Why Red States are fighting back. I was lucky enough to host a townhall with five gop governors who each with their constituents needs and freedoms above all else. Tonight we bring you highlights from that but first were winning, that is the focus of tonights first angle. Democrats got too cockier the past year and especially since biden stumbled into the White House. I think they thought beating trump meant they had a mandate to radically remake the us so Red States would bow down to the Gloom Gang and sign on to south dakota, iowa, tennessee and so many others leading the way to a brighter more hopeful future than the democrats can offer whether it is School Curricula or girl sports, Covid Mandates or Ballot Integrity measures, taxes. Passing smart legislation. There running strong candidates and in some cases filing lawsuits all with a very confident forwardlooking posture. Of the week in the Washington Post reveal their worry about democrats chances in 2022. A Growing List of House Democrats from competitive districts is headed to the Exit Setting another concern for a party facing a full fight to maintain control of congress. By the way if you wonder what america would look like if democrats really have their way look no further than germany. Last year liberals were holding up germany as a model of competence, covid management. Now in the middle of another lockdown, that is where germany is, it is fully may but germany has canceled october 1st. More americans are seeing what we warned about so long ago that liberals will never really be comfortable with you getting all your freedom back, they are going to dangle the prospect of getting back to normal but only if you get your shots. Democrats want you to choose between giving your child the drug they dont need in order to get an education they desperately do need. Parents will have difficult decisions to make and dedication will rightly be pursued and there will be many difficulties ahead for families but there is no doubt that republicans are beginning to win again and it is making Pelosi And Schumer very very nervous. They should have ever bow down to the far left on things like Border Policy or climate change, Race Or Anything else for that matter. It is all been a disaster for them but as the curtain is slowly being pulled back on their plans i expect they are going to desperately try to market their plans as pragmatic and inclusive. Red state leaders are showing up, we dont need to spend trillions of dollars in new money to growing economy, just need to open up and get the government off our backs and that is the angle. Since the pandemic began republican governors have ups outpaced the republican counterparts, the lowest Unemployment Rates, the highest Gdp Growth, Red State governors cared for their constituents and preserved our Godgiven Freedom and when they had to restored them. Others were eager to take them away. Joining you in the free state of florida In Orlando and you can see most of the audience is maskless because the governor of this state, ron desantis, one of the first state leaders to fight back against the experts and never impose a statewide Mask Mandate, thank you for hosting us tonight, so delighted all of you are here tonight. We will have a great time, so i left this texas governor greg abbott, who stated as second highest Gdp Growth and that is because he put his constituents and the economic wellbeing first and along with us is iowa governor Tim Reynolds because her state was one of the first to open up schools for in Person Learning, also here nebraska Governor Pete ricketts, his state tied the lowest Unemployment Rate in the country at 2. 9 and our final Red State Trailblazer Mississippi Governor kate reed, one of the first to lift the statewide Mask Mandate and the state will soon use restrictions on all indoor activities as well, these are your Red State trailblazers, give them a round of applause, all five. Tonight this is going to be kind of wild. A lot of topics but talk to them about how they let their state, the way they led them, strategies they decided to use, communication, policy, to preserve economic Freedom And Advance the freedom that we have all become accustomed to having but others were eager to take away. Dont think this is limited to covid. It is not. We will discuss how they plan to combat the Steps Injection of race into every argument, the antipolice agenda, ever to indoctrinate our childrens how democrats in washington are looking to strip hours from the states completely, nothing is offlimits tonight. You are so young. We have not had meetings between the Covid Task Force in this White House and the governors and the number of you governors, what is going on, the Trump Administration had regular briefings, multiple times a week led by Vice President Pence. Is this a concern for you and it is a concern for me and the reason is a concern for me because Donald Trump was on 9 different calls throughout the pandemic, Vice President Pence led 40 calls personally and that is one of the things that made a difference because we were able to talk to those in the Decisionmaking Process and the fact is we in Red States trust americans. The biden administration wants to assume americans cant make their own decisions or do what is best for themselves or their families and thats the wrong approach and if you look at economics and qualityoflife statistics across america it bears itself out. Laura Governor Desantis Lauren Patterson has a question. How are you this evening. Human beings have a right to free movement and not have daily activities infringed upon how our State Representatives going to handle it private companies try to enforce Vaccine Passports . Great question and im proud to be the first elected official in the country to say we are not having Vaccine Passports in the state of florida and not just saying Government Cant make you, private Businesses Cant make you because heres the thing, you have a right to participate in society without them asking you to divulge this type of Health Information to go to a movie or a ballgame so we are applying across the board, state legislature, Executive Order is temporary, legislature passed what i ask for and i will be signing that into law very soon. Laura governor reynolds i saw you nodding in agreement. Colletta Vaccine Certificate because that Passport Language is so scary to people. Better if it is a certificate and also all good. We are doing the same thing in iowa. I said to the legislature issuing an Executive Order and give the legislature an opportunity to pass legislation to ban Vaccine Passports. It passes through the house i should have it on my desk next week. It marginalized society, here or be marginalized, that is ridiculous, not who we are as americans. Laura excuse me if i dont get a right, question about the mandates for masks. I would like to ask how the Mask Mandate could be conditioning the american people for other policies down the line. Certainly a concern all of us have. When you look at what we did in our state we havent had a statewide Mask Mandate in place and the beginning of the summer of last Year And Part of the reason we look at it at that time was the fact that we didnt know what we didnt know at that time but is data became more apparent, every decision i made throughout the pandemic has been data based and based on the numbers and as governor ricketts said earlier it is not just about total number of cases but hospitalizations. At the peak we had 1444 mississippians in hospital beds, today less than 170 so we are down 90 from our peak and our Hospital Capacity was able to handle the 1444 that we had and so theres no doubt there are those on the far left of the Democrat Party who believe government should control all decisions made by allamericans and that is something we have to be willing and able to Stand Up and push back against in your concern about masks being that first step is valid and one that we should pay close attention to. Laura another concern for mothers, i am a mother of 3 children is youngest children will be required to get vaccinated in schools, we are talking kindergarten up and i believe doctor fauci said our kids have to get vaccinated against covid. Your position on this, private schools and public schools in your state. I came out early on similar to what Governor Abbott was saying, these are Emergency Use Authorization that we should be mandated to get a vaccine. Laura even at school. This is Emergency Use Authorization was one of the things we know about young kids is they are the ones least at risk, we look at our data in nebraska and you are twice as likely to have a fatal Car Accident as you are to have a fatal outcome from covid if you are young child. It would be completely unnecessary a huge violation of parental rights, telling them they had to do this. Laura what about flying . What about airlines . Florida is a home for airlines, huge airline travel, in the orlando airport. What if airlines begin requiring Vaccine Certificates . They are not going to be able to do it in the state of florida, there will be statutory very soon. We work hard to get it, we did seniors first on the vaccine, never required but offered it, millions of people, you have the opportunity to take it, it is there for you, take it if you want to take it, protect yourself. But we are not going to condition this. Its not going to be like you are part of the club there are some people who have valid reasons for not doing it, some people decided not to, to say they cant participate in society based on that decision particularly given younger people are simply had very little risk for this and so we cant go down that road, give them an inch they will take a mile. Laura one issue where biden does not think covid is a big issue is at the border. Here he was last night. I kept my commitments and a comprehensive immigration bill, if you leave the pathway to Citizenship Acid and 11 Million undocumented folks supports the christian Support Discretion for dreamers. Laura legal immigration, we all know it, the media is not covering it. What is your message to the biden administration just on what we learned yesterday about the number of covid positive migrants being released into our communities. That is one challenge but i got to tell you this was the biden first 100 days has been very successful for the cartels, the drug smugglers, the Human Traffickers are profiteering off of all the migrants who come across the border illegally and because so many migrants are come across the border illegally what it means is the Border Patrol officers are fully occupy processing all these migrants leaves open miles of border the cartels can come across and that is why i launched operation lone star. Weve deployed a 1000 Department Of Public Safety troops as well as National Guard to our borders to secure our border from the people coming across. So heres what we want to do. Texas will secure the border and the biden administration will pay for it. You have said definitively that you will not take migrant children the federal government has requested to be placed in i communities. You are getting pushback from all the usual groups on that the republicans are heartless, dont care about the kids, dont care about the needs of the greater country. Your response. The administration is heartless, they created this crisis at the border. There putting these Children At Risk by the policies they eliminated that we all know were working. Im the governor of the state of Iowa And Mineable one responsibility is to protect the Health And Safety of i sent it would be irresponsible for me not to keep that in the forefront. Coming up the left has been pushing the Big Lie that america is Systemically Racist. Up next the red sea trailblazers, how they are fighting this in their own states, stay there. And honest bidding site. We sold an ipad worth 505 for less than 24. A Stand Mixer for less than 20. A 4k Television for under 2. A Macbook Pro for under 16. As well as a Playstation 4 for under 16. And brand new cars for less than 900. Dealdash. Com offers hundreds of auctions every day. All auctions start at 0 and everything must go. And dont forget, we offer a full 90 Day Money back guarantee on your first bid pack purchase. I won these Bluetooth Headphones for 20. I got these three suitcases for less than 40. And shipping is always free. Go to dealdash. Com today and see how much you can save. There are auctions going on right now, so what are you waiting for . Laura the Big Lie about america. The Big Lie about america, that is the focus of tonights angle. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black americans and black men in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human. We cant stop your. We cant and we must do more to reduce the likelihood of tragedy like this will ever happen again. This takes acknowledging and confronting head on systemic racism, and the racial disparities that exist in policeing and are, Justice System. That is the Big Lie, systemic racism. Did resident biden always believed the nation was racist to its core. Did he believe this when Barack Obama and he were elected not once but twice, historic elections. Did that do nothing to remove this stain in our nations soldiers what about the 1965 civil rights act. Did he believe he presided over a country where Law Enforcement is essentially a racist Killing Machine . Who knows . Even if hes not one making calls on this he is mouthing the words but do not think for a nanosecond that the leftwing media and activists who went on and on today about George Floyd were worried about justice, they are not focused on the tragedy of George Floyd because for them he was just a steppingstone to tearing down america. They have to convince all Black Americans that the police hate them and will never be fair to them and the same activists, the same media people, you know who they are, feel justified in conflating Floyds Case with every other one involving an africanamerican and Law Enforcement. Minnesotas attorney general keith ellison, an officer of the court, he knows it is wrong and nonsensical to generalize across disparate fact patterns, different types of evidence, totally different cases but he does it anyway. We have seen rodney king, oscar grant, eric garner, michael brown, freddie gray, sandra bland, flandreau castillo, laquan mcdonald, stephane clark, deanna jefferson, Breonna Taylor and now daunte Wright And Adam toledo. This has to steve, the work of our generation is to put a end to Jim Crow and centuries of trauma and finally put a end to racism. That is a lot about goal, that is what we all want, but they cling to the Big Lie and want to reprogram all of america to believe Justice Isnt served when just one individual pays for criminal wrongdoing. For them, punishment has to be wide reaching and neverending. One down, many many more to go. A cultural Makeup Call but im not happy. Im not please, i dont have any sense of satisfaction. I dont think this is a good thing. This verdict is not justice. Frankly i dont even think we call it full accountability. Laura the left is always commit to use this case and any instance of white cops having that interactions with Black Americans to reinforce the same Big Lie that america is Systemically Racist, a country where black people are targeted and in constant danger, they can never get ahead. So that line, what does it do, drives us apart and sends so many americans to their respective corners and cuts off conversation, also warps thinking. Check out the study involving perceptions about Racism Races versus reality, statistics show 5 times more Black Americans killed in Traffic Accidents plan in encounters with the police but because of the relentlessly negative narrative peddled by politicians and the press the public is woefully uninformed. In 10 Black Americans said that they believe young black men are more likely to die in Police Shootings and Traffic Accident last. Blacks who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 were far less likely to believe Police Shootings claim more young black lives in Traffic Accidents but among those who voted for President Biden, 81 were wrong. Being told the Big Lie, this is staggering. Imagine holding such a terribly dark view of the united states, your country but no one cares about the facts, this is always going to be about emotions, images, bumper stickers, placards, shouting, yelling at people in restaurants, but woke political posturing at the moment. I think most americans see what the left is doing here and it is not going to work. Most just want to live in peace and freedom, they want a shot at prosperity and their kids to have a decent education and i think most want the government to get off their backs, stop lecturing us about how we need to evolve and change our language in order to satisfy the woke warrior class. People of all races and creeds deserve the truth from their political leaders and Today President Biden showed us that on the issue of Justice And Race he is just incapable of telling it to us and that is the angle. I dont think america is a racist country but we do have to speak truth about the history of racism in our country and its existence today. I applaud the president for having the Ability And Courage to speak the truth about it. One of the greatest threats to national security is domestic terrorism manifested by white supremacists. These are issues we must confront. That is what youre facing, an outbreak of White Supremacy . It sounds like that when you hear Vice President harris. Thats not the single greatest threat to our Safety And Security in nebraska. Looking at the last year, the real threat to security is the Dangerous Defund the Police Movement which is in sends states undermining Law Enforcement and when i talk to my county prosecutors, Law Enforcement, arms the worst is folks in the minority communities because they know that the police are there to help them. Weve got to change this narrative with regard to Law Enforcement. Its never been harder to be a Law Enforcement official right now. We need to support our police, not attack our police. Laura Governor Desantis signed into law the antiriot legislation, Prolawenforcement Bill but the aclu is saying that the bill would silence and criminalize floridians who want to exercise the first Amendment Right to peacefully protest, youre going after peaceful protesters, arent you in the aclu is very angry. Interesting they would say that. Would be does a couple things, Local Government tries to defund Law Enforcement the state of florida will not let that happen, we will stand by Law Enforcement, we also will make Local Governments protect folks, if you do have a riot you need to protect people, people consider the Local Government for their damage to themselves and their property and if you write, if you look, if your file and in one of these assemblies we will put you in jail period. I want to play something the Vice President said about Law Enforcement. Weve seen justice on the neck of Black Americans which we have come together. To rebuild trust between Law Enforcement and the people they serve, to root out systemic racism in the Justice System and enact Police Reform in George Floyds name. Laura activists say it is criminal to say there is not systemic racism in the country, that video of George Floyd, other Law Enforcement involved shootings of africanamerican men, the video plays and unrest often erupt. Your reaction to what he claims about the systemic racism . There is not systemic racism in america. We live in the greatest country in the history of mankind and in mississippi i was very proud of the fact that last year we had peaceful protesters but not one event in which there was a ride and the reason is in our state we back the blue. We support the police. Last friday in mississippi, dedicating the new Police Station that had a large training facility. We are not trying to defund the police, we are investing in our police because we know we are indebted to them by keeping our communities safe. How do we recruit young men and women to go into Law Enforcement if they know during a peaceful Protest Someone will come up to them an inch from their face, spit at them which i think is an assault, call them every name in the book come a milliliter away or club in the back of the head, they could become heroes in this society today. How do you recruit people . Your question is the right question because if you look at cities across america right now Police Officers are retiring and quitting and cities will be less safe, they do something few of us do, they put their life on the line to protect you. They need to be supported, criticized or condemned, we must support Law Enforcement to make sure we are able to hire Law Enforcement. The lefts ambitious and pernicious plan to indoctrinate your children against america. It is happening in schools next. Welcome to fox news life. Amendment continues for three masked gunmen who opened fire early sunday, The Point Two men and injured two others, Surveillance Video shows 3 people getting out of that white suv that was later found submerged in a canal eight miles from the banquet hall. Police say it was reported stolen two weeks ago. A huge american flag and several smaller flags were stolen at Los Angeles national cemetery, the flag went missing sometime late sunday or early monday at the time the Cemetery Gates were closed. Volunteers is it usually takes three people to handle 25 to 30 foot flag. It is being invested by veterans affairs police. Now back to the Ingraham Angle for your headlines, have a good morning. Reading, writing and inciting, that is the focus of tonights angle. Young people especially are being whipped into a Frenzy Buying irresponsible media and their biased reporting, On Social Media it is happening and in schools. Into the biden education department, today proposed a rule urging the development of Culturally Responsive Teaching In American History and civics and holding up the widely discredited New York Times 1619 project as a model. The Big Lie is that america is Systemically Racist country and they go from there. This is being echoed in schools nationwide and referenced earlier on friday, we told you about the marxist indoctrination happening at the elite Stoneridge School in bethesda, maryland, public schools just as bad, take nearby Langley High School and affluent mclean suburb of dc, students in the learning from home for the better part of the year and yet this is how principal Kim Greer welcomes them back to campus. Despite the jubilation we feel about returning to in Person Learning the pandemic is and framed by social strife. One year ago our country supported the black Lives Matter Movement and names like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. The whole country supported black Lives Matter . Okay. Students were also asked to complete an online survey written by Three Langley teachers. I asked someone of a different race where they are from. In response to blm and salvations i have wondered what about other racial groups, shouldnt we care about them as well. Yes or no. I believe privilege based on Skin Color is a myth the chicken that is a yes or no. I refer to the coronavirus as the China Virus before. I have tried speaking english with an accent, for example setting us, etc. Yes or no and this is my favorite. I think my asian peers are really good at math. Saying yes to that is really bad. At The End of the Survey Students are instructed that if they answered yes to any of those questions that could be considered a microaggression. If that wasnt bad enough students were then told to watch videos from something called hashtag lets talk bias. Protesting a couple days ago in town and this Black Man stopped me, we were holding a black Lives Matter sign and he says it is starts with you guys can put your bodies in front of us and Stand Up. Im very androgynous in the way i dress and express myself. Ive gotten threatening looks, those vibes like trying to explain to people what are you talking about, they are afraid of what they dont know so trying to figure me out, is she a Boy Or Girl . I identify as transgender nonconforming. I basically wake up and every single day is a little gender reveal party. When i go to work and have to wear a uniform with a tire, one or 2 things to express my gender. A bunch of black people getting choked out and abused and it wasnt taped but this is going on for decades, locked up for no reason and the whole lot. This is a product of schools moving toward cultural Authenticity And Education in the biden administration is going all in. You hear words like allyship, something the left claims white children need to do, described in the Langley Literature as a lifelong process in which people with Privilege And Power develop empathy toward other marginalized groups, challenges or issues. Empathy is always good across the board, but here is weapon ice, nondiverse students are being taught to remain silent. Dont complain, certainly dont complain if you lose out on jobs, scholarships a College Admissions when diversity, Equity And Inclusion is at stake. Join the fight in the streets and maybe, just maybe you will get some social Justice Credit on your resume. Unless parents start getting really vocal and saying no, you will not subject my kids to racial Litmus Tests we are going to continue to see the situation deteriorate in our schools and ultimately that spills into the streets. I will end with one of my favorite quotes about the types of people pushing this nonsense, socalled intelligentsia. A great majority of the socalled educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. The man who said that was Martin Luther King jr. Wouldnt objective, unbiased truth be nice right about now and that is the angle. Is the problem with things that critical Race Theory that they are peddling, they are basically saying all our institutions are bankrupt and illegitimate so how do you have a society if everything in your societies illegitimate . It is very harmful ideology and i would say a racebased version of the marxist type ideology. We banned it in our schools and for them we are not going to put any taxpayer dollars to critical Race Theory and we want to treat people as individuals, not members of groups. Laura the question of our children being taught it is a Systemically Racist country, the found indictments are imbued with racist ideology, the 1619 project, this is all being forcefed to our kids at the under stages through high school. America is the most exceptional nation in the history of the world. We are working on a Curriculum Program right now to teach kids about the founding documents. Constitution, bill of rights, Federalist Papers so students what did make america the greatest nation in the history of the world. John from florida has a question about where this mindset begins. Why is K12 Education especially in the early to middle grades permitting or enabling socially questionable curriculums the border on experimenting with our kids and infringe on parents and families desire to protect and teach their children the best they can. Weve got this issue in nebraska with regard to what the State Board of education tried to promulgate with regard to Health And Sex education standards was starting in kindergarten and teaching things that are age inappropriate, things that are not science, things that are politically sensitive but parents should teach, talking in grade school, Gender Fluidity when kids havent even reached puberty yet and it is something where we had the State Board of education doesnt report to me, call them out and it parents engaged and they had a hearing on it, 60 people showed up to say this is terrible, only 16 people showed up in favor of it, we generated a lot of outcomes by saying this is wrong, you have to contact the State Board and change it, it takes parents getting involved and saying enough is enough, we are not going to teach this to our kids, we are not going to sexualize our kids. Ashley Laura True Freedom is speaking your mind without fear of getting canceled at your job. Red state trailblazers explain how their own states are acting to protect your Liberties Day in and day out. Stay there. Believe the future of energy is lower carbon. And to get there, the world needs to reduce global emissions. At chevron, were taking action. Tying our executives pay to lowering the carbon Emissions Intensity of our operations. Its tempting to see how far weve come. But its only human. To know how far we have to go. To the Oxford Dictionary defines liberty as freedom to live without restrictions from the government or authority, Red State governors understand the meaning of why it is necessary to have freedom to go to school, to practice your faith, to worship, to choose how you want to act and live. Those who espouse those traditional beliefs find themselves the subject of ridicule and cancellation. A lot of people dont want to talk about my friends teach or my daughters codes, people are afraid. Ive never seen anything like i see now in the climate in this country. All the people watching across the country i say dont be afraid. Speak out. Thats what they are trying to do, shut us down by intimidation and we need to Stand Up for what is right, Stand Up for our rights, driving freespeech on campuses, talked about training in iowa and we encourage people to do the right thing and fight back. Laura when you see people get the platform for no reason on big Social Media Companies i go back to the House And Senate, they did nothing, they did nothing to rein in big tech, they thought they could cozy up to big tech, get some campaign contributions, that didnt work out well. When you see companies like facebook editing the Wall Street Journal, the Wall Street Journal has been around forever, mainstream kind of news source, right . They should edit the Wall Street Journal . What we have to do is recapture the House And Senate and presidency and there have to be regulation on these companies on a federal level because what they are doing is making decisions that impact all of us, they need to be treated more like utilities. Laura charles heart from orlando has a question. Inc. You for keeping florida 3. [applause] the Question Id like to ask, many people are beginning to believe america is no longer exceptional or great so what can we do to reinvigorate the belief that america is too great for small dreams . A great question. I was for disappointed after the 2020 election but i told people when your back is against the Wall Americans respond and we are responding in the state of florida, not only are people coming from all over the country to live here and visit here, i see correspondence with people in other countries, in europe saying we are not looking for florida as the Focal Point of the free world because they are suffering under the yoke of lockdowns. We have the ability to lead here, people in florida responded and people throughout the country and very him bleed to see this throughout the world, we are doing it right. All these governors are doing it right and we will have a resurgence of freedom in this country in 2022 is going to be a Great Year for us. Laura when you look at the economies of all your states, you are not a lot but the same Level But Freedom does ring through all the Difficulty Weve lived in and then you hear people have such a negative view of America Whether on the Race Question or any other question we heard the President Talk about last night, kids today, what do they need to learn first and foremost in public schools about this country . Seems like many people in Democrat P not just the far left, many people in the democratic party are putting down America Day in and day out, almost as if they want to act as if there is not this thing called The American Dream and they are absolutely wrong, america is a great place because anybody regardless of their background has the opportunity to succeed in this country. Opportunity is there for any and everyone and i hope the kids in mississippi understand that in kids across america understand that as well. Final thoughts on all of this when we return. 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The country seem so bitterly divided it should be the one thing that brings us together, our love of our great nation of all those who sacrificed to keep us great. Dont forget to set your dvr for 9 00 pm eastern, you dont want to miss it. Greg gutfeld takes it all from here. Todd it is tuesday june 1st, President Biden headed to tulsa vowing to root out systemic races my heels of his warning that our democracy is in peril. What should americans make of that . Jillian the uk joining the us Calling For A Second International investigation into the origins of covid 19. We have a live report from london where experts say a Lab Leak may not be a Conspiracy Theory after all