Nancy Mace

Is there any other industry in the country where we punish the manufacturer of a product that is made legally, purchased legally, that might then be later used to break the law?

But therein lies the debate. You bring up a good point. Therein lies the debate today is why so many women either don't have access to birth control, don't have access to medical care or healthcare, don't have access to understand if they…

It is not going to eliminate healthcare for women who have ectopic pregnancies or who have miscarriages.

It is the states, not the courts, that are the true laboratories of democracy.

I am from South Carolina that recently implemented a fetal heartbeat bill that had exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother because I put them in there.

If you want to lose the seat once again in the midterm election cycle to Democrats, then my opponent is more than qualified to do just that.

I am willing to work with anyone who is willing to work with me.

But what, in your opinion, are some of the interventions that we should or could be doing now to make the environment better for learning for students who have been so negatively impacted by COVID-19 and being out of school?

And then who do you believe is responsible, at the end of the day, for school closures that happened all across the country?

I wholeheartedly agree. I was reading a story, it was last year where a parent showed up at a Loudoun County school board meeting because his daughter was sexually assaulted at school, and that father was arrested.

So do you believe it OK if parents show up to school board meetings to have their voices heard, especially when they disagree with school boards?

Do you believe that parents have First Amendment rights?

Teachers' unions, actually, during COVID-19 directed and guided the CDC on school closures rather than giving that grace to states and to school boards.

So the rate of suicides during COVID-19 increased 22 percent the summer of 2020 over 2019, and the winter of 2020 it was a huge increase of 39 percent, on average.

This issue is really personal to me.

History involves the good, the bad, and the ugly.

We miserably failed our students during COVID-19. This learning loss was acute.

We have so much further we have to go, and we are not doing it. And we need to do better in terms of the way and the amount of money is spent.

Our children should not be taught that they are oppressors or that they are victims, merely based on the color of their skin.

Our children's innocence should be protected and prioritized along with their potential for their personal and academic success.

We must teach our children all of the chapters of our history, and in K-12 classrooms there are no places to be teaching concept like race as essentialism.

We should be teaching our children the academic skills they need to succeed along with the complete history of our country, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

We saw kids that were struggling with their mental health. We had suicides and attempted suicides and suicidal thoughts and mental health issues with our children increase over 25 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Every one of our students, no matter their ZIP code or the color of their skin, should have the opportunity to reach their full personal and academic potential.

Free speech should not be stifled.