(Central Square) – While state Democrats tout a large bipartisan Increase in public education spending During Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first term, some Republicans are now campaigning to highlight issues of parental rights and gender and sexuality related to educating Michigan students.
Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel are running for re-election, and both candidates are targets of Republican efforts to remove parents who send their children to public schools for being out of touch. It is
Sex and gender curricula are a problem for Republicans, leading Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon to call for the resignation of state school superintendent Michael Rice. On Tuesday, Nessel published an online ad that appeared to advocate “drag queens in every school.”
“Our school belongs to taxpayer parents, not radical political activists,” Dixon said. “And we’re going to bring them back. Too many schools have failed too many kids for too long. It’s a failure of leadership, a failure of character. There are plenty of good teachers who just want to help them learn, and plenty of political activists who want to use children as pillars for progressive attacks on parental rights and family values. It’s possible,” she said.
“Today, I first and foremost call for the resignation of the Rice State Superintendent. Anyone who disrespects parents and directs staff to hide information about struggling children oversees our education system. is not suitable for
Dixon also targeted Whitmer for what the Norton Shores candidate said was lack of leadership on school curriculum and Title IX issues.
“Leadership is not afraid to say that I will protect women’s sports as governor,” Dixon said. , I defend the rights of my parents. “
Dixon continued: Without his parents’ consent, the adult would be prosecuted the same as if he did it at a bus stop. “
The MFF ad features an uncensored video of Nessel’s speech delivered to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. “Oh, you know what’s wrong with kids trying to get a good education? Drag queens, okay, let me tell you: drag queens just don’t hurt our kids. It makes everything better,” Nessel said.
AG and her defenders argue that the remarks were intended to be humorous, pointing to previous instances of Nessel displaying an eccentric sense of humor.
“This is not a joke or a frivolous remark. This was a premeditated rant that Nessel’s staff warned against and was an important part of her remark,” MFF executive director Tori Sachs said in a statement. said in After Whitmer’s schools closed, Michigan Democrats are staying with families who want real solutions for their children,” she added.
Sachs said Whitmer was responsible Face-to-face school closures During the pandemic, students’ math and reading skills plummeted to their lowest levels in decades. Sachs also said Whitmer declined an opportunity account that Whitmer could use for summer reading programs, reading scholarships, tutoring, transportation, and more.
“Kids in Michigan don’t need Dana Nessel and her drunken history with drag queens. We need a real solution to that,” Sachs said, referring to Comedy Central, a reality series in which increasingly intoxicated individuals reenact historical events.
Sachs also referenced a tweet issued last January by the Michigan Democratic Party, which was later deleted. But parents can send their children to select schools, private schools at their own expense if this is what they want.”
“Dana Nessel is determined to push a radical agenda in school at a time when student math and reading levels are at record lows,” Sachs said. “Her 30-year achievements of a minority in education were erased by the Democratic school closures, but Nessel said she’d been to drag her queen 10 times when speaking about education at a civil rights event.” also chose to focus on
Nessel’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.