, BIDEN WASN’T DONE
BECAUSE HE APPEARED TO TAKE A
SHOT AT YOU YESTERDAY, CHECK IT
OUT.
>> TODAY THERE ARE TOO MANY
POLITICIANS TRYING TO SCORE
POLITICAL POINTS AND BAN BOOKS,
EVEN MATH BOOKS.
DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD BE
TEACHING AND WORRYING ABOUT BOOK
BURNING AND BANNING BOOKS ALL
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T FIT
SOMEBODY’S POLITICAL AGENDA?
STOP MAKING THE TARGET OF THE
CULTURE WARS.
>> Laura: GOVERNOR, THEY LOVE
THE CULTURE WARS WHEN THEY WERE
KICKING GOD OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
BUT SUDDENLY THEY ARE UPSET
BECAUSE I GUESS YOU DIDN’T WANT
POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN
SOMETHING SIMPLE OUT OF A MATH
TEXTBOOKS.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WE DRAW A VERY STRONG LINE IN
FLORIDA.
WE WANT EDUCATION, WE DO NOT
WANT INDOCTRINATION.
[APPLAUSE]
AND THE REASON WHY WE BELIEVE
THAT IS BECAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE
A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE
UPBRINGING AND THE EDUCATION AND
WELL-BEING OF THEIR KIDS AND I
THINK BIDEN AND HIS FOLKS
BELIEVE YOU SAID THEM TO SCHOOL,
BUTT OUT AND IT’S THE SCHOOL’S
JOB TO INDOCTRINATE WITH YOUR
KIDS SHOULD LEARN OR BELIEVE.
THIS IS A HUGE DEBATE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
IT’S SAD THAT IT IS.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT PARENTS
INVOLVED?
BUT THEY DON’T WANT PARENTS
INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
WOULD REPRESENT AN OBSTACLE TO
THEM INDOCTRINATING THEM THE WAY
THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
>> Laura: JANUARY, WHAT YOU
HEAR FROM THE SO-CALLED
MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THIS IS AN
ATTACK ON CHILDREN, ON CHILDREN
WHO IDENTIFY DIFFERENTLY, AND
THAT THIS IS A MEAN-SPIRITED
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THEY
TRY TO TURN IT AGAINST I THINK
MOMS AND DADS OF ALL POLITICAL
PERSUASIONS WHO JUST COVER
READING WRITING AND ARITHMETIC,
SOME HISTORY WOULD BE NICE,
FAIR, BUT IT’S AN ATTACK ON
CHILDREN.
HER REACTION TO THAT?
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING
CHILDREN BECAUSE IT’S SO
CRITICAL TO HAVE PARENTS
INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF A
CHILD’S EDUCATION.
THEY HAVE CARVED OUT THIS CAVEAT
TO PRESUME PARENTS TO BE ENEMIES
BUT ONLY IN THIS ONE AREA, AND
IT’S RIDICULOUS AND IT’S A FALSE
NARRATIVE BEING USED TO DRIVE A
WEDGE IN BETWEEN THE
PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT
PROTECTING CHILDREN AND MAKING
SURE PARENTS ARE NOT CUT OUT OF
CRITICAL DECISIONS BEING MADE AT
SCHOOLS.
>> Laura: GOVERNOR, YOU DID
THE BILL ABOUT PRE-K, WHY DID
YOU STOP AT THREE?
>> ANYTHING ABOVE THAT HAS GOT
TO BE DEVELOPMENTALLY AND
AGE-APPROPRIATE SO THEY WILL BE
PUTTING SOME MEAT ON THE
BONES --
>> Laura: WILL YOU POTENTIALLY
BE LOOKING AT LIMITATIONS?
>> THINGS LIKE WOKE GENDER
IDEOLOGY HAVE NO PLACE IN THE
SCHOOL’S PERIOD.
>> Laura: THAT IS MY POINT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IF YOU WANT WOKE GENDER
IDEOLOGY THEN GO TO OBERLAND OR
BERKELEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
BUT IT IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.
WE’VE GOT TO DO MATH AND SCIENCE
AND READING BUT WHAT WE ALSO DID
IN ADDITION TO PARENTS RIGHTS
EDUCATION WE DID CURRICULUM
TRANSPARENCY IN FLORIDA.
EVERY PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO
KNOW WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN THE
BOOKS BEING USED AND THEY HAVE A
RIGHT TO PROTEST IF THEY DON’T
FOLLOW THE STANDARDS.
>> Laura: THEY DON’T WANT THE
PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
IN SCHOOLS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THEY WANT MATH TEXTBOOKS THAT
HAVE LEFTIST IDEOLOGY AND THE
MATH.
MATH IS MATH, IT’S NOT ABOUT
YOUR FEELINGS, IT’S NOT ABOUT
THESE OTHER EXTRANEOUS THINGS
AND WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON