{"id":1478544,"date":"2022-05-17T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478544"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:46:14","slug":"the-future-has-spoken-americas-kids-sound-off-on-current-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-future-has-spoken-americas-kids-sound-off-on-current-events\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Has Spoken: America\u2019s Kids Sound Off on Current Events"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthe-future-has-spoken-americas-kids-sound-off-on-current-events%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=1478544&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--><p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.), the lawmaker best known for <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/rep-swalwell-lets-it-rip-while-discussing-impeachment\/\">farting<\/a> on live television and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/suspected-chinese-spy-targeted-california-democrats-in-espionage-operation\/\">cavorting<\/a> with a Chinese spy, on Monday received a considerable amount of social media engagement after relaying a conversation he had with his precocious toddler about the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My 4-year-old just FaceTimed to ask what I&#8217;m doing to \u2018help the people in Buffalo&#8217; and \u2018why did the bad man do this?'&#8221; Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1526331939468222465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, the popular social networking website. &#8220;Absolutely gutting. This cannot be his normal. It&#8217;s time to BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.\u00a0#EndGunViolence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The congressman&#8217;s tweet inspired the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> to ask our readers with young children to interrogate their kids about politics in order to get a sense of where they stand on some of the most controversial issues of the day. Here are some of the most insightful responses we received:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Caleb, age 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Hector, age 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid2.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid2-736x413.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Becca, age 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid1.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid1-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid1-736x421.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Kelly, age 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid4.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid4-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid4-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid4-736x416.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Chloe, age 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid5.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid5-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid5-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid5-736x385.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Fiona, age 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid7a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid7a.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid7a-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid7a-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid7a-736x397.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Jonah, age 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid8.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid8-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid8-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid8-736x355.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8) Ezra, age 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid9.png 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid9-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid9-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kid9-736x361.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0[Name redacted due to pending litigation], 11 months<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hunter-dad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hunter-dad.png 990w, 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Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.), the lawmaker best known for farting on live television and cavorting with a Chinese spy, on Monday received a considerable amount of social media engagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2315279,"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-1478544","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\/1478544","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\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}