00:00Thank you. Thank you so much. Good evening. My name is Annette Albright. I grew up in the small town of Mount Airy, North Carolina. North Carolina!
00:21Like my parents and my grandparents, I was a lifelong member of the Democrat Party. Don't worry, the story gets better from here.
00:32After completing a degree in criminal justice, I started a career working with the North Carolina Department of Corrections.
00:47I left my job in the criminal justice system to work for Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District to engage our youth before they got stuck in the system.
01:00It didn't take long for me to realize that public schools are a part of the problem.
01:10Sadly, too many of our schools are more like prisons than places of learning.
01:24That must change.
01:32In one public high school, I witnessed a full-blown riot. I saw many violent altercations between students and physical attacks on staff.
01:48During my 14 years working with the Department of Public Safety, offenders never laid a hand on me. Yet, I was violently assaulted by a group of students in a public high school.
02:16The uptick in school violence was related to an Obama-Biden policy that directed schools to reduce suspension rates and keep dangerous students in the classroom.
02:39President Trump reversed the Obama policy and put the safety of our kids first.
02:57Violence on public school campuses should not be a Democrat issue. It should not be a Republican issue. It is an American people issue.
03:17Sadly, I have repeatedly seen that the Democrat Party cares more about appeasing the teachers union than they do about prioritizing the needs of our kids.
03:37They champion safe spaces instead of safe schools. This is completely wrong.
03:51Little by little, I began to see the truth. While Democrats spend more money on a broken system, Republicans are empowering parents and fighting for school choice.
04:15While Democrats think school resource officers are a threat to our students, Republicans know that they protect our kids.
04:31While Democrats won't admit that our schools are failing, Republicans will fix the system and make our schools safe.
04:49That's why this year, for the first time in my life, I am registered as a Republican.
05:09And in November, I will proudly cast my vote for Donald J. Trump.
05:27Only together we can make America's schools great again. Thank you and God bless America.
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