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Kevin Hern: “We are no longer in control of educating our children.”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

SUD Episode 26 with Representative Kevin Hern, now running for the U.S. Senate

Published August 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 16:05

How do we overcome that? Yeah, I think you just said it. I mean, this has been around for generations. The difference today is that We are no longer in control of educating our children. There's not anybody, no matter how conservative our children are, that haven't had these tendencies that think, why can't I have more? Why do things cost so much? (16:05–16:09)

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Asserts that control over children's education has been lost.

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