{"id":2000503,"date":"2023-08-14T19:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-hits-red-states-for-book-bans-and-says-california-stands-for-parental-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:26:38","slug":"newsom-hits-red-states-for-book-bans-and-says-california-stands-for-parental-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-hits-red-states-for-book-bans-and-says-california-stands-for-parental-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom criticizes red states over &#8216;book bans,&#8217; defends parental rights in California."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnewsom-hits-red-states-for-book-bans-and-says-california-stands-for-parental-rights%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=2000503&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--><h2>Gov. Gavin Newsom Defends \u2063California \u200bas a \u200cBastion for Parental Rights<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) continued his rhetorical war with red states Monday, blasting \u200bTexas and Florida for purportedly banning books while defending his \u200cstate as a bastion for parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of the most populous state in \u200bthe country singled out his favorite foil, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), during remarks at a Sacramento area \u2062school Monday \u2062but noted that such &#8220;bans&#8221; were not limited to the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Libraries Under Threat<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Libraries quite literally are being shut down where librarians are\u2063 being threatened by criminal action for expressing themselves or providing resources, activities, providing books for students that seek them,&#8221; Newsom said.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically\u2063 referenced Houston Independent School District, which has been taken over by the Texas state government \u2062because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washingtons-special-ed-schools-rife-with-abuse-complaints-poor-academics-report\/\" title=\"Washington\u2019s Special Ed Schools Rife With Abuse Complaints, Poor Academics: Report\">poor academic performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you think I exaggerate, just Google\u200b what&#8217;s happening in Houston, Texas. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a> was taken over, and they&#8217;re shutting down the libraries and turning them into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-hits-red-states-for-book-bans-and-says-california-stands-for-parental-rights\/\" title=\"Newsom criticizes red states over 'book bans,' defends parental rights in California.\">de facto detention facilities<\/a>,&#8221; Newsom said. &#8220;You cannot make this up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bHouston school district\u2063 has closed several school libraries \u200band repurposed them, primarily for computer use and, in some cases, disciplinary spaces, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Florida&#8217;s Battle with Shakespeare<\/h3>\n<p>In Florida, Newsom said, schools are trying to eliminate Shakespeare because it&#8217;s &#8220;too sexually \u200ccharged.&#8221; The reference was likely to reports from \u2062Hillsborough County Public Schools,\u2063 where new curriculum standards indicated only excerpts of the famed English playwright&#8217;s works would \u2062be read.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has defended initiatives in Florida to restrict certain content from children, namely \u200cbooks containing pornographic imagery.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsom also touted his state as a bastion for parents, arguing no state outdoes California on &#8220;local control \u200dand parental engagement.&#8221; Outside groups, he said, have agitated and misled parents into thinking that schools are &#8220;sexualizing&#8221; children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Supporting Parental Rights<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m deeply empathetic because I watched some of these poor parents, and they&#8217;ve been so misled by these organized groups,&#8221; he said, noting \u2064that he supported the\u200d rights of parents to speak \u2064out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just hope\u2062 they exercise their rights that are well \u200bestablished in the state of California. &#8230; These things are points of pride. They should\u2062 be celebrating them and\u2063 modeling them for the rest\u2062 of\u200b the country. Moms for \u200dLiberty may want to take a look at [that],&#8221; he added, referring to the \u2063conservative\u2063 parental rights organization, \u200cbefore noting that the group &#8220;want[s] to \u2062get\u2063 rid of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-sexual-content-assigned-to-texas-students-dissenting-parents-harassed-with-anti-christiandks\/\" title=\"Graphic Sexual Content Assigned To Texas Students; Dissenting Parents Harassed With Anti-Christian\u2026\u2018D**ks\u2019\u00a0\">mental health professionals<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064comments are the latest in a war of\u2064 words between Newsom and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-border-policies-are-dangerous\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s border policies are dangerous\">red state governors<\/a>, especially DeSantis, whom\u2062 he has challenged to a debate moderated by Fox News&#8217;s Sean Hannity. DeSantis, who\u200c is running for the Republican presidential nomination, has agreed to the debate, but the specific rules and parameters\u2063 have yet to be agreed to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK\u2064 HERE TO READ \u2063MORE \u200cFROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) criticized Texas and Florida, accusing them of banning books, while highlighting California as a defender of parental rights. Specifically targeting Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Newsom expressed his views during a speech in the Sacramento region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000503","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}