{"id":1449341,"date":"2022-04-21T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1449341"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:25:45","slug":"fact-check-did-tim-allen-make-this-remark-about-teachers-discussing-sex-with-young-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-tim-allen-make-this-remark-about-teachers-discussing-sex-with-young-students\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Tim Allen Make This Remark About Teachers Discussing Sex With Young Students?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-tim-allen-make-this-remark-about-teachers-discussing-sex-with-young-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1449341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.forbis.967\/posts\/pfbid08CDyddeimxr3ZMtxEJ1CcYoyU9oRwHbMv346Q5pF1mBVhyxRP5yHTm63KD2GQS55l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims actor Tim Allen said that any teacher who wants to discuss sex with young students \u201cshouldn\u2019t be allowed within several miles of a school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Allen making this statement. His publicist confirmed he did not make such a remark.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law March 28 that prohibits schools from teaching or discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students in kindergarten through third grade, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-dont-say-gay-law-signed-56aee61f075a12663f25990c7b31624d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>. Several LGBTQ activist groups have since sued the state over the legislation, which is commonly referred to as the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Allen recently weighed in on the subject. The post includes an image of Allen along with text that reads, \u201cIf it takes a law to stop you from holding a classroom discussion with 5-year-olds about sex, you shouldn\u2019t be a teacher. Actually, you shouldn\u2019t be allowed within several miles of a school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTIM IS 100% RIGHT ON THAT!\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/08\/26\/fact-check-misinformation-arizona-superintendent-hoffman-sex-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Post Spreads Misinformation About Arizona Public Schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Allen making such a remark. Check Your Fact found no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Tim+Allen+%22Actually%2C+you+shouldn%27t+be+allowed+within+several+miles+of+a+school%22&#038;oq=Tim+Allen+%22Actually%2C+you+shouldn%27t+be+allowed+within+several+miles+of+a+school%22&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.7724j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> attributing the statement to Allen or suggesting he offered his opinion on the Florida law. Likewise, no such quote appears on Allen\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timallen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Teacher%20(from%3Aofctimallen)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044096873316\/search\/?q=teacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statement you are referring to was not made by my client Tim Allen,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marleahleslie.com\/clients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marleah Leslie<\/a>, Allen\u2019s publicist, in an email to Check Your Fact.<\/p>\n<p>The statement appears to have originated with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conservmillen\/status\/1501639212638089219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 9 tweet<\/a> from conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/alliebethstuckey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allie Beth Stuckey<\/a>. The tweet has received over 1,800 retweets.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a viral statement has been misattributed to Allen. In 2019, Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/09\/11\/fact-check-viral-tim-allen-statement-attacking-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a viral post that attributed a long statement attacking Democrats to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims actor Tim Allen said that any teacher who wants to discuss sex with young students \u201cshouldn\u2019t be allowed within several miles of a school.\u201dVerdict:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1449362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1449341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}