1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to the Buck Sexton Show. On this episode, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: we have Bridget Ziegler with us. She is a vice 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: president at the Leadership Institute. She is a school board superstar. 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: She'll explain what that means and also have some other 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: interesting projects that she's going to talk to you about 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: in the realm of how we get parents more involved 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: in their children's education, how we stop the woke madness 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: in schools, lots of stuff like that. Ridget, welcome, great 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: to have you, Thank you. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. Now. There's no shortage of 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: conversations around education right now. 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: So tell me this. Tell everybody your story quickly. Because 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: you're you're a school board what are you now? President? Like, 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: how did you get into this game? Because you're in Florida. 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: Ron DeSantis himself I believe, endorsed you for school board, 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: which is pretty cool, and this has become a big 17 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 1: movement among conservatives more broadly that there are parents who 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: are just like, I'm taking action here. What happened with you? 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? So mine kind of goes back a little bit 20 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: farther back at twenty fourteen. I have three girls now 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: ages four, seven, and ten. My oldest was only eight 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 2: months old. My husband's pretty active in politics, and I 23 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: did a lot of nonprofit work that worked in corporate 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: insurance and there was a vacancy and I remember he 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: was like, you should run for school board. And I 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: thought it was insane, But you know, when you're raising 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: a family and you realize that education plays such a 28 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: pivotal role in their trajectory, and you looked at the 29 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: school board, there was no one there with young kids. 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 2: So I stepped off the ledge. There was a vacancy, 31 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: so I did apply for the appointment governor then Senator 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: Rick Scott, but former governor did appoint me, and then 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: that elevated the polarization. But you know, I came out 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: and just said I was a novice. I didn't work 35 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: in education. I was a mom. I was a business 36 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: person and believed in things like school choice and accountability 37 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: and wanting high quality education for every person, no matter 38 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: what cold was. That's a four letter word in the 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: world of education and particularly for unions. And they had 40 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: a field day going after me. But you know what 41 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: I would tell everyone, and a lot of stuff that 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: I do in a training is there's a lot of 43 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: ways people going to talk. You can talk yourself out 44 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: of things. We're risk adversus human beings, but you will 45 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: surprise yourself when you step off that ledge, especially when 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: you're focused on fighting for your kids and fighting for 47 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: the future generation. So I got elected by less than 48 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: one percent my first election, and was elected in twenty eighteen, 49 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: and then my last election, the most recent went in 50 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two by sixteen percent. So it's been was 51 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: a good, good election year for us. But what I 52 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: saw was alarming a lot of just people who are 53 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: incredibly out of touch as public servants. And I think 54 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: I saw that early on as a board member, But 55 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: so what people experienced during COVID and they went to 56 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: petition their government or asked their elected officials for help 57 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: as parents, and we're met with disdain that has been 58 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: going on for a really long time. And through that, 59 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 2: I found myself in the midst of the gender ideology fight, 60 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: although I didn't know that that's what it was. It 61 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: was just a guidelines that came about around twenty seventeen, 62 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: and I had a provision in it that said it 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: was up to the student and the student alone to 64 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: determine their pronoun and what facilities they'd use. And had 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: very explicit language in there that prohibited staff from including 66 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: parents in these discussions, and I just thought that was crazy. 67 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: So that's when I said my hair went on fire. 68 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: And I worked with our state legislature to draft the 69 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: Parents feel of Rights in Florida, and it took us 70 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: through legislative sessions to pass, but nothing worked at the 71 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: local level. No one was interested in really looking at 72 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: protecting the role of a family and the role of parents. 73 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: And as a conservative, I believe that parents and families 74 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: are really ultimately more important than the government. I think 75 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: that's what we all believe in, is conservatives, and it's 76 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: sad to see how our public education system has really 77 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: devolved into what we're seeing today, which is activism centers. 78 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: That's just a blip of my conversation. 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think one area of this where everyone gets 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: really gets very heated very quickly. You have the national 81 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: Democrat narrative right now is that books are being banned 82 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: in Florida, and then I see what happened at that 83 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: press conference with Ron DeSantis and the kind of material 84 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: that is being banned, and I got a lot of questions, 85 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,119 Speaker 1: But you've dealt with this directly on the school board, 86 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: and I know that you're also working with other folks 87 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: to try to address this issue. What if people need 88 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: to know, like what's actually in some of the school 89 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: curriculum and in the school libraries for kids that is objectionable. 90 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: It's so I usually have them right next to me, 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: and I'm sorry I don't because I could flip to 92 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: the pages because we're at the point where, if you 93 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: think back a couple of years ago, being called a 94 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: racist was like the worst thing, but now that's overused, 95 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: but it really shut down the conversation. Then it was bigot, transphobic, 96 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 2: all those book banner is now that new buzzword, if 97 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: that makes sense, and it's shutting down the conversation because 98 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 2: it triggers people and even conservatives are like, oh, you 99 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 2: guys need to stay away from this book banning, and 100 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: I'm like, no, it's book. We're vetting material. Whether it's 101 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: explicit pornographic videos, we wouldn't be okay with that. You're 102 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: not okay with it when it's a book. And I 103 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: don't think people would really believe us until we show it. 104 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 2: And so we recommend when we talk to people across 105 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: the country is don't you have to show to Intel 106 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 2: and so that because it doesn't do it justice for 107 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: me to explain it today. So as much as I 108 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 2: don't want to give the publishers more money, maybe, but 109 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: go buy Genderqueer. Go buy a book called Choked that 110 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: we just recently found. Go buy farm Boy. I mean, 111 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: go buy this book is gay. Go buy It's perfectly normal. 112 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 2: And you have that's a book for forty eight year 113 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: olds that talks about very detailed explicit penetration details for 114 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 2: a for an eight year old. You have Gender Career. 115 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: They have pictures in a cartoon asque Aspect that shows 116 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: people in very explicit sexual acts in their miners and 117 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: their characters of miners in explicit sexual acts with sexual toys. 118 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: And I just I don't know what world that's acceptable ever, 119 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: and what I do as a board member, because I 120 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: am I'm chair of my school board, and we are 121 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: you know, I'm at the point because the book banning 122 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: has triggered people to shut down the conversation. So no 123 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 2: one's asking what books are we talking about. They just 124 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 2: hear book ban and they say, oh that's bad. Well 125 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 2: this material is bad, and I want someone to defend 126 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: this material and to your point. When Governor DeSantis had 127 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 2: a press conference, the irony when we have that he 128 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: tries to illustrate it and show the pictures and the 129 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: images and the various outlets had to shut it down 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: because they would have been fined. But it's okay for 131 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: our kids. I mean, we really have to have a 132 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: gut check here as a society. And I would rather 133 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 2: be called a book banner all day long. And no, 134 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 2: I'm fighting for our children's innocence. And I know that 135 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: there's a diverse set of community members and beliefs that 136 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: we serve as a public education institution, but as an 137 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: elected official, it is our job to make sure that 138 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 2: we're vetting materials so that it's appropriate for all families, 139 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: of all backgrounds, of all beliefs, and that we're focused 140 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: on educating our children, not providing any of this material 141 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: which there's no justification whatsoever for it. 142 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: Well, that's what I wanted to ask you. Who is 143 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: in favor of this? Like, when you're dealing with removing 144 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: this stuff from the curriculum, is it school you know, 145 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: school principles who are saying no, we think this should 146 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: be included. Or is it activists who don't even necessarily 147 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: live in your area or even the state of Florida, 148 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: who are saying, how dare you like? It seems like 149 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: this is one of those issues where there's a huge 150 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: amount of noise from the opposition that wants these books 151 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: to be there. But I never see, like, I've never 152 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: seen anyone go on TV be like, yeah, this book 153 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: with this photo for kids totally legit. You know what 154 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: I mean exactly. 155 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: Well, And I think that's a really good point. And 156 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: I'm at that point, So stay tuned and may have 157 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: to follow up at an an upcoming school board meeting 158 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 2: where I'm going to have to showcase this is what 159 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: we're talking about. So you have to defend this mister 160 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: or missus school board member who wants to keep it 161 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: in or activists, because there are a lot of people 162 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: within our education system who are amazing people. They're very 163 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 2: strong beliefs and want to preserve high quality literature. We're 164 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: not talking about classics, right. People always like to bring 165 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: up oh, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Yes, years ago, those 166 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: were challenged books. You have Tony Morrison books, which at 167 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: a high school level, there's an argument about is it 168 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 2: more explicit, does it have literary context. But the ones 169 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 2: we're talking about are being targeted towards elementary and middle 170 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 2: even if it's high school. They're so explicit on sexual 171 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: acts that they don't have any literary value. There aren't 172 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: classical novels that stood the test of these are explicit. 173 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: I mean, I think someone used Playboy or some other magazine. 174 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 2: I said, I don't know. I have to argue, I 175 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 2: don't know, I don't know what's in it, but I 176 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: think these might be worse. And the worst part is 177 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: they're detailing younger kids, and that's even more alarming. So 178 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: you've got to if it was an act, if it 179 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 2: wasn't a drawing and it was a picture that person, 180 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: you'd be in jail, no doubt about it. It would 181 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: be child pornography. And so that is again we have 182 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 2: to understand why are they utilizing this, And so there 183 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: are people that are in the education aspect who are 184 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: worried about it going down the path of literary classics 185 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 2: that in the past decades ago that were challenged for 186 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: racial issues. But instead no one's talking about these ones. 187 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: And that's why people like myself and people like in 188 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 2: Moms for Liberty and even Rondo Santis or any other 189 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 2: parent groups across the country are actually reading the books 190 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 2: but getting shut down, And then no one's actually going 191 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 2: the next step of saying, so why is it okay 192 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 2: to have that one? And so on? Is I'm going 193 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 2: to like this school board member, I have the unique 194 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: ability the bully book that I suppose, And if this continues, 195 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: I think we're just going to have to force the 196 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: conversation at the dais and make people defend these items 197 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 2: being in there versus the other way around. 198 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: I mean, so you're a school board memory, you're also 199 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: a mom. Why do you think people want these books 200 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: in there? I mean, honestly, someone clearly does, because there's 201 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: a huge or or are they Is it more that 202 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: they're pretending they want these books there so that they 203 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: can talk about the book ban more broadly and use 204 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: it as a political smear or you know who who 205 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: if anyone wants this stuff to be there for kids. Again, 206 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 1: it brings you back to I've never heard anyone make 207 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: the case for any of these books, but they just 208 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: want to say, you guys are book book burners basically 209 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: book banning. 210 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: Right well, And I think there's an important context is 211 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 2: that seemingly I've reached every time, not just in my district, 212 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 2: but I follow these cases across the country pretty well. 213 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: No one can find out who put them in ever 214 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 2: does it? I mean never, even in my district. We 215 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 2: had to have a whole workshop. I said, what's the process, how, 216 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: what's the selection process? And this is before the legislation 217 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: came down that everyone got went bananas and in Florida 218 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 2: thinking that Ronpantas is banning books and it was merely 219 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 2: just adding elevating the vetting process and accountability because we 220 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: couldn't find out who put these in. But the aspect 221 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: is that it's important to note when you have it. 222 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: It's very important from a policymaking standpoint to keep them 223 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: out because then you deal with a litany of First 224 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: Amendment challenges because there is a Supreme Court precedent about 225 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 2: First Amendment. Although I argue that maybe it's time for 226 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: this to be revisited because we're talking about a very 227 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: different aspect of literature. It's not even literature, but they 228 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: reference that and so then the risk of legal challenges 229 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 2: is what oftentimes causes people to shut down. And it 230 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: comes down to we have a you know, parental rights, 231 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: which I'm a big advocate of. I have people on 232 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: the left, or I say radical left, they're not. I 233 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 2: mean they're not. They're on the just in the fringe 234 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 2: where it's that no, you can't tell us what we 235 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 2: select for our child, and I said, no, yes I can. 236 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: I was elected by the community in one of my 237 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 2: jobs is creating policy to put guardrails in place. If 238 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: you don't want me, you can vote me out the 239 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: next time. But I will have no problem defending that. 240 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 2: And I think if people want to challenge and support 241 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 2: this disgusting filth pinion or cage twelve for minor children's schools, 242 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 2: then I say we need to bring it on. We 243 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: need to allow these challenges to take place and not 244 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: be scared about it. 245 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: Bridget I know you're following some of these school battles 246 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: elsewhere across the country. I want to ask you to 247 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: tell us about it really very disturbing case that I 248 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: know you're following out of Texas Plane View ISD School 249 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: and what happened there. I think parents across the country 250 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: need to know about what's happening in some of these schools. 251 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: So we'll come back to that in a second. But 252 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: first we're from our sponsor here, My Pillow. I love 253 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: all of my pillow products everybody. They're amazing. The Geeze 254 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: and Dream sheets for me are the one that got 255 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: me hooked. I mean yeah, usually it's the pillow for people, 256 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: but also the slippers, the sheets, there's amazing stuff out there. 257 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: You got to change your sheets every couple of years. 258 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: People forget this. 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I think very few people 274 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: right now listening know the story of what happened to 275 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: playe view ISD, So would you just tell us what 276 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: happened and then we can discuss how something like this 277 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: could happen. 278 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: Well, to be fair, there's still a lot of outstanding information. 279 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: But what happened. There was an incident that occurred as 280 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 2: far back as at eight mid eight, so a couple 281 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 2: of weeks ago, and we're talking about that impacted a 282 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: elementary lower I think it was first grade, I'm sorry, 283 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: it was kindergarten and it was where there were two 284 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: children at the ages of six that what a six 285 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 2: year old was forced to perform a sexual act on 286 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 2: another child and there is a video of it which 287 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 2: has been and I don't know who took the video. 288 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 2: I don't know if it was another child, another student, 289 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 2: but there was a teacher at least present. They say 290 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: they weren't supervising, so they the current claim is that 291 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: they didn't see it. It's been presented to Child Protective 292 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: Services and there's an investigation going on. But what happened 293 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 2: is and this is so often what I find is 294 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: in a mistake of bureaucracies, but particularly in the education institutions, 295 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 2: is that there was no communication. And yes, you have 296 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 2: to protect privacies a myriad of people in any kind 297 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 2: of incident that occurs at a school. But what didn't 298 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 2: happen is there's commonly there's a lot of sweeping under 299 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 2: the rug because people don't want bad press school districts 300 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 2: that won't be press. But these things come out every 301 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 2: single time, and so what would happen was the cover 302 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 2: up ended up being I don't know if it's worse 303 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: than the crime. This is pretty atrocious, but it was 304 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 2: a lot of no answers and to the point where 305 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: parents organize rightfully. So because it started to get out 306 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 2: there that there was a video, someone has the video, 307 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: my understanding is, I don't know if it's been shared, 308 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: because again there's a whole litany of child pornography issues 309 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: that hopefully that that wasn't shared, making, you know, exempt 310 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: you know, exacerbating the victim even more. But what happened 311 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: was the district didn't do any kind of response or 312 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: any kind of outrage, even allegedly to the family or 313 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 2: the family that was involved with the child, until it 314 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 2: got out there that this occurred, and then there was 315 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: limited information. What happened is the parents organized to the 316 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 2: point where they had no answers and they had to 317 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 2: cancel school. When I read that's that's pretty extraordinary where 318 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: you have a school fully shut down. But it seems 319 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: that there was such a lack of transparency and accountability 320 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 2: that at some level to the super intent that they 321 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 2: chose to shut down the school to investigate, which again 322 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: just shows the lack of systems for that to even 323 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 2: happen is atrocious, and it again kind of spins off 324 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 2: of what we're talking about. What are children and the 325 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 2: environment they're learning and reading and exposed to that that 326 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 2: would even ever happen is heartbreaking And as a mother 327 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: of a like I said at a four, seven and 328 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: ten year old, and this is these are the kind 329 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: of things that we want to fight deeply against to 330 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: make sure that they're not exposed to these kind of 331 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 2: things so that that never presents itself as a situation. 332 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: It's disgusting when you're when you're seeing the obvious shortcomings, failures, 333 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: irresponsible or even catastrophic failure like what we're talking about 334 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: here from some of the schools Is it just that 335 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: there's a Is it a bureaucracy of no accountability? Is 336 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: it the teachers' unions? Like what when you find there 337 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: are school districts where kids are either not as safe 338 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: as they should be or being taught stuff that's completely 339 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: inappropriate for them, or even just where the school is 340 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: dramatically underperforming what it should relative to the resources available 341 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: to it, what do you find are generally the problems 342 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: the main problem? 343 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 2: So it's there accountability and lack of systems. I mean, 344 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: and yes, the union plays a role in it, but 345 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 2: it's easy to try to make them escapegoat. Listen, we 346 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 2: know what the union's role is. Their job is to 347 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 2: try to protect protect the environment and ultimately just keep 348 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 2: getting more money more dues. That's their job. I mean, 349 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: don't make no mistake. They're not elected officials. They should 350 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 2: not have an equal seat at the table like they 351 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: do every almost every district. But at the end of 352 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 2: the day, elected officials school board members have a lot 353 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 2: more authority than they're willing than they're actually invoking at 354 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 2: this point, and they need to find superintendents to have 355 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 2: a backbone that are going to hold put those systems 356 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 2: in place. And work with the school or if there's 357 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: a good school board in place. I mean, the problem 358 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: is that so many people are captured or their warm 359 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 2: bodies and they don't want I think it's a ceremonial job. 360 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 2: This is not a ceremonial job. We are there's a 361 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: battle right now being waged in our public's education systems, 362 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: to make no mistake, and we need people who are 363 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: who have grit and who are willing to ask the 364 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 2: tough questions and sit against the firing squad and not 365 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 2: not cave because people what happens is they get worn 366 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 2: down and then they leave and then the radical left 367 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: who's been overseeing our education system for decades just wears 368 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 2: out that clock. But parents and concerns that is since 369 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 2: seriously need to take need to take it seriously. You 370 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 2: need to fight back. But I think it comes down 371 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 2: to understanding where the levers are. How much authority public 372 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 2: education school I'm sorry, local school boards have. They have 373 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: a lot a lot they can change and rip up 374 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: the contract. Again, you have to have a majority to 375 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 2: do that, but there's a lot more that can be 376 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 2: done at the local level. There's a lot of finger pointing. Meanwhile, 377 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 2: kids are not able to sufficiently read at a third 378 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 2: grade level, and they're they're graduating. So we as a 379 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: community in society needs to see stop the blame shift 380 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: and see what we can do to change course. Correct. 381 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 2: We're talking about decades worth of bureaucracy, bad processes, corruption, 382 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: special interests. I mean, I could go on. There are 383 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 2: a lot of buzzwords, big money. We're talking billions and 384 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 2: billions of dollars. You have organizations like you know, the 385 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 2: Democrat Party, the Union, then a at the what is it, 386 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 2: the AFNA at a f T and yeah, and then 387 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: you have Planned Parenthood, who has been at the front 388 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: and center of a lot of this sexual education curriculum 389 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 2: for for almost one hundred years. Human rights campaign playing 390 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 2: a huge role in providing sample draft policies that are 391 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 2: you know, playing at the at the forefront of the 392 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 2: separation between parents and their children about you know, withholding information. 393 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: So a lot of bad actors. And then you have 394 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: a whole new litany on the you know, the whole 395 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 2: ESG data collecting standpoint. So local educate like local school 396 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 2: boards are elected at the local level. They're closest to 397 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 2: the people that they serve and protect. That is where 398 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 2: the most direct accountability can take place. If people are 399 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 2: paying attention and they're willing to fight for it, and 400 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 2: a lot of change can occur, a lot. 401 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the change in perception 402 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: that you've seen among parents. You mentioned the AFT. I 403 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: think that's Randy Winingarten's outfit, right. I call her the 404 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: Chief Education Commissar. I don't think. I don't think she 405 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: likes me very much. I've made a lot of noise 406 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 1: about how awful she is, and I mean it. 407 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 2: I think she's Have you invited her on your show? 408 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: Oh she will not. We wanted her to come on radio. 409 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: She will not. 410 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: Oh no, she won't come on. Fout, she won't come on. 411 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: We try. But I want to get into that in 412 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: just a second. But I got to tell everybody out 413 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: there to get themselves prepared and diversified a bit. 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All right, 431 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: bridget have people realized more than ever that they have 432 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: to get involved with their children's education because they saw 433 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: the zoom teaching and they realized the schools were shut 434 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: down not as bad in Florida obviously as other places, 435 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: and as that resulted in a lot of I mean, 436 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: do you talk to a lot of parents who were saying, look, 437 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: you know, I love what you're doing in the school board, 438 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: but what about charter schools? What about home schooling? 439 00:21:59,200 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 2: Right? 440 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: Alternative options to the system. How do you factor that 441 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: into all this? 442 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 2: Well, it's a huge component. So two things that I 443 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 2: think you have to consider. We have over I think 444 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: it's seventy seven percent of America's children are educated in 445 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: a public education institution. Now that does include charter schools 446 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 2: because they are public, they're publicly funded, but school choice 447 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 2: plays a pivotal role as well. You have both levers 448 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 2: that need to be You have to have somewhere for 449 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 2: people to go. So the monopoly is broken up. We 450 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 2: still have a lot of work to do, but at 451 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 2: the same time, you can't give up on the system 452 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: that's educating seventy seven percent of America's future, and so 453 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 2: both play a role. And I think that what having 454 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: been at this for a while, you know, Erica Donald's congressman, 455 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: Donald's wife, who's an amazing she was initially a school 456 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 2: board member. We call ourselves the ogs. Back in twenty fourteen, 457 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 2: we're seeing this and yelling like, have you guys seen 458 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 2: what's going on? But conservatives weren't paying attention, you know, 459 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 2: they were only paying attention a ballot and those are 460 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 2: important too, But unfortunately we've been asleep at the wheel 461 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: and so there's a lot of work to be done. 462 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 2: But I think that making what happened at COVID is 463 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 2: that people were alarmed. They say, Hey, I live in 464 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: a nice you know, my property values are high, my 465 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 2: district's well rated. But this so we didn't think any 466 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: of this was happening in their district all the unbeknownst 467 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 2: to them. During COVID they saw that. So a lot 468 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: have stepped up. We saw amazing elections across twenty twenty two. 469 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: As conservatives, we didn't see the red wave, but we 470 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 2: did in school board elections across the country. I think 471 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 2: New York's a great example how it actually impacts a 472 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: ballot when things weren't on play. Keep an eye in Minnesota, 473 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 2: which is woke, woke as that gets. There's a lot 474 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 2: of action happening there. And watch California, I mean where 475 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 2: people are. These are parents that are just have had it. 476 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 2: And this has nothing to do with traditionally conservatives. These 477 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 2: are common sense issues that have just gotten too far. 478 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 2: But we have to have school choice at the same time, 479 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: because these are massive, bohemous bureaucracies that are wound very tight. 480 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: It's gonna takes some time to unravel them, and so 481 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 2: our children don't get that time back. So there has 482 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 2: to be other options. Home schools growing exponentially has for 483 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: a decade, and I can see why classical education I'm 484 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 2: a huge proponent of that, or my children are educated 485 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 2: as well as Montessori, all those models are dramatically different. Unfortunately, 486 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 2: we're seeing a lot of private schools be captured by 487 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 2: woken doctor Nation as well. And comes down to just 488 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 2: accountability and people fighting back. People vote with their feet. 489 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 2: If there's no enrollment, there's no money, and that's a 490 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 2: quick way to change things. 491 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: And I recently spoke to another podcaster, Chris Williamson. I 492 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 1: don't know if you've ever seen his stuff. I mean, 493 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: he gets a lot of play on particularly TikTok Instagram, 494 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: where his podcast is Modern Wisdom, and he spoke to 495 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: one of his guests was essentially a woman who specializes 496 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: in women's mental health and the issues that particularly young 497 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: girls are facing these days. 498 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 2: Right. 499 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: The data that he gave me on this was staggering. 500 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: I mean, the number of girls who would consider themselves 501 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: and teenagers, thirteen year old, fourteen year olds, fifteen year 502 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: olds who would consider themselves to be clinically depressed or 503 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: who would qualify as it, and even who have considered 504 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: or attempted some form of self harm. In this country. 505 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: It's staggering proportions and obviously deeply problematic. You're involved in education, 506 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: you're a mom of three girls. What's going on with 507 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: young women's mental health these days? Like why are so 508 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: many girls in such a difficult place in this country? 509 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 2: So we have to be very honest about what social 510 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 2: media is doing to all of us, even as adults. 511 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 2: But we have at least had the foundational aspect of 512 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 2: going through the awkward time of adolescence. I remember high school, 513 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 2: middle school, hated it. I dealt with mean girls galore. 514 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 2: I felt awkward. I mean, I would never want to 515 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 2: go back. And I can't even imagine that was before 516 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 2: social media. I can't imagine how much more amplified that is. 517 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,239 Speaker 2: And so it's just an awkward time. And then it's 518 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 2: a time of trying to find yourself, to figure yourself out, 519 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: and kids, I mean kids are kids, right, it's human nature. 520 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 2: There's a growing part you're going to be childish and 521 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: what have you and mean and whatever, but you now 522 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 2: it's there forever. And then on top of that, you 523 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:17,479 Speaker 2: have special interests like intentionally targeting these young minds at 524 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 2: a very pivotal time, vulnerable time, particularly with the whole 525 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: gender ideology trend that you're seeing is in particularly impacting 526 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 2: young girls. So as a mom, my husband and I 527 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 2: are very concerned about what we're seeing. I know a 528 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 2: handful of parents myself that they're children at around almost 529 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 2: without question, it's always thirteen fourteen, they go through it 530 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 2: where they're gender non binary or questioning because it's kind 531 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 2: of in vogue, it's a thing. It's also on social media, 532 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 2: and it's also also massively protected and promoted it in 533 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 2: public education. And to me, not only is the mental 534 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 2: health part we need to have. We need to again, 535 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 2: these are societal issues that it's not the school district's 536 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: responsibility to fix these issues. They need to teach your kids, 537 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 2: that's what they need to focus on. And our families 538 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 2: and as a society, we need to do a better 539 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 2: job of supporting the nuclear family and lifting that up. 540 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 2: It's important. It plays a pivotal role in the stabilization 541 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 2: of your future. And not anything everything's perfect, but we 542 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,959 Speaker 2: are seeing a massive dismantling of the nuclear family of 543 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 2: traditional values, and I think that that combined there's a 544 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: lot of lost aspects and then people seeking social media 545 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 2: and not having normal conversations with you know, the human 546 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: to human connectivity is gone. So it's kind of all 547 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 2: unraveling in that very negative aspect. And I think that 548 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: the best way to do it is as a school 549 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 2: board member. I have been trying to see us ban 550 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 2: I like banning, I guess, and getting rid of school 551 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 2: school plums during school bellde belt. I just think that 552 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 2: they should not be available during campus because they are 553 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 2: distraction and their impediment to We know they're addictive, we 554 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 2: know that social media is a problem. We know that 555 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 2: it's an impediment to their development to come initive development, 556 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 2: and it also is pervasive and bullying. Yet we are 557 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 2: I can't win that one. I'm still working at it though, 558 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 2: but I think they all need to really feel bad. 559 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: When I was in grammar school, to make a call, 560 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: you had to go to like the one phone in 561 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,479 Speaker 1: the building and it was you know, you know, you 562 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: had the little the phone that I remember like putting 563 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 1: like a rotary phone, I guess, old school rotary phone. Yeah, 564 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: so that is very different now, I know with all 565 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: the kids. I mean, you mentioned the gender ideology component 566 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: of everything. Is that stuff just I always hear? So 567 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: we know that these different social media algorithms reflect back 568 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: to people both their likes dislikes and also tries to 569 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: target them based on demographic, age, location, things like that, 570 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: and so you know, they're they're probably less likely to 571 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: you know, be be showing like fifty year old guys 572 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: or you know, six year old women and a lot 573 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: of gender ideology stuff. But on TikTok and particular min 574 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: understanding as they show it to kids is that like, 575 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: you know, do you how do you police that? I mean, 576 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: maybe that's not the right word, but how do you 577 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: deal with the fact that there's what your kids are 578 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: getting in the classroom. There's also the social media fire 579 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: hose of you know, gender isn't a real thing and 580 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: all the other We could talk about that forever. 581 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, the only way I can see it 582 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 2: is parents really do need to understand that this is 583 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 2: not a joke. It's not some little trend, it's not 584 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 2: one thing like it's a fad. I mean, we have 585 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: we're talking about literally the chemical castration of children, the sterilization. 586 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 2: I mean, I've met with quite a few detransitioners who 587 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 2: cannot have children, and for me as a mom, it 588 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 2: just it breaks my heart. And I don't know how 589 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 2: people can be supportive of this and the continuation of 590 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 2: it and not see it for what it is. But 591 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 2: you know, as parents, and I feel for their parents too, 592 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,959 Speaker 2: because they're trying to find a way to support their 593 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 2: child who is depressed. And then all of a sudden, 594 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 2: it's almost this immediate affirmation that the medicals industry has 595 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 2: completely jumped on board and almost bully parents that if 596 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 2: they if they aren't immediately affirming that. You have states 597 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 2: like Minnesota and Idaho and Minnesota, California for sure that 598 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 2: are you know, safe havens and refugee places. 599 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: Oregon I believe is now Oregon is now a safe havee. 600 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: I think Washington State is as well for transition transitioners. 601 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: I think it's in uh I forget it's either Oregon 602 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: or Washington State. Where now if you go to a 603 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: shelter as a runaway out of state in state too obviously, 604 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: but there's no obligation to inform the parents. If the 605 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: transgender identity of the child we're talking about kids here 606 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: is considered to be an issue for those parents. 607 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 2: That's great, and they won't they will not recognize any 608 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 2: subpoenas from out of state. So if you're dealing with 609 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 2: a family custody battle and one parent's okay with it 610 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 2: and the other is not, if you go to those states, 611 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 2: they will not recognize that. 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Get thirty five 631 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: percent off the Chalk subscription of your choice for life 632 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: when you use my name Buck in your purchase process. 633 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: That's Chalk dot com, choq dot com and use the 634 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: name Buck. I keep trying to tell people I don't 635 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: like to focus on that issue. It's it's uncomfortable. I 636 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: think it starts to get more into the the theological 637 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: and the demonic. I mean this is, you know, I'd 638 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: rather have conversations about, you know, creating economic prosperity and 639 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: a secure border and you know, less crime on the 640 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: streets than getting into gender transitioning for twelve year olds. 641 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: They make this the issue, though it's very clear there's 642 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: this agenda not just in the school system, but all 643 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: the way up to the Biden White House and in 644 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: state legislatures as well across the country. They keep pushing 645 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: the issue further and further, and I have to say, 646 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: I think what you will see at some point is 647 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: it'll be considered really a form of abuse, and child 648 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: services will intervene against parents who don't or or parents 649 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: to your point about custody issues who do not want 650 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: a child the transition. 651 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 2: I agree, and so you know, listen. As a school 652 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 2: board member, never did I think or get into this 653 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 2: thinking this was going to be my issue. But sadly, 654 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 2: over the course of time and it's gotten more extreme. 655 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 2: And you know, I always say, I think Shapiro talks 656 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 2: about like the slippery slope. We're at the bottom of 657 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 2: the slope. We are at the bottom of the slope. 658 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 2: But it's unfortunate. But it is very pervasive, and it's 659 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 2: continuously pushed, very aggressively, but more and more people are 660 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 2: waking up to what's actually happening. I think it's very 661 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 2: important people have their eyes open and don't think that 662 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 2: there it's you know, it's only some group over here. 663 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 2: If you think your children are safe from it, they're not. 664 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: It's everywhere. But and you know, at the end of 665 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 2: the day, I think that we that I really do 666 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: think that that we see a handful of trial lawyers 667 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: coming thankfully who would have imagined kind of stepping up 668 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 2: and causing charge to medical clinics and different places, and 669 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 2: so we're I think that we're going to see a 670 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 2: lot of litigation, particularly around class action suits, and that's 671 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 2: what's going to make this fall, and so be it 672 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 2: whatever it takes to make this fall and make the 673 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 2: abuse that's happening to children. And when people look back, 674 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 2: I think they're going to think, how could that have 675 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 2: ever happened? And it is unfortunate, but people need to 676 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 2: take it seriously. It's it's pretty it's pretty pervasive, and 677 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 2: I know it's not very I know there. I would 678 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 2: like to talk about economics all day long or reading. 679 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 2: You talk about reading proficiencies. It's so very important too, 680 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 2: by the way, so we need to make sure our 681 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 2: children have more hope and are able to think of 682 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 2: for themselves so they don't get down these rabbit holes 683 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 2: when when they feel hopeless. 684 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: So Bridget, I want you to tell everybody what you 685 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: are up to, projects you have coming up, so they 686 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: can continue to follow your work if they want to 687 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: reach out to you. By the way, I'm sure there 688 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: are some moms and dads who are thinking about maybe, 689 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: you know, running running up the side of that mountain 690 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 1: and joining the fight on the school board education issue. 691 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: So what are you up to? 692 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 2: Right? So I am the v of school board programs 693 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 2: at Leadership Institute. So we created a school board program 694 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 2: that I am training everyone from concerned citizens, activists however 695 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 2: you want to call yourself, or people who are running 696 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 2: for office, helping them be effective and then once they 697 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 2: get elected, helping them hold the line. Because group think 698 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 2: is pretty powerful when you talk about these massive establishments, 699 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 2: and there really is only one training ground for school 700 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 2: board elected school board members, and that was under the 701 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 2: National school Board Association, which all parents domestic terroists. So 702 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 2: you can understand why we found ourselves in the situation 703 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 2: we're in. So it's something I'm very passionate about because 704 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 2: when I was newly elected, it didn't feel like there 705 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 2: was anywhere that really could help us. We don't know 706 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 2: what we don't know, but we wanted to serve our 707 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:42,839 Speaker 2: constituents in the best way possible. But taking that back 708 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 2: is there's a lot of lovers when it comes to activism, 709 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 2: so people can't leave once you get those people elected. 710 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 2: Making sure you don't leave them at the altar. We 711 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 2: need members of the community to continue to support them, 712 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 2: and we need to continue to have a pipeline of 713 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 2: people stepping up because again, we've been asleep as conservatives 714 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 2: for quite some time, and the left has come completely 715 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,360 Speaker 2: captured education, and we're seeing the byproduct of that pretty 716 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 2: aggressively now in the workforce and even in the military 717 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 2: and so on and so forth, and we need to 718 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 2: take this very seriously. It starts with education. The only 719 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,799 Speaker 2: people who can ultimately reclaim our education is us as 720 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 2: parents and citizens. So we help train you. 721 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 1: Ridgiet, great talking to you. Hope you come back soon. 722 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,919 Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging out, Thanks 723 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 2: For having me.