Speeches at CPAC (2020s): on Education


Donald Trump: Defend free speech on college campuses

As the radical left moves aggressively to curtail freedom of speech, we are proudly defending free speech, including at our college campuses. Any college that refuses to respect your First Amendment rights now risk the loss of billions of federal taxpayer dollars. I signed that a few months ago because these colleges, they take our money and then they don't let people speak. So now they won't take our money, and I guess they can do whatever they want.
Source: Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 CPAC Conference Feb 29, 2020

Donald Trump: Biden has sold out America's children to the teachers unions

There's no reason whatsoever why the vast majority of young Americans should not be back in school immediately. The only reason that most parents do not have that choice is because Joe Biden has sold out America's children to the teacher's unions. His position is morally inexcusable. Joe Biden has shamefully betrayed America's youth. He is cruelly keeping our children locked in their homes. They want to get out. They're cheating the next generations out of the future that they deserve.
Source: Remarks by Pres. Trump at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 28, 2021

Donald Trump: We will completely defund and bar critical race theory

These people are sick. We will completely defund and bar critical race theory. 1776, not 1619, if you don't mind. And if government run schools are going to teach children to hate their country, we will demand school choice that we already have. If you listen to the media or watch the evening newscast, our country has really gone bad. All we talk about is race. That's all they talk about. Race. The whole show: race, race. We don't talk about our country being great anymore.
Source: Speech transcript from 2021 CPAC Conference Jul 11, 2021

Kristi Noem: Signed 1776 Pledge; country does not have racism in its DNA

I was the very first candidate in this entire country to sign on to the 1776 Pledge, recognizing that we needed to teach our kids true honest history. That the 1619 Project, critical race theory, is hate, division, and it's not American. It's offensive. We do not have racism in our DNA in this country. We love each other, and everybody deserves to be treated equally. Everyone who's running for office needs to embrace our honest history of America and America that was formed for freedom.
Source: Speech transcript from 2021 CPAC Conference Jul 11, 2021

Marsha Blackburn: Marxist Critical Race Theory is about indoctrination

Their goal is to replace education with indoctrination because that is an essential step for them. Essential to it with this Marxist CRT is no matter the subject, you can tilt it to being racist. They have made 2+2=4 racist. They have made gifted and talented programs racist. They had said if your great-grandfather fought in World War II or your dad is in the military, that is racist and thereby you are racist.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL Feb 24, 2022

Mike Pence: Give parents right to choose: public, private, parochial

With four more years, we will give every parent in America the right to choose where their children go to school: public, private, parochial, or homeschool.
Source: Remarks by V.P. Pence at the 2020 CPAC Conference Feb 27, 2020

Ted Budd: Far left wants to focus everything America got wrong

The far left have a different view of our country epitomized by the 1619 project. It is a series of writings that tries to put slavery as the center of our national narrative. The left does not want to teach our children about the men who banded together to shrug off the tyranny of a king. A government that led to the end of slavery. The radical left wants to ignore that and focus on everything America got wrong. They want to teach our kids that our country is flawed, hopeless and evil.
Source: Remarks by Rep. Budd at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 26, 2021

Virginia Foxx: Powerful teachers unions have seized control of schools

The Biden administration is using COVID-19 to erode our freedoms and expand the Federal government's role in every aspect of our lives. Democrats are happy to dictate how much salt is in school meals but not dictate a school reopening plan. Their hypocrisy is clear. Right now in America, the powerful teachers unions and their enablers have seized control of too many education systems and using their powers to serve themselves.
Source: Remarks by Rep. Foxx at the 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 26, 2021

Donald Trump: Parents should be able to fire the principal, elect another

I will fight for parents rights. Can you believe here we are? Because they took the rights away including universal school choice. We want the school principal to be elected by parents. We love the children more than the parents. If any principal is not getting this done, the parents should be able to fire the principal and elect someone new. We will teach our values and promote our history and traditions to our children. We will, in other words, be proud of our country again.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland Mar 4, 2023

Mike Pompeo: Our schools teach kids to be ashamed of America

It's about being a democracy once again, the thing that will convince the next generation that our conservative ideas have made America so great. Our schools teach kids to be ashamed of America. They teach the 1619 Project instead of our values. We are at risk. President Xi is counting on us teaching our kids this crap. The teacher's union will lock parents out of our schools and keep gender transitions hidden from parents. This is immoral, evil and dangerous.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland Mar 3, 2023

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2016 Presidential contenders on Education:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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