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Thursday, May 4th, 2023

Oklahoma governor vetoes state PBS funding, accuses network of using ‘tax dollars to indoctrinate kids’

Author:     Gabriel Hays
Source:     Fox News
Publication Date:     May 2, 2023 | 8:00pm EDT
 Link: Oklahoma governor vetoes state PBS funding, accuses network of using ‘tax dollars to indoctrinate kids’
Stephan:  

Oklahoma, another MAGAt Republican-controlled state has decided not to support PBS. Programs like Nova, Nature, Sesame Street will not be available to people in that state. Another Republican tactic to produce ignorant peasants who can be easily manipulated through their fears and resentments. It is changing the culture of the Red states in ways I don’t think we yet understand, except to be sure that it is exacerbating the Great Schism Trend.

Elmo from “Sesame Street pictured. The long-running PBS show has introduced LGBTQ characters and themes to young viewers in recent years.  Credit: PBS

Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., recently vetoed a bill that would continue funding for the statewide PBS station, claiming that the national network has been indoctrinating young children with LGBTQ propaganda.

During a press conference last week, the Republican lawmaker defended his decision to veto ongoing funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), the state network of public broadcasting service affiliates. 

OETA broadcasts PBS, which now includes LGBTQ content in some of its programming. The governor pointed to that as the main reason he signed the veto last Wednesday.

Stitt stated at a press conference, “I don’t think Oklahomans want to use their tax dollars to indoctrinate kids. And some of the stuff that they’re showing, it just overly sexualizes our kids.”

Show likes PBS staple “Sesame Street” have begun incorporating LGBTQ themes in recent years. In an episode of the long-beloved show that aired last year, young audiences were introduced to a character’s “brother and […]

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