Vice President JD Vance slammed Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico over his views on sex education in schools and urged voters to elect Republican nominee Ken Paxton.
“Talarico says that sex ed is maybe the most important topic for kids to learn at school. You know what Ken Paxton thinks the most important topics for kids to learn at school? Reading, writing, and arithmetic,” Vance said Tuesday.
“We want Talarico to keep his freaky paws out of our schools,” he continued. “Elect Ken Paxton so that our kids learn how to read at schools. That’s all they need to be doing.”
Vance spoke at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, as part of a GOP midterm campaign rally.
Paxton, the Texas attorney general, was endorsed by President Donald Trump for Senate in May.
Talarico, a former schoolteacher, discussed sex education and parental consent during a meeting for the Texas House Public Education Committee in July 2022.
“Do we know what the impact has been?” Talarico asked. “Are districts getting, you know, almost, hopefully, near-unanimous consent for students to learn about maybe the most important topic that they’ll learn about in school?”
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Talarico made the remarks during a conversation with Lori Kuykendall, the president of Beacon Health Education Resources.
The discussion centered on Talarico’s opposition to state laws governing transparency in school curricula and requiring written parental consent before students receive sex education.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
