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STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
YESTERDAY VOTERS IN VIRGINIA
DELIVERED A SHOCKING BLOW TO
DEMOCRATS AND JOE BIDEN AS
REPUBLICAN GLENN YOUNGKIN WON
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
BRIAN: HERE TO DISCUSS THIS AND
SO MUCH MORE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE PARTY AND IS THIS, INDEED, A
RED WAVE IS GOP GOVERNOR WHO WON
BY 1 POINT BUT NOW HE’S RUNNING
FOR RE-ELECTION AGAIN, RON
DeSANTIS.
GOVERNOR, WELCOME BACK.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN NEW JERSEY
WITH A VICTORY AND WHAT DID
HAPPEN IN VIRGINIA?
>> WELL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE
REBELLING AGAINST WHAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY STANDS FOR
NOWADAYS; NEVER IF ENDING
MANDATES AND RESTRICTIONS
BECAUSE OF COVID, USING OUR
SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR LEFTIST
INDOCTRINATION IF RATHER THAN
HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND HEN
THE BIDEN REGIME FAILURES FROM
AFGHANISTAN TO THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, GAS PRICES, INFLATION,
SUPPLY CHAIN.
I THINK YOU HAD GLENN YOUNGKIN
WHO REALLY, I THINK, DID A GREAT
JOB, WAS A GREAT CANDIDATE, AND
I THINK HE REALLY REPRESENTED A
CONTRASTING VISION THAT WAS MUCH
MORE APPEALING TO THE MAJORITY
OF VIRGINIANS.
AND I DO THINK, BRIAN, THIS WAVE
IS BUILDING.
I THINK IT WAS STRONG THE LAST
NIGHT, BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO
KEEP BUILDING ALL THE WAY INTO
2022.
AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 2010
WAVE THAT REPUBLICANS HAD, I
THINK THERE’S MORE
DISSATISFACTION WITH WHAT’S
GOING ON IN D.C. TODAY THAN
THERE WAS AT THIS TIME IN THAT
ELECTION CYCLE.
AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR
REPUBLICANS, AND THAT IS BAD
NEWS FOR JOE BIDEN AND HIS
REGIME.
AINSLEY: GOVERNOR, I KNOW YOU
HAVE A PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL
SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
SHE’S A SECOND GRADER AT ONE OF
THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS,
AND SHE IS FACING DISCIPLINARY
ACTION, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR
36 DAYS FOR NOT WEARING A MASK.
SHE’S BEEN DISCIPLINED OVER 16
DIFFERENT TIMES.
LET’S BRING HER IN.
FIONA, ARE YOU THERE?
>> YEAH.
STEVE: MORNING.
AINSLEY: GOOD MORNING, FIONA.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN YOUR SCHOOL AND WHY YOU
DECIDED NOT TO WEAR A MASK.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
FOR A SECOND GRADER TO STAND UP
LIKE THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE,
RIGHT?
AND --
>> I’M NOT --
BRIAN: GO AHEAD.
>> YOU TOUCH IT AND YOU HAVE
GERMS ON YOUR HAND, AND THEN YOU
PUT IT ON YOUR FACE AND BREATHE
IN ALL THE GERMS.
STEVE: THAT’S RIGHT.
SO, GOVERNOR, I REMEMBER IN THE
SUMMER YOU SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER THAT MASK WEARING WAS
OPTIONAL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
BUT THEN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
SCHOOLS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU’VE GOT TO WEAR A MASK.
SO, YOU KNOW, KIDS LIKE FIONA
ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> SO WE’VE HAD A LOT OF
LITIGATION SINCE THEN.
FORTUNATELY, WE’RE WINNING ALL
THESE CASES, STEVE.
AND I’M GOING TO HAVE A
LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING, A
SPECIAL SESSION PRIMARILY TO
DEAL WITH PROTECTING PEOPLE’S
JOBS AGAINST COVID VAX
REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WE’RE ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE OF OUR PARENTS’ BILL
OF RIGHTS AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE STRONG TEETH IN IT SO
THAT IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION
WHERE FIONA’S FORCED TO DO THIS
AND THAT’S NOT SOMETHING HER OR
MOTHER WANTS HER TO DO, THEN THE
PARENT ULTIMATELY MAKES THE
DECISION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO STRENGTHEN
THAT, AND WE’RE GOING TO TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO GO
TO SCHOOL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE
WAY FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
STEVE: FIONA --
BRIAN: WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS SAY?
>> WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS SAY?
ABOUT THE MASKS?
DO YOUR FRIENDS LIKE TO WEAR ’EM
OR NOT WEAR ’EM?
>> WELL, THEY DON’T LIKE TO WEAR
THEM, BUT THEY WEAR THEM AT
SCHOOL.
STEVE: YEAH.
TY CONE THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU
MAY HAVE TO REPEAT SECOND GRADE
BECAUSE OF THE DAYS OFF AND THE
DISCIPLINE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT,
HAVING TO TAKE THIS GRADE OVER
AGAIN?
>> WELL, I DON’T FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THAT, AND I DON’T WANT TO TAKE
THE GRADE OVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE I’VE ALSO BEEN DOING
MOST OF THE WORK AT HOME ALSO.
AINSLEY: WOW.
>> AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
THE IDEA -- THEY’RE NOT
FOLLOWING FLORIDA LAW.
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO
DEFIED FLORIDA LAW, A LOT OF
THEM CAVORT AROUND MASKLESS ALL
THE TIMES IN SITUATIONS WHERE
THEY’RE REQUIRING FIONA -- BUT
TO KEEP A CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL
FOR THAT LONG, THAT’S TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE’LL LOOK
TO DO IS GIVE PARENTS RECOURSE
SO THAT IF THEIR KIDS ARE HARMED
FROM THESE OUT OF CONTROL SCHOOL
BOARDS, HE WAS THE ABILITY TO
VINDICATE THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR
KIDS’ RIGHTS.
AINSLEY: YOU WOULD THINK THEY
WOULD HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE SO
THAT THIS YOUNG, PRECIOUS CHILD
DOESN’T HAVE TO WATCH HER
FRIENDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GO
ON UP TO THIRD GRADE AND SHE HAS
TO REPEAT ASK HER FRIENDS MOVE
ON?
IT’S HEARTBREAKING.
LET ME READ THE STATEMENT FROM
THE IF PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
THEY SAID SHORTLY AFTER THE
CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN, THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT ADOPTED A FACIAL
COVERING MANDATE TO ADDRESS THE
RAPID RISE IN CASES AND TO
OFFSET THE IMMINENT THREAT TO
THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ABILITY TO
KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN.
STUDENTS EXCEPT THOSE WHO WERE
MEDICALLY ELIGIBLE TO OPT OUT
MUST WEAR FACIAL COVERINGS WHILE
INDOORS.
GOVERNOR, WE’LL GIVE YOU THE
LAST WORD.
>> SO ALL 67 COUNTIES, AINSLEY,
HAVE HAD HUGE DECLINES IN COVID
CASES AMONG SCHOOL-AGED KIDS.
MOST OF THEM DID NOT HAVE FORCED
MASKING.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT’S
BEEN PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE AND,
OBVIOUSLY, AS WE SEE WITH FIONA,
IT HAS CAUSED SOME OF OUR
STUDENTS HARM.
STEVE: GOVERNOR, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH IS.
FIONA, GOOD LUCK.