 Parents in Florida were outraged that Matt Gaetz was scheduled to speak at a high school in person around high school children Yeah, so their outrage is completely understandable This was the annual Academy nights at Niceville High School an event where students would be given resources about how to get into service or military school and Matt Gaetz was among the individuals who were there to provide the Students with resources not really the best person who you'd want to be engaging with students, especially high school girls nonetheless He was there the event took place But here's what parents had to say about that before this event took place as Newsweek explains Florida GOP representative Matt Gaetz who is being investigated by the Justice Department in connection with the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl has sparked outrage after it emerged He would host a high school event in his state the allegations against Gaetz and his slated appearance at Niceville High School Prompted Cara Marion a candidate for the Okaloosa County School Board to ask what message are we sending our kids? Marion added that numerous people had contacted her about Gaetz's scheduled appearance at the school specifically regarding the federal Investigation he is under in a video uploaded to Facebook on Saturday Marion said these are men and women who have gotten ahold of me actually and so what they've said is they're very Displeased with the fact the Okaloosa County School District is agreeing to have Matt Gaetz who is under investigation for sex trafficking She later added so it's very confusing when you have a congressman Who's under investigation for crimes against children to come into our high school and talking to young women and young men? It sends a very mixed message. Yeah, I'll say now They weren't against Matt Gaetz speaking to high school students because they have a partisan disagreement with him They don't like his policies. They don't like that. He's a Republican and they're Democrats They were specifically against him because of the potential danger that he poses to children specifically High school girls given that he is currently under investigation for allegedly sex trafficking a minor High school age So the fact that the school district would invite him to speak at this event is incredibly Irresponsible now, I'm not sure if they invited him or if he tried to weasel his way in either way He potentially poses a danger to these children So for them to allow him access to children is completely unacceptable and if I were a parent I would be fuming So of course lots of parents spoke up But it's not just the potential danger that he poses They also don't want him around young girls because of the message that it sends after he just recently was condemning You know young girls for their looks if they support abortion and whatnot So let's get to that portion Marion added that Gates's previous comments about women most notably when he made remarks later called misogynist about abortion rights Activists to an audience at the turning point USA student action summit in Tampa, Florida last month had raised further concerns for her The school board candidate added I'll tell you right now if my daughter was looking to go to a service Academy I would not want to be having her work with Matt Gates Just from literally the comments he made about women who men wouldn't even want to sleep with them So they wouldn't even get pregnant to even consider having an abortion because he said they look like a thumb She added she continued but to put kids in a position where they are going to have to ask this person for a favor If you will hey, can you pick me what message are we sending our kids? Yeah, and look to be completely honest. I would have a problem with Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking to high school students This is a vile individual. She lies. She's deceitful She incites harassment against marginalized people But that alone, you know, if that doesn't make you think twice about inviting someone like this this divisive To a high school event the fact that Matt Gates you have that added Issue of him being under investigation for alleged sex trafficking of a minor It just makes matters so much worse But the plot actually thickens because a viral post on the subreddit to X chromosomes Details how one person actually sent a letter to the superintendent of this particular school and when he got back to her Well, he challenged her on her objections about having Matt Gates And she later found out in an update that there was this massive conflict of interest because Matt Gates revealed that he's actually Friends with the superintendent that she talked to who by the way was defending his appearance here So what exactly is going on here? Was he invited because he's in cahoots with people in this particular school district? Why exactly was he granted access to high school children? That's a question that we should all be asking This conflict of interest Should not exist, right? And even if there is that conflict of interest if you know someone who's under investigation For allegedly sex trafficking a minor perhaps you might reconsider him as a guest because of the optics at a minimum But no this superintendent challenged this individual with actual concerns with reasonable concerns Is that not completely insane? I mean Jesus christ now there Thankfully was a lot of pushback at the event because the facebook group women against matt gates Which has now more than 10 000 followers announced that it was going to hold a press conference outside of the event Which they did and they wanted to address the safety of students and also demand that congress suspend Any events that matt gates will have going forward with minors given the potential danger that he poses to them But regardless of the protest regardless of the objections raised by parents. He spoke anyway I mean isn't florida the state that's all about parental authority Parental autonomy well apparently not because when it comes to potentially endangering children They're not going to take those concerns seriously It's just It's ridiculous now look to be very clear We don't know if matt gates does pose a danger to children, but there's that open question There's concerns rightfully so while he's currently under investigation if it is the case That the justice justice department concludes their investigation and they determine that he's not culpable here Then fine, but currently when we don't have that information when we're working with incomplete details here When we know that one of his buddies who he was in contact with was convicted I'm sorry. This is just completely unacceptable So the parents have a right to protest the parents have a right to raise objections And anyone involved with confirming his appearance here should be ashamed of themselves because this is completely unacceptable Completely disgusting and that gate should be nowhere near high school children until we can confirm that he doesn't pose a danger to them Up yours I let her have her way I let her have her way