Hakeem Jeffries said ”extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books” on the Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr., the LGBTQ journey, “Roberto Clemente and baseball' and the Native American experience in the U.S. He can point to evidence on four of five.
However, a recent vote cast by all House Republicans provides support for much of Jeffries’ comment, though citing the banning of baseball books is a stretch., the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act. Broadly, the bill would establish rights for parents and guardians related to their children’s K-12 education. If passed, the bill would require schools and school systems to abide by certain rules to receive federal education funding.
However, spokespeople for Jeffries and the Democratic staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee pointed to a proposed Democratic amendment to the bill that spoke more directly to that question., sponsored by Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., included a section titled,"Prohibition on Book Bans and Censorship."
The full House considered Bonamici’s amendment on March 23, the day before Jeffries’ remarks. The amendment failed,Because no Republican who cast a vote that day voted in favor of the Bonamici amendment, it supports the notion that Republicans are at least open to banning books.
By voting down the Bonamici amendment, Republicans also declined to protect four of the five examples Jeffries cited in his remark: the Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr. , LGBTQ issues, and Native American history.
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