Fox News cut off Vice President Kamala Harris' speech to one of the nation's largest teachers union about gun control, book bans, and dwindling teachers' salaries, arguing she wasn't addressing the issues that matter.
Anchor Harris Faulkner appeared stern after watching a crowd of American Federation of Teachers cheer the Vice President and boo the conservative policies the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee decried.
"Just think about it," Harris, the vice president, told her audience in Houston. "We want to ban assault weapons and they want to ban books."
Harris did not pull her punches, calling Republicans "extremists" as she outlined her policy views in comparison to opponent former President Donald Trump's and the MAGA right.
"These extremists also attack the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride," Harris said, discussing how so-called Don't Say Gay laws impact on educators.
"There are some young teachers in their twenties who are afraid to put up a photograph of themselves and their partner for fear they could lose their jobs."
The teachers went wild after Harris praised those who do "the most noble of work" of educating children then added, "God knows we don't pay you enough as it is."
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But when Harris began to discuss "fundamental freedoms," Faulkner cut away.
"This is exactly what Sen. Ted Cruz said she would do," Faulkner said. "She would ignore the actual issues facing children."
Research suggests these issues do play a role in the lives of American children.
A sweeping study of 10,000 school districts found a direct correlation between teachers' salaries and students' academic performances, RealClearScience reported in 2022.
The American Civil Liberties Union reports there are 206 anti-LGBTQ bills targeting schools and educators in 2024, despite research from the Trevor Project that shows Don't Say Gay legislation frightens and saddens students already facing higher risk of suicidal depression.
There have been at least 118 school gunfire incidents that have claimed 33 lives in 2024 thus far, according to the nonprofit advocacy group Everytown Research & Policy.
"Every year, more than 4,000 children and teens are shot and killed," the report notes. "Over 17,000 more are shot and wounded. An estimated 3 million children in the US are exposed to shootings per year."
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