White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki informed CNN’s Chris Wallace that she thinks teachers need to be able to talk about gender identity with their students in grades as early as kindergarten. According to The Hill, Psaki sat with Wallace for his now doomed CNN+ program to provide commentary on “her time behind the briefing room podium” as well as “the current state of politics.”
Throughout an interview on April 20th for “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” the host talked about Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law and those railing against the recently passed law restricting classroom instruction on sexual preference and gender identity in kindergarten through third-grade classes.
“Don’t parents have a right to have concern?” he asked. “We’re talking specifically here about teaching about sex in kindergarten through third grade. I have to say as a parent, I would have problems with that.”
Psaki responded, “But the law’s not about teaching sex education — it’s about teaching about gender identity, and so what do you do if a parent or a kid … in one of these elementary schools says, ‘What about Sally, Sally has two moms?’ or ‘I’m not sure if I’m a girl or a boy.'”
“I mean, these are kids who are experiencing these moments in their lives,” she reasoned. “I also think that … there’s not a big record of there being either sex education or extensive gender identity education in these schools, and this is creating a problem or a political cudgel about an issue that I don’t think exists.”
At the time of this reporting, the video below– thanks to RNC Research– has actually been seen more than 559,000 times.
JEN PSAKI: Teachers should talk with kindergarteners about if they’re “a girl or a boy.” pic.twitter.com/CeDSEU0boX
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Previously, Psaki talked to “News Not Noise” podcast host Jessica Yellin, and broke down in tears over freshly carried out academic requirements such as Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law.
“This a political wedge issue, an attempt to win a culture war,” she insisted. “And they’re doing that in a way that is harsh and cruel to a community of kids, especially. I’m going to get emotional about this issue because it’s horrible.”
Choking up and honestly sobbing, she continued, “It’s like kids who are bullied, and all these leaders are taking steps to hurt them, and hurt their lives, and hurt their families. And you look at some of these laws in these states, and it is going after parents who are in loving relationships, who have kids. It’s completely outrageous.”
“I will not cry again during this interview, I promise you,” she further added. “This is an issue that makes me very crazy.”
