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Brandon Williams: “The DEI disease that's infected our schools [is] really a…”

Featuring: Brandon Williams, Republican | Former U.S. House, New York, District 22

Parents on the Hill Defending Education: Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22)

Published April 12, 2024 | Video Starts at 09:06

… said specifically in exactly these words, if you allow antisemitism to persist on your campus, you are my enemy. And I will wage war on you. Not very subtle, but … The DEI disease that's infected our schools [is] really a Marxist socialist ideology. … One of the things specifically I did is introduce an amendment in Parents Bill of Rights that required K through 12 education in the United States to include teaching about the Holocaust and about antisemitism. (09:06–09:18)

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Asserts that DEI in schools is rooted in Marxist socialist ideology.

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“You have the Confucius Institute that are popping up all around our schools of higher education that also are having a very strong influence…”
Parents on the Hill Defending Education: Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22) | Uploaded April 12, 2024 | 05:53-06:06
“The federal government does not have very much oversight into [incidents of antisemitism in K through 12 schools].”
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“I introduced an amendment in Parents Bill of Rights that required K through 12 education in the United States to include teaching about the…”
Parents on the Hill Defending Education: Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22) | Uploaded April 12, 2024 | 09:22-09:39
“What really happens isn't suppression of speech, it's only suppression of certain kinds of speech, particularly ones that run afoul of the…”
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“Governor DeSantis [has disassembled] the DEI bureaucracy down in Florida.”
Parents on the Hill Defending Education: Rep. Brandon Williams (NY-22) | Uploaded April 12, 2024 | 11:55-11:55