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10:45Now PlayingA local megachurch, led by Trump supporter Hibbs, teams up with newly elected Chino Valley school district head, Sonja Shaw. to spark a terrifying right-wing policy takeover of all the district public schools. Jayar Jackson and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
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The California Megachurch Pushing Public Schools to the Far Right
"Outside the California State Capitol last month, a fitness trainer turned school board president fired up the crowd at a parental rights rally, telling them they were all fighters in “a spiritual battle” for their kids and must answer the call from God.
Sonja Shaw, who was elected to the Chino Valley Unified School District board of education last November with an assist from a local megachurch and its Christian nationalist pastor, didn’t equivocate in naming the enemy: state Democratic officials who are challenging her right-leaning policies—and drafting laws that hinder book bans and protect teachers from harassment.
“Today we stand here and declare in his almighty name that it’s only a matter of time before we take your seats and we be a God-fearing example to the nation, how God is using California to lead the way,” Shaw crowed, adding, “We already know who has won this battle. You will be removed in Jesus’s name! You, Satan, are losing.”"
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