Ex-Teacher At RNC: This Is Why For 'First Time In My Life' I Will Vote Republican

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At the final night of the RNC on Thursday, former corrections officer and former teacher Annette Albright spoke about school safety.

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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.

Ex-Teacher At RNC: This Is Why For 'First Time In My Life' I Will Vote Republican

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