LIZ, BACK TO YOU.
ELIZABETH: LYDIA HU, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
JOINING US NOW VIRGINIA
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WINSOM
EARLE-SEARS.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, A PLEASURE,
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU
HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY?
PARENTS ARE SCARED, UPSET OVER
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS?
>> YOU KNOW, LIZ, I WANT TO
SMILE BECAUSE I’M ON CAMERA BUT
I TELL YOU INSIDE I’M SO ANGRY
BECAUSE I CAN’T EMERGENCY THAT
THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR
SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA, SOME OF OUR
SCHOOLS.
17 SCHOOLS WHEN WE WERE TOLD,
DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT IS JUST
ONE SCHOOL.
HERE WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE
WITHHOLDING INFORMATION CRUCIAL
TO A CHILD’S SUCCESS.
TALKING ABOUT FREE TUITION.
TALKING ABOUT RECOGNIZING
ACHIEVEMENT.
MY GOD, WHEN DID THAT BECOME
CONTROVERSIAL, LIZ.
ELIZABETH: TO YOUR POINT THEY’RE
MISSING OUT ON SCHOLARSHIP MONEY
THIS FEELS LIKE, THEY ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC BIAS, RIGHT,
IMPLICIT BIAS.
SURE FEELS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN SHOULD EVERY SCHOOL
OFFICIAL WHO DID THIS TURN OVER
HALF THEIR PAY, SO THEY’RE ALL
PAID EQUALLY TO FIX INCOME
INEQUALITY?
SHOULD THEY BE FIRED?
SHOULD THEY BE GOTTEN RID OF,
GET RID OF THE SUPER BOWL
BECAUSE THE LOSERS WILL FEEL
INADEQUATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR?
>> I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN
AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE KNOWS WHAT
YOU MEAN, THE VOTERS.
THE VOTERS WHO SENT US HERE,
CHANGED EVERYTHING TOP TO BOTTOM
IN VIRGINIA.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE,
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE HOUSE,
SAID WE WANT DIFFERENT.
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO SUCCEED.
WE WANT YOU TO START LISTENING
TO US AS PARENTS.
WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY, RECOGNIZE
OUR CHILDREN.
STOP THIS DARNED EQUAL OUTCOMES.
IT DOESN’T WORK.
THERE IS NO PLACE IN LIFE THAT
IT WORKS.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THE
SAME PAY AS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS
WORKING HALF THE TIME SO WHY
WOULD YOU WANT IT FOR MY CHILD
AND IT SHOULDN’T BE HERE IN
VIRGINIA AND WE ALSO HAD TO PASS
A LAW THAT SAID PARENTS ARE
STOPSABLE FOR THE UPBRINGING,
THE EDUCATION AND CARE OF THEIR
OWN CHILDREN?
MY GOD, THESE ARE COMMON SENSE
THINGS YET WE HAD TO DO THAT.
HERE IT IS NOW, GOVERNOR
YOUNGKIN HAD TO PUT IN PROPOSED
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS, IF MY
CHILD HAS EARNED, EARNED AN
AWARD, EARNED SOME KIND OF A
RECOGNITION AS A RESULT OF THE
GOOD THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE AS
THE WORK HE PUT OUT, YOU WILL
NOT WITHHOLD THAT INFORMATION
FROM HIM.
MY GOD, YOU KNOW, I’M JUST IN
SHOCK.
YOU’RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SHOE
TO DROP.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE
SCHOOLS?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE SCHOOL
BOARDS?
IT FLOWS YOUR MIND.
ELIZABETH: WHO IS DOING THIS
WHEN YOU LOOK THE ISSUE?
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE DOING THIS?
>> WELL I GOT TO TELL YOU, WE
DON’T LIKE TO PLAY THE POLITICAL
GAMES, BUT FOLKS WE HAVE TO CALL
A SPADE A SPADE.
THESE ARE ULTRALEFTIST DEMOCRATS
WHO ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THAT THEY ALWAYS KNOW
WHAT’S BEST FOR THE REST OF US
EXCEPT THEY DON’T LIVE BY THESE
KIND OF RULES.
I GUARRANTY THAT IF IT HAD BEEN
THEIR CHILD WHO EARNED THESE
AWARDS, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO
INVESTIGATE IF THEY HAD CHILDREN
WHO HAD EARNED THESE AWARDS, DID
THEY KEEP THEM FROM GETTING
THESE AWARDS, THEIR OWN
CHILDREN, OR DID THEY PASS THEM
THROUGH?
IT IS ALL THE REST OF US WHO
SUFFERED?
THIS IS WHY I HAVE.
ELIZABETH: GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A BILL.
HB 1508.
PARENTAL SCHOOL CHOICE.
CARRIED BY DELL GLEN DAVIS, GOD
BLESS HIM.
WE’RE GETTING HIT FROM ALL
SIDES.
PARENTS FINAL HAVE THE CHANCE TO
DECIDE WHERE THE KIDS GO TO
SCHOOL.
NOT BE ALL, END ALL, 2/3 OF
FUNDING STAYS WITH LOCAL
SCHOOLS.
ONLY 1/3 GOES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, THIS
IS THE CRAZINESS WE’RE TRYING TO
GET AWAY FROM.
ELIZABETH: TEACHERS UNIONS ARE
FIGHTING THAT?
>> TEACHERS UNIONS ARE FIGHTING
IT, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE
FIGHTING IT.
PARENTS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING
TELLING EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE,
THEY WANT TO DO, THEY WANT TO
DECIDE WHERE THEIR CHILDREN
SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL.
ULTRADEMOCRATS ULTRALEFT, SAYING
NO, BLACK PARENTS DON’T WANT
THIS.
WE PROVIDED THOSE PEOPLE TO COME
TO TALK TO THEM AND THESE
DEMOCRATS, ONE OF THEM SAID TO
THE PARENTS FACE, WELL YOU CAN
MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW.
THEY JUST TOLD YOU THEY CAN’T
AFFORD IT.
THEY WANT IT.
THIS PARENT TOLD YOU THEY’RE
WORKING THREE JOBS IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE CHILD IN THE SCHOOL.
ANOTHER ONE SAID, WELL THEY’RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO
ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY, BUT GUESS WHAT?
IT WAS ALL HYPOCRISY BECAUSE
THIS DEMOCRAT PUTS HIS CHILD IN
PRIVATE SCHOOLS, NOT ONCE, BUT
TWICE.
APPARENTLY IT DOESN’T WORK FOR
HIM.
ELIZABETH: THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
POINT YOU JUST MADE, RIGHT?
IT IS ATTITUDE, LIKE TAXPAYERS
WORK FOR THEM WHEN THEY WORK FOR
US.
TAXPAYERS PAY THEIR SALARIES.
THIS REPORT, FAIRFAX COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY PAID A
SO-CALLED EQUITY CONSULTANT
$450,000 OUT OF TAXPAYER MONEY
FOR NINE MONTHS TO WORK ON
THINGS LIKE THIS?
THEN GET EQUAL OUTCOMES FOR
EVERY STUDENT.
YOU NEVER GET EQUAL OUTCOMES
WITH ANY STUDENT PERIOD.
IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT.
>> YOU DON’T GET EQUAL OUTCOMES
WITH ANYTHING IN LIFE, ANYTHING.
AS WE SAID, THESE ROGUE, THESE
ROGUE EDUCATORS, THAT THEY HAVE
GONE OFF THEIR ROCKER, LET ME
JUST SAY IT THAT WAY BECAUSE, I
DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO CALL IT.
I’M TELLING YOU THAT THESE
PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIRED.
DON’T APOLOGIZE.
JUST GO.
YOU HAVE DONE A WRONG THING.
YOU HAVE WRONGED MY CHILD.
I CAN’T GET THAT BACK BUT YOU
ALREADY HAVE YOUR EDUCATION AND
YOU’RE DENYING MY CHILD THAT
ABILITY.
WE’RE NOT STANDING FOR IT.
LET ME FINAL SAY THIS.
THE TEACHERS UNIONS WHO ARE
AGAINST PARENTS HAVING THE
ABILITY TO DECIDE WHERE THEIR
CHILD SHOULD ATTEND SCHOOL,
GUESS WHAT?
IF THIS THING PASSES, DON’T,
DON’T YOU BE SURPRISED WHEN
THESE TEACHERS UNIONS RUN AND
TRY TO FIND TEACHERS WHO ARE NOW
IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO GO AND
ORGANIZE THEM.
IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY FOR
TEACHERS UNIONS.
NOT ABOUT THE CHILD.
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE TEACHERS.
ELIZABETH: IT IS ABOUT THE DUES
TO YOUR POINT?
>> IT IS ABOUT THE DUES.
IT IS ABOUT THE MONEY, FOLKS.
DON’T, DON’T LET THEM KID YOU.
NO, NO.
ELIZABETH: COME BACK ON THE
SHOW?
THAT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
COME BACK ON THE SHOW.
WE LOVE INTERVIEWING YOU.
>> I WILL.
BECAUSE I WILL FIGHT FOR THESE
KIDS.
ELIZABETH: WHEN YOU SAY YOU WILL
FIGHT FOR THE KIDS, JUST ONE
LAST QUESTION, WHEN YOU TALK TO,
AS YOU POINT OUT THESE FAR LEFT
DEMOCRATS IN THE TEACHERS UNION,
YOU SAY THINGS LIKE THAT,
WHAT -- YOU SAY WHAT THEY’RE
DOING IS WRONG, WHAT IS THEIR
RESPONSE?
>> THEIR RESPONSE IS, WE KNOW
BEST FOR THE PARENTS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PARENTS THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT?
BLACK AND BROWN PARENTS.
BECAUSE THEY’RE ASSUMING THAT
WE’RE ALL DUMB BUT I TELL YOU
WHAT?
WE HAD DEMOCRATS, BLACK, LATINO,
AND THEY WATCHED EVERY SINGLE
DEMOCRAT ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE
VOTE AGAINST THEM, LOOK THEM
DEAD IN THE EYE, VOTE AGAINST
THEM.
EYES ARE OPENING.
THESE ARE THINGS WE PRAYED FOR,
YES WE PRAYED FOR THESE EYES TO
BE OPEN AND FOLKS IT IS GOING TO
BE DIFFERENT COME ELECTION TIME
IN CERTAIN PLACES.
ELIZABETH: GOT IT.
COME BACK SOON.