WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.560 Dip Flora. 2 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:04.240 You remember from her race in the fourth Congressional District 3 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.120 that did not go the way we wanted it to go. 4 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.039 But she is back and back doing what. 5 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:11.839 Really I'm not going to say put you on the map, Deborah, 6 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:15.480 because that's not giving you enough do. But you have 7 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:19.640 long been at the forefront of fighting for our children 8 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.120 in a variety of ways, and now you're going to 9 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.160 be on a big stage and Saturday in Washington, d C. 10 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:29.519 First of all, welcome back to the show. Great to 11 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.200 be here, Mandy, as always, thank you. Good to be here. 12 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:34.759 So tell me a little bit about what's happening Saturday 13 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:35.479 in Washington, d C. 14 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.280 I'm so excited about this. You and I've talked about 15 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.520 how movements in history, the vast majority of them, never. 16 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:43.840 Make a lasting change. 17 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.200 Most of them get to a certain point plateau, then 18 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.679 taper off. When we think of movements that have made 19 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.240 a difference, there's a suffrage move it's a civil rights movement. 20 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:56.920 Something happened to bring it to critical mass with lasting change. 21 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:58.880 The movement I've been a part of that you're talking about, 22 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.679 is the parental rights, educational freedom of protecting children, girls' sports. 23 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:06.159 I've been fighting for that for a long time, first. 24 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:08.120 Of all as a mom, someone who just cares. 25 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.079 And by the way, that's why most of us will 26 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:13.480 never stop fighting for this because we care. Having started 27 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:18.040 Parents United America introduced curriculum, transparency, legislation, done the documentary, etc. 28 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:20.760 And what I've always had a. 29 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.400 Vision for I spoke with someone who Tina Dskovich, and 30 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.040 with the same vision, it's time to have a march 31 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:33.120 for kids. And what we're doing on Saturday in Washington, 32 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.359 DC is the first ever March for Kids. And the 33 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.560 wonderful thing about this, Amandy, is it transcends all. 34 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:41.719 The rest of the polarization. 35 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.239 We've got people who are coming from every political spectrum, 36 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.560 from every ethnic group, from every religious group, and that 37 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.959 is what it's about. So we're coming together. I'll be 38 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.519 speaking at the first ever March for Kids Saturday this 39 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.879 coming Saturday, August thirty first, along with people like doctor 40 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:01.879 Alvita King, Tulca Gabbard, and many others who've been at 41 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.359 the front of this movement. 42 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.159 Because I believe. 43 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.960 That after COVID, everybody woke up and that was a 44 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.960 moment in history. But if parents don't stay engaged, this 45 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.479 movement will go by the wayside of many others. We've 46 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:17.560 got to get to critical mass because just because kids 47 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:21.120 are back in school does not mean the things that 48 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.280 are happening there that may be antithetical to a family's 49 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:26.000 values are not still happening. 50 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:32.000 Case in point, if I do, if I may today 51 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:35.360 from X, I have to give a lot of a 52 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.159 big shout out for Aaron for parental rights. She has 53 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:42.120 a wonderful Twitter feed that always has great information. She 54 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.240 dug into the first grade social study standards. And in 55 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:48.520 case you were thinking to yourself, you know what, first 56 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.000 greed needs more talk about sex work. 57 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:51.919 Good news. 58 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:53.000 Good news. 59 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.319 Now in Colorado, our six year olds are going to 60 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.439 have the opportunity to learn about sex work. 61 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:01.159 Is this all going to come about? 62 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:03.840 They're going to teach them about the Stonewall riots. They're 63 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.159 going to teach them about the two people who kind 64 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.960 of kicked off the Stonewall riots, who, in addition to 65 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.120 being drag queens not necessarily trans women, but drag queens 66 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:17.919 also sex traffic young boys that they picked up off 67 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.800 the streets. And that is the context which your six 68 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.479 year old is going to hear that. Johnson and Rivera 69 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:28.680 recognize that many transgender people turned to sex work after 70 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.159 being rejected by their families, setting it up for first 71 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:35.800 graders to understand if they ever have gender dysphoria, sex 72 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.240 work and cutting off from their families is the best option, 73 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:38.639 you know. 74 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.599 And I found myself laughing when you said that, not 75 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:46.319 out of amusement, just how to just share absurdities. And 76 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:47.360 that is the problem. 77 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:47.680 I mean. 78 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.879 One of the things that I love about this March 79 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.039 for Kids that we're having on Saturday is because when 80 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.240 I talk to people from any different spectrum, I mean, 81 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.560 you know, you got the Muslim dads in Detroit who 82 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.759 are standing up against the sexualize of the children. I've 83 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.520 let a rally down at our Capitol building and it 84 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.000 was bilingual because half of the folks who showed up 85 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.759 were Hispanic standing against the sexualization of their children. This 86 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.199 transcends everything, because why this is happening is. 87 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:15.439 Most people don't know. 88 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.279 Most people really just believe they're going to send their 89 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:20.399 child off to school, they're going to learn how to 90 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:21.319 read and write. 91 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:23.759 And the reality is right here in Colorado. 92 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:25.720 I haven't seen the latest statistics, but I think was 93 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.360 last year less than forty percent read a grade level 94 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:31.800 less than thirty percent do math. 95 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:32.360 At grade level. 96 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.439 And by the way, this burden's teachers. Can you imagine 97 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.439 your first grade teacher. Really, that's when children begin to 98 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.600 learn to read and No, instead you're supposed to be 99 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:45.279 teaching them about all of these adult topics. And when 100 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:49.199 we look at really this mental health issue we have 101 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.399 with kids today, we're creating the. 102 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:53.959 Problem and trying to fix the problem. 103 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.879 So how are these kids going to be able to 104 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.319 count their money from the sex work if they can't 105 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:00.079 do math. 106 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.680 Strategy we need to use. 107 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.439 That's a truck question because I would I would bug 108 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.439 against the premise they shouldn't be counting money from that kind. 109 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:09.120 Of work period. 110 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.720 But Aaron does great work on that. And the reality 111 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.639 is my concern has always been we've got to get. 112 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:18.519 This to critical mass. 113 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:21.199 We have got to remind parents that these things are 114 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:23.639 still going on. But there's a lot of great news 115 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.079 of what's happening, Mandy and I want to. 116 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:25.759 Share that too. 117 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:30.439 For instance, you have the stand that's happening across the 118 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:35.240 country to protect girls sports and safe spaces. Yes, everybody 119 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:39.000 understands this is not a matter of treating every child 120 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.519 with dignity. We all believe in that, but everybody understands 121 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.160 it's fundamentally unfair. 122 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.680 For a girl to either be forced to shower next to. 123 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.399 An anatomical mail or to compete against him. 124 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.959 You are literally the agency taking away her agency to 125 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.360 say this is not okay. Because if you say it's 126 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.000 not okay, well you're transphobic. They call you a name 127 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:01.639 and send you out of the sports world. 128 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.639 With one percent. 129 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.399 And the reality is I spoke to her mom the 130 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.079 other day, whose daughter had always dreamt of being an 131 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.759 Olympic runner, and at the age of twelve, she decided 132 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:12.959 to quit because she looked at her mother and said, 133 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.600 what does it even matter? What does it matter? Because 134 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.439 she was watching the Olympics, she was watching some of 135 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.000 the stories there, and she no longer believes in the 136 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:23.560 United States of America she can pursue her dream and 137 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.959 therefore doesn't matter how far she goes in sports. But 138 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.480 she no longer believes that she will be protected in 139 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:32.399 her own sport and have a right to an even 140 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.000 playing field. 141 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.639 That's just wrong. But the positive. 142 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.199 Part is across the country you see people waking up 143 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:40.600 and saying, okay, wait a second, you can't just call 144 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.959 somebody a name and silence, a real conversation about what 145 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:44.519 is right. 146 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:46.319 Another bright spot. 147 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.480 Another thing I'm working with is a scholarships. I'm on 148 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.439 the board of ASE Scholarships, which has a long standing 149 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:56.480 twenty five year history of supporting low income students so 150 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.000 they're not trapped by their zip code and they can succeed. 151 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.720 They're also now and I'm working with them on the 152 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:05.240 ESA movement that's taking over in red states across the country. 153 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.639 That literally is an education savings account. What that does 154 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.680 it gives the money back to the parents. The money 155 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.040 follows the student, not the system. We're going to see 156 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.240 a revolution if we keep on going down this pathway, 157 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:21.480 a positive one that will achieve lasting change. 158 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.519 So there are bright spots. 159 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:24.720 Well, we've got to make sure we keep this at 160 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.240 the forefront of the conversation and show nationally. I invite 161 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.040 everybody to go to March four Kids, that's four Kids 162 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:34.879 dot com join us on Saturday. Like I said, doctor 163 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.360 Elvita King will be there, tying this in with the 164 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:38.439 civil rights movement of. 165 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.839 Her uncle, Talsey Gabbard, Glenn Beck. 166 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:42.879 A lot of great people, and I'm going to be 167 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.519 honored to be speaking there as well. 168 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.759 Well, there's quite a few heavy hitters on this list, 169 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.000 and are they do you know if this is going 170 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.319 to be streamed on c Span or any of that stuff, 171 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.199 because traditionally they'll they'll try to pick something up. 172 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:57.959 But this is the first year for this march. 173 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.560 This is the very first one and so so anyone 174 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.759 who comes can be a part of the inaugural situation. 175 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.519 We hope for this to be the newest ongoing march. 176 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.600 We know the March for Life has been going on 177 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:12.720 ever since nineteen seventy three, the longest lasting march, which 178 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.279 has made very large changes. 179 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:16.399 We hope that this is the next. 180 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:22.279 Longest march until we achieve complete parental rights, educational freedom, 181 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.079 getting education back to just a place where kids learn 182 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:30.519 and flourish from opening their minds, not being told what 183 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.480 to think, but how to think critically, how to have 184 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:34.759 the skills to succeed. 185 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.279 That's what this is really about. 186 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.200 And it's not just education, it's medical freedom as well. 187 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.480 Right, you know, you're a mom. I'm a mom. I 188 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:42.600 remember the moment. 189 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.440 Our our children turned twelve and they were asked if 190 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.279 they wanted to go back by themselves without us who 191 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:51.080 decided that? 192 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.120 I mean That's what happened in our family. 193 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:55.440 I was like, oh, I'm sorry, is she paying the copaye? 194 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:57.360 Because if she's not bringing it to. 195 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.679 Pay, then I'm coming in here. And my daughter was like, 196 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:02.679 I don't care. I mean sure, it's fine. The the 197 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:10.679 inter the intervention between the parental child relationship has never 198 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.360 been under attack like it is right now. I mean 199 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:17.000 in history now, there were times when children were seen 200 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:19.559 not heard. There were times when children were raised by 201 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.840 someone else. There were times when people had ten or 202 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.320 twelve children because only five would survive, right, and they 203 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.399 needed them to work in the fields. But I don't 204 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:30.840 ever recall a time when the government was actively working 205 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.039 at every level that we're in. I mean from the 206 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:36.120 school board level. We've talked a lot about like Cherry 207 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.440 Creek schools. If you have a kid in Cherry Creek, 208 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.799 you need to understand what your school board is advocating for. 209 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:43.759 If you're in. 210 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.840 Jef Co, you need to know that they are actively 211 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.360 working to separate you from. 212 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.799 Your child when it comes to school. And you're right, 213 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:53.399 this is a fundamental shift. 214 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:57.120 The reason why we called our documentary Whose Children Are They? 215 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:02.000 Is because there's two world's views. Amer Can experiment, which 216 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.720 has produced the greatest prosperity and happiness in many ways 217 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:10.000 in human history, is based on the Western civilization idea 218 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.320 that the family is the building block, that is the 219 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:17.679 number one source of strength in a culture. That's where 220 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.240 governance starts within the family unit and. 221 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:21.399 It goes out from there. 222 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:24.320 There's an exact opposite view, I called the statist view. 223 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.960 I saw it in the Soviet Union, in East Germany 224 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.720 other places where I've been, and they truly believe it 225 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:34.039 is the state's right responsibility to educate the child on 226 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:40.080 everything worldview, morality, political view. The first allegiance is to 227 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:41.960 the state, not to the family unit. All you have 228 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.639 to do is read nineteen eighty four and you see 229 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:47.840 it first hand. So we're at that crossroads, and it 230 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:51.080 is this is why I think this march is so important. 231 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:53.720 This is not just about families, as though that wasn't 232 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:57.600 even enough. It's about the very cornerstone of our civilization. 233 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:00.639 And if that breaks down, we're talking about the future 234 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.000 of our country. You know, Lincoln said, what's taught in 235 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.480 the classroom today will be in the government tomorrow. 236 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.120 So there's politicization in the classroom. 237 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:11.480 There is a goal to separate the nuclear family and 238 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.080 divide and who has ultimate authority over decision making for 239 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.200 the child. You know, I'm not saying every parent is 240 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.720 perfect by any means, and we have laws to take 241 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:23.799 care of that. But you know, Mandy, you know better 242 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:28.159 than any bureaucrat what makes your child happy or sad, 243 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:30.639 what food they like, what food they don't like, how 244 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.639 they work best. 245 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:32.559 How they don't work best. 246 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:35.879 The parents truly do know, but there has been something 247 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:40.559 in our culture that's been working to discredit parents as 248 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:41.759 the problem. 249 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.960 Yep, not actually the ultimate authority. 250 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.759 And you just have to look at the way the 251 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:51.279 media took comments by jd Vance talking about I think 252 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.399 that people with kids their their you know, votes should 253 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.559 have more weight. The man didn't propose legislation. He was 254 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:00.519 making a bigger point about your view point when you 255 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:02.720 are a parent. And as a matter of fact, I 256 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.360 have a story on the blog today totally kind of unrelated, 257 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.960 but it's about they did a study on which parts 258 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.039 of your brain light up when you think about love, 259 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.320 and parental love was the deepest in our brain. 260 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.720 It was the most intense in our brain. And yet 261 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:20.080 JD Vance saying. 262 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.679 Look, people with children have a different worldview of the 263 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.720 world they're leaving behind, which I agree with. 264 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:27.039 But you would have thought he would have said. 265 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.120 If you don't have kids, you should go jump off 266 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.840 a cliff, And you would have thought that he had said, 267 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:33.720 if you're a single parent, you should go jump off 268 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.240 a cliff. He said none of that, but the reaction 269 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:39.720 was so visceral and so immediate to shut it down 270 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:42.200 and make him look like some kind of maniac because 271 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:46.200 he's advocating for the traditional nuclear family, that's two parents 272 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:51.120 and children, and study after study after study shows that 273 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.840 the big advantage for kids is two parents, way more 274 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.919 than socioeconomic way more than what neighborhood they live in. 275 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:00.960 If they have two parents in the hume, they are 276 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.919 far more likely to succeed. And yet that statistical information 277 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.919 seems to just annoy people on the other side. 278 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.320 It's interesting too, because it's only coming from one side. 279 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.679 I don't see parents going around and telling those who 280 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.320 are single or don't have kids how they need to 281 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.279 live their lives, what they need to do. This needs 282 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.039 to get back to a situation where we honor and 283 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:25.080 we respect one another's rights, one another's rights to live free. 284 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.120 When I started parents United in America. 285 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.159 One of the things that I spoke very deeply and 286 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:31.279 thought about when we formed it. 287 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:32.679 This is for every parent's right. 288 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.039 It doesn't mean I tell another parent how they need 289 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.159 to raise their children. I mean, obviously there are laws 290 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.320 to protect children, et cetera. But this is really about 291 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.399 the fact that I honor respect that they know their 292 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:44.799 children better than anyone else. 293 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:47.919 I know my kids better than anyone else. We have 294 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:48.480 two children. 295 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.360 In the minute you have too, you suddenly realize how 296 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.879 different every child is. 297 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.639 On top of it. 298 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.639 Oh, yes, and they're not little miniature us. That's the 299 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:59.519 most They're not the parent parenting. You're like, wait a minute, yes, 300 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:01.759 this person and they're nothing like me. 301 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.279 Yes. 302 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:05.159 And I think it's very important the future of our 303 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:10.360 country because if this building block gets broken down, then 304 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:16.600 we have something where suddenly everything has been institutionalized. Everything 305 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:19.879 is now no longer that human touch and interaction. And 306 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:22.000 by the way, I've always said that, you know, if 307 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:25.039 our founding fathers had ever thought we would get to 308 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:29.639 this day where the most fundamental basic right of the 309 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:32.799 parents would be questioned, printer rights would have been in 310 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.600 the Bill of Rights. 311 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.120 But to me, I believe was unthinkable to them. 312 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:40.000 It's the cornerstone of Western civilization and we've got to 313 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.919 protect it and let everybody live freely. 314 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:45.039 Well, you can find out more information. I linked to 315 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.240 this on the blog so you can see the speakers. 316 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.840 They have a lot of I'm trying to find out 317 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.759 if they have a stream it button, but we'll find out. 318 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.159 I'll see if I can find out where they are 319 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.679 going to be where you can see this. So it's 320 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.360 interesting that you've got all these speakers coming forward. And 321 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.559 I'm wondering how much much like the March for Life, 322 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.919 which brings hundreds of thousands of people to DC. 323 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:12.240 Every year for fifty years. Yes, it's like. 324 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:14.960 It never happens every year. It's like, oh, some people 325 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.919 showed up and did a thing. 326 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:16.759 You know. 327 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:20.639 It's amazing to me how carefully the news media will 328 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.200 avoid this. 329 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.799 Absolutely. 330 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:24.440 We were actually at the March for Life but a 331 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:26.919 couple of times, and what we were overwhelmed by was 332 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.480 that out of hundreds of thousands of people, over half 333 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:33.000 of them were young people, and the spirit was absolutely 334 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.840 so uplifting and joyful. It's not an angry crowd. And 335 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.440 by the way they cleaned up after themselves. I would 336 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.279 talk to the people you know that were over the 337 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.639 parks and the entire situation the moll and they're like, 338 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.960 it's the neatest, tidiest gathering we've ever seen. And there 339 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.559 are these young people that are growing purposely. 340 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:51.960 Picking things up. That's the thing. This is the first 341 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.440 inaugural one, so we are, you. 342 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.600 Know, moderating our anticipation, but this is to launch it, 343 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.240 to get it off the ground, and to say, let's 344 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:03.679 keep this going until we achieve either a parental rights. 345 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.399 Amendment or we. 346 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:08.000 Have enough laws in place in states around the country 347 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.240 so that we never on this precipice again. This is 348 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.399 the best thing for every child to have those who 349 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:17.799 know them best, whatever that family looks like, the people 350 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.039 who know them best making the decisions, partnering with good teachers, 351 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.759 partnering with good medical professionals, but not being shut out. 352 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.919 And that is something where I think we're going to 353 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.200 turn this around. It we're going to turn our country 354 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.279 around and where we can finally reach out to the 355 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.759 vast majority of Americans who agree with this and make 356 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.120 a lasting change. 357 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:42.399 I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just said, and I 358 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.480 hope this march is wildly successful. 359 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.679 For two reasons. 360 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.679 One, I want to rattle the cages of parents who 361 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:53.000 might be getting complacent and let them know that nothing 362 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:57.320 has changed in the schools, and if anything, some school 363 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:02.639 districts have gotten even more shady and more certain to 364 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.720 hide things from parents. And if we do not pass 365 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.640 laws that supersede these school districts and school boards, we 366 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:13.680 are going to have an absolute disaster of parents being 367 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.920 separated from their children by the government because schools are 368 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:20.559 government run and things are only going to go downhill 369 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:20.960 from there. 370 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.279 And I think it's a wonderful opportunity what I see 371 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.039 that's so exciting. 372 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.599 I was just at the. 373 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.200 State Policy Network caring about all these other things. There 374 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.279 are micro schools, there are homeschool co ops, there are 375 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:35.680 all kinds of revolutionary new ideas that are coming in because, honestly, 376 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.279 as we all know, even if you just judge our 377 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.279 government run schools by an academic standpoint, they are going 378 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.880 in the absolute wrong direction. America is no longer leading 379 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.559 the industrialized nations. 380 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.359 On most of the markers. 381 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.200 I mean, we're down lower and lower and lower every time. 382 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.759 So it's time for us to unleash his ability to 383 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:57.440 innovate in education. For people to take a hold of that, 384 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.799 and there is basically, in many ways, is a public 385 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.519 school exit. 386 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:01.759 Now. 387 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:05.359 I also hope public schools don't get turned around, because 388 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.079 that is the option for many people. But it's about 389 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.839 making sure that it's responsive to the stakeholders, which at 390 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.720 the end of the day are the academic achievement of 391 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.359 the students, which is really what schools are about. The 392 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.880 parents and the community members. And it's time for grandparents 393 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.680 to get involved. It's for you know, not just moms, 394 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:26.319 but dads and people from every walk of life. 395 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:28.359 I see this happening, all right. 396 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:30.319 Debraah Flora, thank you for your time. You want to 397 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.960 play out the day? 398 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:33.839 Oh well, okay, I'm not sure what it is. It's 399 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.480 really easy. 400 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.440 I did make you play when you were running for office, 401 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:39.119