MEDIA WITH MILLIONS OF VIEWS EVER SINCE, AND SHE IS UP FIRST TODAY. ON FLASHPOINT. MHM. HMM
HMM. HMM I AM A STRAIGHT WHITE
CHRISTIAN MARRIED SUBURBAN MOM
WHO KNOWS THAT THE VERY NOTION
THAT LEARNING ABOUT SLAVERY OR
REDLINING OR SYSTEMIC RACISM
SOMEHOW MEANS THAT CHILDREN ARE
BEING TAUGHT TO FEEL BAD OR HATE
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE
WHITE IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE. THAT
WAS STATE SENATOR MELON MCMORROW
LAST WEEK, LASHING OUT AT FELLOW
CENTER ATLANTA THAIS THE LATEST
CHAPTER IN THE FIGHT OVER WHAT
WE’RE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN, BUT
IT’S ALSO BECOME A LIGHTNING ROD
MOMENT IN THE DEBATE OVER SO
CALLED WOKENESS. I AM VERY GLAD
TO HAVE SENATOR MCMORROW WITH ME
ON FLASHPOINT CENTER YOU HAVE
YOU’VE SAID YOU THOUGHT UP THOSE
REMARKS WHILE YOU WERE GIVING
YOUR DAUGHTER A BATH? CAN I
ASSUME THE REACTION THAT
FOLLOWED WAS NOT PART OF THE
PLAN. YOU WERE THINKING OF IT.
IT WAS NOT NOT AT ALL. YOU KNOW,
I JUST WANTED TO VERY CLEARLY
SAY THAT WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT ME
WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND WHAT WAS
SAID ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE WITH
THIS LANGUAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE,
BUT I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE
REACTION AT ALL. WHY DO YOU
THINK IT HAS RESONATED SO DEEPLY
? AND SO FAR IT’S GONE ALL OVER
THE PLACE, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF VIEWS. YEAH AND WE HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMED WITH EMAILS AND
PHONE CALLS AND MESSAGES FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE AND COUNTRY
AND WORLD WITH PEOPLE TO
SHARING. THEIR OWN VERY, VERY
PERSONAL STORIES AND SAYING
THANK YOU FROM FROM PEOPLE ALL
OVER AND RELIGIOUS AND CHRISTIAN
AND I THINK IT RESONATED BECAUSE
IT JUST SAID THAT THIS IDEA THAT
WE DON’T WANT TO PROTECT KIDS,
AND THESE LIES. IT’S NONSENSE.
WE WANT TO CREATE WELCOMING,
INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE
COMMUNITIES. WE ARE MOMS. WE ARE
FAMILY MEMBERS, AND IT’S ALL
JUST A HATEFUL DISTRACTION. THAT
DOESN’T FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES
THAT IMPACT PEOPLE’S LIVES.
THERE’S A FOUNDATION IN THIS
BEYOND JUST THAT CURRENT
ARGUMENT THAT SEEMS TO GO ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THIS CRAZY
CUBAN. IN THEORY THAT SEEMS TO
SUGGEST THAT AT THE HEART OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THIS CABAL.
OF PEDOPHILES THAT MUST STILL
MYSTIFY YOU, JUST AS IT DOES ME
AND MANY OTHER WATCHERS OF THE
POLITICAL PROCESS THAT THAT
STILL HAS SUCH POWER. WELL AND I
THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE
REASON THAT I WANTED TO RESPOND
SO FORCEFULLY BECAUSE THIS IS NO
LONGER A CONSPIRACY THEORY IN
THE DARKEST CORNERS OF THE
INTERNET. IT IS BEING LEVERAGED
AND WEAPONIZED BY ONE OF OUR
MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES, BOTH
NATIONALLY AND HERE IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN, AND WE SAW WHAT
HAPPENS IN D. C WHEN A GUNMAN
OPENED FIRE ON A PIZZA PLACE.
THINKING THAT THERE WERE
PEDOPHILES THERE WITH CHILDREN
IN THE BASEMENT. AND THAT IS
WHAT THIS LANGUAGE DOES AND
MEANS. AND THIS LANGUAGE IS NOT
OKAY AND IT’S BEING USED TO
TARGET VULNERABLE KIDS. AND
FRANKLY, ANYBODY WHO STANDS UP
BESIDE THEM AND SAYS THAT IT’S
NOT OKAY. I DID INVITE SENATOR
THANKS TO BE ON THE PROGRAM
TODAY. WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM
HER OFFICE. BUT I WANT YOUR TAKE
ON HER REACTION TO YOUR REMARKS
BECAUSE SHE BASICALLY SAID LOOK
, YOU CRITICIZED ME FOR
FUNDRAISING. AND THEN YOU TURNED
AROUND AND YOU DID THE SAME
THING AND FUND RAISED OFF THE
MOMENTUM OF YOUR SPEECH. I GUESS
SHE’S BASICALLY SAYING, LOOK,
WE’RE BOTH PLAYING ON OPPOSITE
SIDES OF THE SAME SANDBOX. WELL
FIRST OF ALL, IT’S NOT PLAYING
AND I DIDN’T KNOW ACTIVE
FUNDRAISING WHATSOEVER ON MY
DIDN’T IN MY SPEECH. I DIDN’T IN
MY TWITTER THREAD. I DIDN’T POST
THE LINK. CERTAINLY PEOPLE FOUND
IT. UH AND OTHERS WHO SUPPORT ME
AND SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
SHARED IT. BUT THE IDEA THAT
THIS IS JUST FOR FUNDRAISING. I
MEAN, THIS IS NOT A GAME. THIS
IS OUR LIVES. THIS IS PEOPLE’S
LIVES. THIS IS IF YOU ARE THE
MOTHER OF A TRANS CHILD. THIS IS
LIFE AND DEATH, AND IT’S
DISGUSTING THAT SHE’S DOUBLING
DOWN. WE SET ASIDE. TALK ABOUT
PEDOPHILES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE
GET DOWN TO THE ISSUE. THERE ARE
A LOT OF PARENTS, PARTICULARLY
CONSERVATIVE PARENTS WHO WANT
MATTERS OF EDUCATION WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO SEXUALITY AND
GENDER. THEY WANT THAT TO BE
LEFT TO THEM AND IN THEIR HOUSE
THAT THEY SHOULD BE MAKING THE
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEIR CHILD
LOOKS AT THE WORLD AROUND THEM,
RATHER THAN THAN BEING LEFT TO
TEACHER OR OUT OF THEIR HANDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR
THAT VIEW POINT? WELL THIS IS
CREATING AN ISSUE THAT DOESN’T
EXIST AND MY MOM WAS VERY ACTIVE
IN MY SCHOOL. GROWING UP. SHE
WAS A HOMEROOM MOM. SHE CAME ON
FIELD TRIPS SO FAST AND DID
PROJECTS AND TEACHERS ALSO WANT
A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH
PARENTS BE INVOLVED IN YOUR
CHILD’S EDUCATION SO THAT
TEACHERS KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON AT
HOME. AND SO PARENTS KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM THAT
HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. AND
THERE ISN’T SEX ACTS BEING
TAUGHT TO CHILDREN. UM BUT A LOT
OF THIS LANGUAGE IS SAYING, YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN’T EVEN JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE EXIST IN
THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE
GOING TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD AND ARE GOING TO HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. BUT THE
REALITY IS IT’S JUST A NON ISSUE
, AND IT’S A HATEFUL DISTRACTION
FROM ACTUAL REAL ISSUES THAT
IMPACT PEOPLE AND YOU MADE IT
PRETTY CLEAR IN YOUR FIVE
MINUTES OF REMARKS THERE THAT
YOU WERE NOT GOING TO SEE. DID
THAT GROUND. TO THOSE WHO
BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE THE
CHRISTIAN TERRITORY CARVED OUT
BECAUSE YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A
CHRISTIAN. ABSOLUTELY. RAISED
CATHOLIC AND VERY ACTIVE IN OUR
CHURCH, AND I WENT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AND DID
SO BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN GIVING
BACK AND BEING A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY AND IN SERVICE AND IN
UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHINGS OF
FAITH, SO TO SEE CHRISTIANITY
WEAPONIZED AS A MEANS TO JUSTIFY
TARGETING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AS
A MEANS TO EXPRESS HATE IS
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND IT’S
DISGUSTING. AND I THINK THERE’S
A LOT MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO
NEED TO TAKE OUR OWN IDENTITY
BACK AND SAY THIS IS NOT WHAT IS
ACCEPTABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN FAITH AND SERVICE
CENTER. WE ARE IN A VOLATILE
ELECTION YEAR. MOST ELECTIONS
VOLATILE, THIS ONE SEEMS A
LITTLE MORE THAN MOST. IT MANY
EXPECTING IT TO BE A TOUGH YEAR
FOR DEMOCRATS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU
LOOK AT HISTORICALLY HOW THESE
KINDS OF ELECTIONS OFTEN WORK
OUT, BUT THOSE VOTERS IN THE
MIDDLE, I’M WONDERING IF YOU’RE
CONCERNED THAT THEY SOME OF THEM
ARE JUST TIRED OF BEING BEAT UP
WITH WHAT THEY FEEL IS SORT OF
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT SOME
BELIEVE HAS RUN A LITTLE TOO
FAR. WELL AND I WILL BE THE
FIRST TO SAY I’M NOT A
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST. I RAN FOR
OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
2018, BUT I LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. I TALKED TO PEOPLE
EVERY SINGLE DAY. UH, AND PART
OF WHAT I WANTED TO EXPRESS IN
MY SPEECH IS WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HATE AND LIES AND
BLUNT THEM AND THEN MOVE ON
RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS JUST A
DISTRACTION FROM THE ROADS,
SCHOOLS, WATER QUALITY COST OF
HEALTHCARE, INFLATION, ALL OF
THESE THINGS AND I AM HAPPY TO
WORK. WITH ANY OF MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES ON REAL SOLUTIONS,
BUT THE FACT IS, THEY DON’T HAVE
ANY AND THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO
RILE YOU UP AND GET YOU SO
ANGRY. SO THAT’S WHAT I THINK
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DO IS POINT
OUT THAT IT’S NONSENSE. SO IT
ACKNOWLEDGED VERY FORCEFULLY.
THAT HATE IS NOT OKAY AND IT’S
JUST STRESS ACTING FROM ISSUES
WE CAN DO BOTH, AND WE HAVE TO
DO BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME. YOU
SOUND LIKE YOU’RE WORKING ON
BECOMING A STRATEGIST. AT LEAST
A LITTLE BIT. YOU HAVE TO BE
ONCE YOU GET INTO THE SYSTEM,
THAT’S FOR SURE. BUT SENATOR
MELANIE MCMORROW. YOU’VE HAD A
VERY, VERY BUSY WEEK. I SO