AOC: “Look at these books that have already been banned due to Republican measures, ‘The Life of Rosa Parks.’ This, apparently, is too ‘woke’ by the Republican Party[‘s standards].”
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are a front for Republicans’ empowerment of the far right activist groups seeking to destroy public education, attack LGBTQ and Black history and dismantle foundations of knowledge across the country in order to advance their white, Christian nationalist vision of society. “Before [Republicans] claim that this is not about banning books and not about harming the LGBT community, let’s just look at the impact of similar Republican legislation that has already passed on the state level. Look at these books that have already been banned due to Republican measures,” Ocasio-Cortez said, holding up several children’s books.
“When we talk about progressive values,” Ocasio-Cortez concluded, referring to Republicans’ arguments that educators are forcing progressive politics onto children, “I can say what my progressive value is, and that is freedom over fascism.”and emphasized that the bill is not about schools forcing progressivism onto children – in fact, quite the opposite.
“This legislation has nothing to do with parental involvement, parental engagement,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the House floor on Thursday. “It has everything to do with jamming the extreme MAGA Republican ideology down the throats of the children and the parents of the United States of America.”is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt.
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