this so-called woke indoctrination agenda. i really take offense to the continued use of wokism referring to the democratic party. john: not just coming from the classroom but also disney. a cartoon under fire for what it s telling kids about race, such as pushing for reparations, not just for slavery in the nation s past, but also what s happening right now and wait until you hear why the show is telling kids that abraham lincoln was no hero. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. hi again, sandra. sandra: a lot of tense moments in that education hearing as democrats suggested parents concerned about woke lessons were worked up about nothing. we ll show you how republicans are responding. john: and the controversial disney cartoon may help prove their point. it s all ahead after a fox news alert. sandra: a bust at the southern border putting new perspective on a jaw-dropping statistic as we learn from border that enough fentanyl has been seized
classroom. joining us now is marc thiessen, former speech writer for president george w. bush. good to talk to you. the charge that democrats claim that republicans are making classrooms into the epicenter of the culture war, that would seem to indicate that republican members of congress have said what s an issue we can use as a wedge and dream something up. this is not coming from members of congress, this is coming from parents across the country who were truly concerned about what their kids are being taught in school and how little of a say parents have in what their kids are being taught. 100% and coming at a time when our kids are in absolute crisis. the nation s report card last fall reported that we the pandemic school closures wiped out two decades of progress in reading and math. two decades, gone. and so you ve got the situation
do they understand these concepts? of course they don t. they are being indoctrinated. here is the thing. why the answer to all of this is school choice. because right now because kids do not have choice in most of the country, parents don t have choice, they have to go to the school boards and fight this and make it a fight. if they had the right if poor minority and other parents have the same choices as wealthy and affluent parents, they could pull their kids out and send them somewhere else where they are not taught these books. but instead, they force parents to keep them in the schools and spoon feed them and force feed them radical ideologies. solution, putting parents in charge of their education, and their education dollars. affluent parents can pull their kids out of the woke school, poor and minority cannot, they are stuck being taught that because they don t have the choice, because public education, the way it s designed
reduce the lifetime wages by 25%. if you believe in racial equity and you are focused on anything but helping the kids catch up, you are a liar. john: and debate what age is it appropriate to start teaching kids about gender, gender preference, about sexuality and sexual preference. the national library american library association has a new rainbow reading list for 2023 that s come out. what is in the preschool list, this is 0 to 4 age, bye-bye bynary, a baby refuses to let gender dictate what they like, silver pants or a tutu for a dance recital, and then true you, variety of picture and gender identities, and kid like gavin, when his school takes away his right to use the bathroom of his choice he takes a stand. i mean, this is for kids less than eight years old.