Republican Politicians Want To Protect Children, Right?

It’s great that republican politicians want to protect children. Well, not so fast.

Child Labor

So you ask republican politicians, you want to ban child labor, right?

• NO! Republican politicians are like, um, no, we’re not going to ban child labor.
• Republicans in several states try to make child labor great again

Child Marriages

And so then you ask, well, republican politicians, you want to ban child marriages, right?

• NO! Republican politicians are like, um, no, we’re not going to ban child marriage either.
• Republicans Make a Case for Child Marriage

Children and Guns

And then you’re like, well, republican politicians, surely you want to ban children from carrying guns, right?

• NO! Republican politicians are like, um, no, we’re not going to ban children from carrying guns either.
• Missouri Republicans vote to allow children to carry guns

Universal Background Checks

And you’re like, well, we should have universal background checks to prevent mass shootings and school shootings, right? 

• NO! And Republican politicians are like, um, no, we’re not going to have universal background checks either.
• GOP blocks bill to expand gun background checks after Michigan school shooting

Corporal Punishment for Children

And then you’re like, well, at the very minimum, we can agree that corporal punishment of children with disabilities is bad and we should ban that, right? 

• NO! And Republican politicians are like, um, no, we believe in corporal punishment for children with disabilities.
• Oklahoma Republicans Vote to Let Teachers Hit Kids With Disabilities

How Exactly Do Republican Politicians Want To Protect Children?

And so then you ask like, well, how exactly do republican politicians protect children? And they’re like, oh, it’s simple.

• Republican politicians ban discussions on racism
• Republican politicians ban books by black authors
• Republican politicians ban LGBTQ authors
• Republican politicians ban free lunches in school

So there’s your “Christian” republican party, folks. Tens of millions of you voted for them. Why exactly? To OWN THE LIBS?

But there’s more behind the scenes. There’s more behind the front-end republican politicians. The back-end people are the wealthy white evangelical christian nationalist backers who are trying to turn the United States into a white-dominated christian nation only.

And I know what SOME of you might be thinking, what’s so bad about Christianity? The back-end people do not reflect Christian principles whatsoever. They reflect controlling people, authoritarianism, and fascism.

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