House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sounded off about the “extreme” Democrat party on Friday after they unanimously voted against the Parents Bill of Rights Act. The act would grant parents access to their kids’ school curriculum. It would require schools to notify parents if a faculty member discusses gender ideology with their child or encourages them to transition. The act only narrowly passed the House 213-208.
“We have such an extreme minority party that they couldn’t even denounce socialism,” McCarthy said after the vote, referencing a House resolution condemning socialism the Democrat party previously opposed. “Such an extreme minority part that thinks you should decriminalize carjacking and even some forms of murder. Such an extreme minority party, in the Democrats, that they think parents shouldn’t have a say in their kids’ education.”
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In the lead-up to the vote, Democrats characterized the bill as “fascist” and accused Republicans of wanting to ban books in classrooms.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ranted on the House floor in one viral moment, claiming that Republicans were targeting LGBT youth, before demanding the GOP “keep the culture wars out of classrooms.”
“When we talk about progressive values, I can say what my progressive value is, and that is freedom over fascism,” Ocasio-Cortez proclaimed.
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According to the bill’s text, the Parents Bill of Rights Act would guarantee parents “the right to know if a school employee or contractor acts to … change a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name; or … allow a child to change the child’s sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.” It would also guarantee parents the right to “a list of the books and other reading materials available in the library of their child’s school” and would allow them to “inspect such books or other reading materials.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) also successfully amended the bill, requiring schools to notify parents if any biological male students join a girls’ athletic team or enter a girls’ locker room or bathroom.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) decried the bill as “extreme” and claimed that it promoted “fascism.” Jeffries baselessly claimed that Republicans were attempting to ban books on Martin Luther King Jr. and wanted to “jam their right-wing ideology down the throats of students, teachers, and parents throughout America.” At a Friday press conference, the minority leader told reporters,
“Extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books on the Holocaust. Ban books on the Holocaust… Extreme MAGA Republicans even want to ban a book on Roberto Clemente and baseball.”
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Republicans, however, ardently defended the bill during the debate, citing dozens of instances of sexual content being found in classrooms and examples of teachers giving instruction on gender ideology. “Parents want schools focused on reading, writing, and math, not woke politics,” Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) said ahead of the vote.
Republicans narrowly passed the bill along party lines with a very slim majority. Despite passing the initial hurdle in the House, the act is not expected to pass the Democrat-controlled Senate.
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