Learn more at fightingblindness dot, org former former vice president mike pence is calling the fighting administrations wokeness your education is at risk one of the most troubling developments. This past year has been the Biden administration, all encompassing assault on culture and values. Under the Biden administration localism is running amok patriotic education has been replaced by political indoctrination, addressing the university of virginia after a far left activist tried to prevent his speech from happening at all fox news, contributor and author of the upcoming book comes out in two weeks. The war on the west joins us right now. I love the fact that while youve got these leftists at the university of virginia trying to

stop mr pence from speaking, what is he do he whines and goes as a guest of the young americans foundations and he quotes the founder of the school thomas Jefferson and why free speech is important. That is what the college was trying to shut down. This is actually been a consistent theme for him in recent months. Remember he had trouble when he sold his memoirs and publishers announced a memoir. It was a revolution among young members of staff. We cant publish the former vice president for shame. He goes to speak at the university of Virginia. We cant have these wild wax job way out their friends big ears, like a former vice president, speaking on our campus, of course, it was completely the right thing to do to remind them of some of the foundational values of america. These students have been taught that those founders are evil. They are being taught that those

founders have nothing good to be said about them. For us, it is a good thing that he quotes thomas jefferson for a lot of students. These days, Thomas jefferson, only one thing they know about him slavery. You look at what happened at yale university with a law school student. They were having a form discussion with somebody from the left and somebody from the right they shut it down. They would not allow the speakers to speak because they didnt want to hear one side of the story he spoke. Why people have to realize is. This is not just foundational because it is in the foundational documents that you have. The right to freedom of speech here in america, it was part of the custom. When people came to visit america, they always remarked that there was something remarkable about america that was unlike Europe. You had face to face interactions. The people who had different views would have them out in public and they would allow the right ideas to win

the lincoln douglas debate. For instance, how does that come about people with different views had their views out in public now the left has tried to stop that. Theyve decided that only their views should succeed in the schoolroom in the universities in the media and the publishing industry everywhere they have decided effectively to silence half of the population. You know we will see if that works. It is certainly not a recipe for societal harmony. You wonder, as families prepare somebody who was in high school to go to college, where do I send them? Is this what I want them to learn? American parents constantly, which college occasionally get little glimmers of light? The university of Chicago said: we value free speech and we are going to stick by it. These are grammars and people, these are grammars and people

dont catch up. You want.