Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - They Filed a Restraining Order Against Me？!

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00:00:17.920 You know, I really thought I could make it my whole life without having a restraining order filed against me.

00:00:23.400 But here we are.

00:00:25.060 Welcome back to the Gains for Girls podcast.

00:00:27.140 I hope you guys are watching at youtube.com slash outkick.

00:00:30.480 Now, look, if you've been following me on social media,

00:00:32.560 maybe you saw where I was recently appointed to the Sumner County Library Board.

00:00:37.760 That's what this podcast episode is about.

00:00:40.120 How this appointment came about, why I'm excited about this,

00:00:43.480 and of course, the drama that has ensued since.

00:00:46.880 I filmed this episode about two weeks ago prior to the first meeting.

00:00:50.740 But naturally, there are some updates following that first meeting.

00:00:54.200 So I figured I would come into the intro, explain a little bit about what I've been facing on the back end,

00:00:59.060 then give you guys some of the context.

00:01:00.980 A woman that I have never met, never seen, never even heard of,

00:01:03.720 filed a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit against the county commission

00:01:06.580 that appointed me and the other new library board member a few weeks ago,

00:01:09.820 arguing that our appointment violated the Tennessee Open Meetings Act.

00:01:13.220 But you and I both know that's not really why she sued.

00:01:16.180 Similarly to my appointment,

00:01:17.680 items have been brought from the floor to be discussed or voted on or amended

00:01:20.940 more times than I can even count.

00:01:24.200 is picking and choosing which things deserve procedural scrutiny

00:01:27.840 based on her own personal tastes.

00:01:29.760 And what's the draw-in of having myself on the library board?

00:01:32.600 It's highlighting the pornographic books that are in our county library

00:01:36.740 and getting them out of there.

00:01:38.360 It appears to me that this woman,

00:01:39.880 and a lot of liberals in Sumner County and across the nation,

00:01:42.880 are desperate.

00:01:43.840 We'll go as far as to sue the county commission

00:01:46.860 to put suggestive, sexually explicit material in front of children.

00:01:51.980 I respect, and truthfully, I admire every civilian

00:01:55.520 who is willing to get involved in local politics,

00:01:57.860 including the woman who sued the county.

00:01:59.340 But I just wish she would come out and be upfront

00:02:02.100 about why she is choosing to scrutinize the county now. 0.60

00:02:05.880 We'll get into all of that and more in today's episode of Gains for Girls. 1.00

00:02:08.560 Hello, everybody.

00:02:15.680 Welcome back to the Gains for Girls podcast.

00:02:17.540 You are looking at the newest appointed

00:02:19.920 Sumner County Library Board member.

00:02:22.960 That's right, me, Riley Gains,

00:02:24.920 freshly appointed to the Sumner County

00:02:27.100 here in Tennessee Library Board.

00:02:29.260 Look, I've worn a lot of different hats.

00:02:31.260 I've had a lot of different titles

00:02:32.460 over the past three, three and a half-ish years.

00:02:35.320 I've worked for lots of nonprofits and organizations.

00:02:38.700 I'm the host of this podcast.

00:02:40.460 I wrote and published a national best-selling book.

00:02:44.100 I did not think, it was not on my 2025 bingo card,

00:02:47.520 that I, at 25 years old, I had a baby four weeks ago,

00:02:50.780 that I, right now at this current stage of life,

00:02:54.240 would be owning and really so proud of the title

00:02:57.700 Library Board member, especially here in my community.

00:03:02.220 Look, where I live now is where I grew up.

00:03:04.380 The school system that I was a part of

00:03:07.060 is the school system that I want our daughter, Margo,

00:03:09.920 to be able to enjoy and thrive in.

00:03:12.560 So very, very excited for this opportunity,

00:03:14.980 for this appointment.

00:03:15.920 There's really nothing more fruitful

00:03:17.300 than giving back to your community in this way,

00:03:20.440 especially when the stakes are so high.

00:03:22.940 I think that has been made very evident

00:03:24.880 over the past few years,

00:03:26.140 especially in library settings, educational settings.

00:03:30.220 These books, these materials

00:03:31.580 that are being placed in front of the most vulnerable,

00:03:35.860 the most impressionable young children, right?

00:03:39.780 So lots at stake here.

00:03:41.100 And again, having a daughter

00:03:42.100 just makes those stakes all the more high.

00:03:45.040 I will say, I had no idea

00:03:46.820 that the library board was as contentious

00:03:50.640 as it has proven itself to be.

00:03:52.920 And it's really not just the library board, right?

00:03:55.060 If you guys, if you listening to this,

00:03:56.720 are involved in any sort of capacity,

00:03:58.640 especially in local politics,

00:04:00.600 forget national or what's happening at the federal level,

00:04:03.460 if you are involved in local politics,

00:04:05.580 I'm sure you know how contentious these positions

00:04:08.800 and these appointments can be, right?

00:04:11.120 It's not just the library board.

00:04:12.980 It's school board.

00:04:13.960 It's commissioners, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

00:04:16.220 I don't have to tell you guys this,

00:04:17.580 but I had no idea

00:04:18.500 that my small conservative county

00:04:21.880 here in Tennessee,

00:04:23.500 the red state,

00:04:25.220 the conservative state of Tennessee,

00:04:26.940 where we have a Republican supermajority

00:04:29.500 in both the House and the Senate.

00:04:31.080 We have a Republican governor.

00:04:32.420 We're a pretty well-governed state, right?

00:04:34.280 At least that's what people

00:04:35.200 who are flocking here from California

00:04:37.100 would like to think.

00:04:38.200 People who call themselves political refugees,

00:04:40.620 I had no idea

00:04:41.560 that we were dealing with here in my county,

00:04:44.880 just a little north of Nashville,

00:04:46.560 what some of those people

00:04:47.800 who fled from California

00:04:49.660 were dealing with

00:04:50.600 back in the very, very blue state.

00:04:53.040 Governed by Gavin Newsom.

00:04:55.520 We're dealing with that here in my county,

00:04:57.220 Sumner County in Tennessee.

00:04:59.480 But it's not because we're run

00:05:00.660 or have been infiltrated by Democrats,

00:05:03.660 or at least people who have a D

00:05:05.720 by their name at the ballot box.

00:05:07.560 No, that's not the case.

00:05:08.860 These are people who have an R by their name,

00:05:11.740 of course, indicating Republican.

00:05:13.620 But what I have learned to be true

00:05:16.420 is that that R by their name

00:05:19.040 at the ballot box

00:05:20.120 certainly does not represent Republican values.

00:05:23.920 We have so many RINOs in these positions. 1.00

00:05:27.340 RINOs, of course, 1.00

00:05:28.260 stands for Republican in name only.

00:05:30.480 It's very strategic.

00:05:31.440 They know what they have to do to get elected.

00:05:32.840 Again, here in a conservative part of Tennessee,

00:05:35.640 they know what they have to campaign on.

00:05:37.400 They know the values

00:05:38.200 by which they have to stand by faith,

00:05:40.420 family, and freedom.

00:05:41.280 Yet when they fill those positions,

00:05:43.480 it's antithetical to those values,

00:05:45.300 the policies that they're voting on

00:05:47.000 and that they support.

00:05:47.800 It's in total alignment

00:05:48.640 with the Democratic Party.

00:05:49.880 And this isn't just the case

00:05:51.000 in my red state of Tennessee.

00:05:52.780 Look at states like Oklahoma,

00:05:54.800 Texas, Florida.

00:05:56.000 This is happening all over.

00:05:57.320 And I think largely

00:05:57.960 because people like myself,

00:05:59.840 and look, I say this honestly

00:06:00.960 and with full transparency,

00:06:02.840 we become complacent in a way.

00:06:05.520 We think that we're immune

00:06:06.900 to the woke craziness.

00:06:08.760 That's not happening here,

00:06:10.160 not in my county.

00:06:11.460 You would be wrong

00:06:12.400 to assume that you

00:06:14.740 or that anyone is immune

00:06:17.140 to the woke ideology

00:06:19.080 that has plagued this nation.

00:06:21.340 Now, let me tell you,

00:06:21.900 I wasn't just made aware

00:06:23.340 of what's happening

00:06:24.120 in our local libraries

00:06:25.220 this past week.

00:06:26.060 I'm going to take you back

00:06:26.800 to March of 2023.

00:06:28.280 This is when I had the veil lifted

00:06:29.640 for my eyes of what was happening

00:06:31.100 in my community.

00:06:32.460 If you're listening to this podcast,

00:06:33.580 then you probably know

00:06:34.760 who Kirk Cameron is,

00:06:35.900 likely because his values

00:06:38.120 align with my values.

00:06:40.000 Again, if you're listening to this,

00:06:41.120 then our values probably align.

00:06:42.700 If you're anything like my mom,

00:06:45.360 you know who Kirk Cameron is

00:06:46.620 because you had a poster of him

00:06:48.280 in your childhood bedroom.

00:06:50.120 He was like the 80s and 90s heartthrob,

00:06:53.540 probably for his role

00:06:54.520 in Growing Pains,

00:06:55.400 but I digress.

00:06:56.660 Kirk Cameron is affiliated

00:06:58.520 with Brave Books.

00:06:59.700 We've talked about Brave Books

00:07:00.800 on this platform before.

00:07:02.560 It is a fantastic

00:07:03.740 children's book subscription service.

00:07:06.960 So this means that once a month

00:07:09.240 you get a book,

00:07:09.940 a children's book,

00:07:10.620 delivered to your house,

00:07:11.500 written by a different conservative

00:07:13.600 or Christian figure

00:07:15.600 or influencer, if you will.

00:07:17.880 I actually have a book

00:07:18.580 with Brave Books.

00:07:19.360 My book is called

00:07:20.140 Happy No Snakes Day

00:07:21.380 and it teaches the value

00:07:22.620 of standing firm in the truth

00:07:24.380 despite the consequences.

00:07:25.920 And that's what Brave Books does.

00:07:27.600 They tell these wholesome stories

00:07:29.260 that engage kids,

00:07:30.900 but they teach important virtues

00:07:32.420 like patience or humility

00:07:34.240 or the sanctity of life.

00:07:35.700 It's everything that Scholastic 1.00

00:07:37.320 claims to be,

00:07:38.680 but as you could probably imagine,

00:07:40.840 Scholastic has totally fallen 1.00

00:07:42.540 into all of the wokeness

00:07:44.680 and they're pushing

00:07:45.300 the agendas on your kids.

00:07:47.600 Brave Books is the antithesis to that.

00:07:49.840 Back in 2023,

00:07:50.900 Kirk Cameron was doing

00:07:51.680 this nationwide story hour

00:07:53.580 for children

00:07:54.140 where he would read Brave Books

00:07:55.560 to a group full of kids

00:07:57.540 in public libraries,

00:07:58.460 again, all across the country.

00:08:00.220 Kirk Cameron's nationwide tour

00:08:01.460 was in direct response

00:08:02.620 to the drag queen story hours

00:08:04.620 that we were seeing happen

00:08:05.820 all across the country

00:08:07.140 that we're marketed to

00:08:08.420 and targeting young children.

00:08:10.600 Because he was coming to my town,

00:08:12.360 Hendersonville, Tennessee,

00:08:13.140 he reached out to myself

00:08:14.420 and Missy Robertson

00:08:15.360 of Duck Dynasty

00:08:16.040 to participate in this story hour

00:08:18.200 with him,

00:08:18.840 which, of course,

00:08:20.300 I was so excited,

00:08:21.500 number one,

00:08:21.980 to be standing alongside

00:08:23.000 two of my favorites,

00:08:24.180 but also to be doing so

00:08:25.780 in my own community.

00:08:27.100 I was shocked

00:08:27.660 when I saw the pushback

00:08:28.880 that Kirk Cameron

00:08:29.560 and Brave Books were receiving

00:08:30.760 for attempting to host

00:08:31.860 the story hour

00:08:32.620 at the Hendersonville Public Library

00:08:34.800 from the public library staff

00:08:37.260 and their library director.

00:08:39.100 Through email exchange,

00:08:40.160 the library director

00:08:40.860 made it very clear

00:08:41.720 that he wasn't really cool

00:08:43.240 with Kirk Cameron being there,

00:08:44.640 his message being told.

00:08:46.280 You know how it goes.

00:08:47.180 He says,

00:08:47.480 look, we don't want to promote

00:08:48.480 right-leaning

00:08:49.300 or left-leaning values.

00:08:50.980 He said,

00:08:51.240 look, we can't host this event here.

00:08:52.920 There's too many people

00:08:53.700 from the community

00:08:54.320 who want to be there.

00:08:55.180 And I will tell you,

00:08:56.180 he actually was right about that.

00:08:57.800 There were so many people

00:08:59.380 who wanted to attend

00:09:00.500 this story hour.

00:09:01.540 The library director

00:09:02.420 ultimately told Kirk Cameron

00:09:03.820 that he would have to

00:09:05.060 cancel his appearance

00:09:05.840 and host it

00:09:06.620 at a church nearby.

00:09:07.820 But because the community

00:09:08.960 was so engaged

00:09:09.820 and they put so much pressure

00:09:10.900 on the library,

00:09:12.020 they ended up opening their doors

00:09:13.440 and allowing the story hour

00:09:15.060 to be hosted

00:09:15.740 at the public library.

00:09:17.180 So flash forward to the event.

00:09:18.860 It is a Saturday morning.

00:09:20.300 It is pouring down rain outside,

00:09:22.880 but there were so many people

00:09:24.100 from the community,

00:09:25.180 I mean hundreds and hundreds

00:09:26.280 and hundreds,

00:09:27.120 lined up outside the library

00:09:28.400 in an attempt to get inside

00:09:29.920 and get a front row seat

00:09:31.040 to listen to Kirk Cameron

00:09:32.080 read his book.

00:09:32.800 Myself, Kirk, and Missy Robertson

00:09:34.420 were inside the library.

00:09:36.040 We were attempting to film

00:09:37.020 some promotional

00:09:37.700 and marketing content

00:09:38.800 for Brave Books

00:09:39.500 before we opened the doors

00:09:40.580 to allow all of the community members

00:09:42.740 into the library.

00:09:43.980 Brave Books team set up a camera,

00:09:45.480 they had lights,

00:09:46.140 they had a backdrop,

00:09:46.820 and we were just trying to film

00:09:48.080 a few 30-second ads

00:09:49.800 for Brave Books.

00:09:50.980 But wouldn't you know,

00:09:52.480 the library staff

00:09:53.440 that was already inside the building

00:09:54.800 and sat behind the library desk

00:09:56.320 was being overtly loud

00:09:58.600 and obnoxious,

00:09:59.760 ultimately hindering

00:10:00.880 the content

00:10:01.840 that we were trying to film.

00:10:02.980 Their audio was being picked up

00:10:04.140 by our microphones.

00:10:05.780 No big deal, right?

00:10:06.900 We approached the library staff

00:10:08.240 and we say,

00:10:08.760 hey, any chance

00:10:10.320 we could get 60 seconds of quiet?

00:10:12.160 We really need to film

00:10:13.140 this content

00:10:13.940 and then we're out of your hair,

00:10:14.940 we'll go into the room

00:10:15.740 where the story hour is being held.

00:10:17.380 You don't have to hear

00:10:17.940 from us again.

00:10:18.700 They had a speaker back there,

00:10:19.760 like a Bluetooth speaker.

00:10:20.900 They turned it on

00:10:21.700 and they began playing music

00:10:22.860 from their iPhone,

00:10:23.880 singing very loud.

00:10:24.920 Like it was very blatant

00:10:26.380 what they were trying to do,

00:10:27.880 which again was to disrupt

00:10:29.240 what we were there to do,

00:10:31.000 the message that we were there

00:10:32.360 to spread.

00:10:33.120 Missy Robertson approaches

00:10:34.140 at this point

00:10:34.720 and she says,

00:10:35.200 look,

00:10:35.620 is there any chance

00:10:36.780 you could turn the music off?

00:10:37.940 We just need 30 seconds.

00:10:39.620 To which they say,

00:10:40.640 we're just looking for ways

00:10:42.740 to deal with our stress.

00:10:44.940 Missy says,

00:10:45.460 stress?

00:10:46.480 What stress?

00:10:47.200 We're just sat here

00:10:48.140 with a camera,

00:10:49.400 not really even bothering you at all.

00:10:51.540 They turn the speaker off

00:10:52.420 for just a second.

00:10:53.120 I get back in front of the camera,

00:10:55.380 hoping to knock it out,

00:10:56.340 be done.

00:10:56.960 I start to talk into the camera.

00:10:58.360 The librarians behind the desk

00:11:00.040 begin screaming,

00:11:01.500 laughing so loudly.

00:11:03.740 They pick up a book

00:11:04.640 and drop it on the floor,

00:11:06.100 stomping their feet.

00:11:07.320 Blatantly disrespectful.

00:11:09.180 And I've never been very good

00:11:10.520 at mincing my words.

00:11:12.460 I've got a video of it.

00:11:13.280 Watch it here.

00:11:13.780 It doesn't have to be stressful.

00:11:15.920 Trying to stand back

00:11:16.680 and just roll onto it

00:11:18.140 as soon as you're ready.

00:11:19.340 Okay.

00:11:20.360 Succeed.

00:11:21.580 I found that most competitors

00:11:23.040 are too scared to switch out

00:11:24.460 because...

00:11:25.920 Okay.

00:11:28.060 This is just immature.

00:11:30.900 And it's honestly

00:11:31.940 extremely disrespectful.

00:11:33.840 Yeah, it is.

00:11:34.760 Like, you guys are old enough

00:11:36.320 to know that that is, like,

00:11:37.720 extremely disrespectful.

00:11:38.560 Yes.

00:11:38.780 Like, to slam your feet

00:11:41.900 or books or whatever

00:11:42.720 on the ground, 0.94

00:11:43.680 that's pretty ridiculous. 0.92

00:11:46.040 We have 60 more seconds 0.92

00:11:47.460 and that's all

00:11:48.120 that we have to do, guys.

00:11:50.080 And it would be made quicker

00:11:51.360 if we weren't slamming books

00:11:52.700 and stomping our feet.

00:11:53.800 All right.

00:11:54.220 I want to do it.

00:11:54.700 How sad is it

00:11:55.480 when the 22-year-old

00:11:56.480 has to be the one

00:11:57.100 to tell a bunch

00:11:58.320 of grown adults

00:11:59.140 who are at their job

00:12:00.520 working to be mature,

00:12:02.620 to be respectful,

00:12:03.860 that their actions 0.98

00:12:04.760 were totally ridiculous? 0.99

00:12:06.340 You can hear the one woman 0.99

00:12:07.460 who was totally

00:12:08.480 on board

00:12:09.580 with everything

00:12:10.180 that I was saying.

00:12:10.980 She also recognized

00:12:12.620 how insanely disrespectful

00:12:14.360 the rest of the library staff

00:12:15.800 was being.

00:12:16.640 You can hear her saying,

00:12:17.560 yeah, I agree with you.

00:12:18.640 This is crazy.

00:12:19.540 I've got a quote

00:12:19.940 from Brave Books here.

00:12:21.040 They said,

00:12:21.460 the library staff

00:12:22.340 treated us terribly,

00:12:23.780 unfortunately.

00:12:24.840 And then I have a quote

00:12:25.440 from Missy Robertson.

00:12:26.620 She said,

00:12:26.980 not only were they rude to us,

00:12:28.700 they were super rude

00:12:29.720 to their entire community

00:12:30.740 that lived there

00:12:31.340 in Hendersonville, Tennessee,

00:12:32.400 because that is

00:12:33.020 a public library

00:12:33.960 and they could have invited

00:12:34.960 all those people

00:12:36.000 who were standing in the rain

00:12:36.980 to come in

00:12:37.540 and form lines

00:12:38.260 inside the library,

00:12:39.640 down the aisles,

00:12:40.500 sit on the ground.

00:12:41.160 Robertson said,

00:12:41.840 we weren't even reading

00:12:42.760 in the library part.

00:12:43.740 We were down the hall

00:12:44.520 in a conference room.

00:12:45.760 They wouldn't let them in.

00:12:47.040 They made them stand outside

00:12:48.100 in the freezing cold

00:12:49.020 with their children

00:12:49.660 in the rain.

00:12:50.600 Total rudeness to me.

00:12:51.900 And that's a good point.

00:12:52.980 But this broke my heart.

00:12:54.100 Again,

00:12:54.360 as a Hendersonville native,

00:12:56.800 as someone who takes

00:12:57.740 so much pride

00:12:58.620 in their community

00:12:59.460 and where they grew up

00:13:00.580 and where they are from,

00:13:01.660 this is my home.

00:13:03.120 And to see

00:13:03.860 people that I know,

00:13:05.360 people that I love,

00:13:06.560 teachers in the district,

00:13:07.520 parents that I know,

00:13:09.100 young kids that I coached

00:13:10.340 in swimming,

00:13:10.680 to see them treated

00:13:11.920 in this way,

00:13:13.340 it broke my heart.

00:13:14.320 This behavior that we saw

00:13:15.340 from the library staff

00:13:16.600 was not indicative at all

00:13:18.440 of the community

00:13:19.500 that I know and love.

00:13:20.720 Not an accurate representation.

00:13:22.380 If you're watching online

00:13:23.180 at youtube.com

00:13:24.080 slash Outkick,

00:13:24.940 which I hope you are,

00:13:25.820 I'm going to insert

00:13:26.600 some pictures

00:13:27.120 of what the event

00:13:27.960 ended up looking like.

00:13:28.960 How many kids

00:13:29.680 showed up to be there

00:13:31.060 to listen to these stories.

00:13:32.400 It was really incredible.

00:13:33.380 Look at this.

00:13:35.420 You can see Kirk.

00:13:36.340 He's standing there

00:13:37.360 in front of,

00:13:38.380 I mean, gosh,

00:13:39.160 hundreds of kids.

00:13:39.900 And there's more

00:13:40.400 on the other side.

00:13:41.080 It was really awesome.

00:13:42.120 But again,

00:13:42.460 I share this experience

00:13:43.960 to really,

00:13:45.240 I guess,

00:13:46.060 explain what lit

00:13:47.560 a match under me.

00:13:49.420 What this did

00:13:50.020 is it exposed,

00:13:51.740 again,

00:13:52.760 to someone who

00:13:53.520 would describe themselves

00:13:54.800 as relatively naive.

00:13:56.440 I want to give everyone

00:13:57.720 the benefit

00:13:58.260 of the doubt.

00:13:59.260 It exposed

00:14:00.120 the nefarious

00:14:01.540 stranglehold

00:14:03.100 that the progressive

00:14:03.940 liberal hyper-sexualized

00:14:05.700 culture had,

00:14:06.700 I think especially

00:14:07.400 on our libraries,

00:14:08.560 as well as how

00:14:10.180 the rhinos

00:14:11.220 were not willing

00:14:12.380 to confront it.

00:14:13.300 And they actively

00:14:14.160 participated with

00:14:15.340 the progressive liberals

00:14:16.460 to specifically vilify,

00:14:19.100 defame,

00:14:20.260 attack, 0.99

00:14:20.940 and destroy people 0.99

00:14:22.000 who have values 0.93

00:14:23.100 like me.

00:14:24.120 I still feel confident

00:14:24.900 in saying that I come

00:14:25.780 from a pretty conservative

00:14:26.960 town because when

00:14:27.800 the community

00:14:28.560 heard about

00:14:29.780 the treatment

00:14:30.640 that Kirk Cameron

00:14:31.480 and myself

00:14:32.060 and Missy Robertson

00:14:33.060 and the kids

00:14:34.220 and families

00:14:34.880 who were there

00:14:35.380 to attend the event

00:14:36.680 were met with,

00:14:38.220 they were furious.

00:14:39.700 And this had gone

00:14:40.200 national at this point.

00:14:41.320 Fox News did many

00:14:42.180 articles on it.

00:14:42.880 I'll insert one of the

00:14:43.760 articles they did here.

00:14:45.200 My community was

00:14:45.940 very frustrated.

00:14:47.280 So what did they do?

00:14:48.420 They went to Facebook again.

00:14:50.460 Facebook is like

00:14:51.160 where everything goes down,

00:14:52.540 I've realized.

00:14:53.320 They went to Facebook

00:14:53.960 to express their frustrations

00:14:55.700 about the library board

00:14:57.820 and specifically

00:14:58.760 the Hendersonville

00:14:59.640 Public Library

00:15:00.520 director.

00:15:01.300 Parents were attending

00:15:02.340 these library board meetings.

00:15:04.600 The pressure stayed on

00:15:05.760 so much so

00:15:06.440 that the library director

00:15:07.780 ended up losing his job.

00:15:10.180 And wouldn't you know

00:15:10.960 he was one of those

00:15:11.620 California implants.

00:15:12.900 But again,

00:15:13.140 that was 2023.

00:15:14.320 Fast forward to 2025.

00:15:16.820 What really caught my eye

00:15:18.200 in the past few weeks,

00:15:19.440 as you guys know,

00:15:20.420 it's been seven weeks

00:15:21.540 since the political

00:15:22.660 assassination

00:15:23.240 of Charlie Kirk.

00:15:24.740 One of the brightest,

00:15:25.800 most persuasive,

00:15:27.160 most faithful minds

00:15:28.560 of our time.

00:15:29.460 My county and the school system

00:15:30.620 chose to institute

00:15:31.580 October 14th,

00:15:32.980 which of course

00:15:33.520 is Charlie Kirk's birthday,

00:15:34.680 as Charlie Kirk Day.

00:15:37.700 This didn't mean a whole lot

00:15:38.880 for the students necessarily,

00:15:40.440 but just a day

00:15:41.340 to honor Charlie Kirk,

00:15:42.800 the life that he lived,

00:15:44.400 again,

00:15:44.620 how prematurely

00:15:45.800 and tragically

00:15:46.560 his life was taken from him.

00:15:48.340 And I think most importantly,

00:15:49.700 the methods of which

00:15:51.000 he communicated

00:15:52.200 with other people.

00:15:53.120 So the county commissioners

00:15:54.300 voted on this.

00:15:55.120 And I was drawn

00:15:56.540 to this topic,

00:15:57.580 again,

00:15:57.900 on Facebook,

00:15:58.800 because I saw

00:15:59.500 one of the commissioners

00:16:00.400 who voted yes initially

00:16:01.700 expressing on Facebook

00:16:03.280 how ultimately

00:16:04.040 he regretted his vote.

00:16:05.840 Now,

00:16:06.000 this Facebook post

00:16:06.700 wasn't just about

00:16:07.500 how he regretted his vote

00:16:08.460 for Charlie Kirk Day.

00:16:09.480 It was also about

00:16:10.380 how he wanted

00:16:10.940 to change Christmas break

00:16:12.200 in the county school system

00:16:13.400 to winter break.

00:16:14.620 Let me read you

00:16:15.100 some of his posts.

00:16:15.760 He says,

00:16:16.000 one personal note.

00:16:17.180 After many conversations

00:16:18.300 and research,

00:16:19.260 I will be asking

00:16:19.980 to change Christmas break

00:16:21.360 back to winter break.

00:16:22.880 The reality is that

00:16:23.860 while most call it

00:16:24.680 Christmas break,

00:16:25.380 we have other holidays

00:16:26.380 and families to think about.

00:16:28.040 By making this change

00:16:28.940 last year,

00:16:29.440 we did not serve

00:16:30.360 all of our families

00:16:31.420 and students.

00:16:32.980 Now,

00:16:33.200 this seems like

00:16:33.860 such a mundane,

00:16:35.580 nonsensical thing,

00:16:37.040 right?

00:16:37.220 Who would really be outraged?

00:16:38.780 Winter break,

00:16:39.300 Christmas break,

00:16:40.140 they're interchangeable,

00:16:40.900 right?

00:16:41.460 No,

00:16:41.840 this is not done

00:16:42.860 without purpose.

00:16:43.920 If you've learned

00:16:44.760 anything over

00:16:45.500 these past few years,

00:16:46.780 it's that the left,

00:16:48.080 or in this case,

00:16:49.120 these woke rhinos,

00:16:50.400 attempt to move

00:16:51.380 the goalposts

00:16:52.360 as much as they can.

00:16:53.740 It's done slowly,

00:16:54.960 but it's done purposefully.

00:16:56.540 We live in a Christian nation

00:16:58.180 founded on Christian principles.

00:17:00.900 The days of being ashamed

00:17:02.920 of our culture

00:17:03.880 and traditions

00:17:04.540 and our faith

00:17:05.440 and our morality

00:17:06.220 and our ethics

00:17:07.000 are over.

00:17:08.300 How many people,

00:17:09.640 how many good people

00:17:11.020 of good will

00:17:12.140 are harmed

00:17:12.800 by the words

00:17:13.660 Christmas break?

00:17:15.880 Zero.

00:17:16.440 So this discourse

00:17:17.420 on Facebook

00:17:18.080 and the votes

00:17:18.780 that were happening

00:17:19.420 caught my attention

00:17:20.440 last week.

00:17:21.760 So I began to look

00:17:22.680 more deeply

00:17:23.420 into what was going on

00:17:24.560 in my county

00:17:25.140 and in my area.

00:17:26.360 And that's when I found

00:17:27.620 the library books.

00:17:29.560 You know the ones.

00:17:30.880 They're the pornographic ones.

00:17:32.420 I mean,

00:17:32.640 let's call it what it is.

00:17:33.880 These are pornographic books

00:17:35.400 that are being put

00:17:36.560 in front of

00:17:37.480 and made easily accessible

00:17:38.980 to children.

00:17:40.400 They contain nudity.

00:17:41.460 They contain expletives.

00:17:42.760 They contain graphic

00:17:44.100 photos and visuals.

00:17:45.580 They contain confusing ideology

00:17:47.940 meant to sway young kids

00:17:49.720 from believing

00:17:50.380 that God created them

00:17:51.580 intentionally and uniquely

00:17:52.940 in His perfect image

00:17:54.860 by purpose

00:17:55.820 and with purpose.

00:17:57.100 I've inserted a couple pictures

00:17:58.160 of the books

00:17:58.900 that we have found

00:17:59.660 in the libraries

00:18:00.540 in my county.

00:18:02.320 So what did I do?

00:18:03.520 I went to X

00:18:04.440 to talk about this

00:18:05.640 as I do.

00:18:06.920 And this post I put on X

00:18:08.180 stirred up a lot of conversation

00:18:09.860 in my town.

00:18:11.480 Parents were made aware

00:18:12.240 of something

00:18:12.600 that they had no idea

00:18:13.760 was going on.

00:18:14.720 They were made aware

00:18:15.340 of votes

00:18:15.820 they had no idea

00:18:17.200 were happening.

00:18:18.860 And they were made aware

00:18:19.840 of rhinos

00:18:21.140 who were filling

00:18:21.900 these library board positions.

00:18:23.940 Again,

00:18:24.220 in full transparency,

00:18:25.260 I wasn't someone

00:18:25.940 who necessarily

00:18:26.760 kept up with

00:18:27.600 every move

00:18:28.320 and every meeting

00:18:29.220 that my library board

00:18:30.780 in my county

00:18:31.520 was having.

00:18:32.380 After posting this on X

00:18:33.320 and having conversations

00:18:34.160 with people

00:18:34.660 who were aware

00:18:35.500 of what was going on locally,

00:18:36.960 I found out

00:18:37.600 that there are currently

00:18:38.400 nine positions

00:18:39.280 on the library board.

00:18:41.020 One of those seats

00:18:41.920 has been empty

00:18:42.920 for several months.

00:18:44.400 The commission

00:18:45.060 and the committee

00:18:45.740 on committees

00:18:46.460 refused to fill

00:18:48.240 this seat.

00:18:48.980 So that means

00:18:49.460 there were only

00:18:50.000 eight people

00:18:50.720 on this library board.

00:18:52.040 Of these eight,

00:18:53.320 there were four

00:18:54.200 who were conservative

00:18:55.460 and four

00:18:56.760 who were non-conservative.

00:18:59.220 Again,

00:18:59.680 these non-conservatives

00:19:01.020 were technically

00:19:02.100 Republicans

00:19:03.240 or people

00:19:04.300 who have

00:19:04.880 and are

00:19:05.360 by their name.

00:19:06.720 But again,

00:19:07.720 in this case,

00:19:08.500 they are total rhinos

00:19:09.720 or people,

00:19:10.260 at least as it pertains

00:19:11.420 to this policy

00:19:12.180 and putting these books

00:19:13.040 in these libraries,

00:19:14.360 people who were

00:19:14.860 just totally unconcerned

00:19:16.440 with the transgender

00:19:17.700 ideology 0.80

00:19:18.900 and how it's harming children.

00:19:20.540 I found out

00:19:21.600 that they have not met

00:19:23.380 this library board

00:19:24.500 had it met

00:19:25.120 since February

00:19:26.300 of 2025,

00:19:28.160 meaning

00:19:28.420 they hadn't met

00:19:29.300 for eight months

00:19:30.940 because

00:19:31.420 if they were to show up

00:19:33.260 to a meeting,

00:19:33.860 then they would be forced

00:19:35.040 to vote

00:19:36.000 either for

00:19:36.880 or against

00:19:38.080 a policy

00:19:38.940 that removes

00:19:40.120 these books

00:19:40.900 from the children's section

00:19:42.760 following both

00:19:43.980 state and federal law.

00:19:46.460 Again,

00:19:47.200 they don't want

00:19:48.180 to go on record

00:19:49.200 voting no,

00:19:50.280 that's for sure.

00:19:51.280 It would ruin

00:19:51.940 their reputation.

00:19:53.120 So what do they do?

00:19:54.060 This is why

00:19:54.620 they're always absent

00:19:55.920 from the meetings.

00:19:57.340 They were waiting

00:19:58.120 until the chairman

00:19:58.900 or the chairwoman, 0.97

00:20:00.100 whose name is Joanna Daniels,

00:20:01.280 who has been awesome,

00:20:02.600 by the way,

00:20:03.580 they were waiting

00:20:04.180 for her term

00:20:04.920 to be up

00:20:05.560 this November.

00:20:06.480 They wanted to reduce

00:20:07.660 the number

00:20:08.120 of board members

00:20:09.120 to seven,

00:20:10.380 which would ultimately

00:20:11.280 give the non-conservative

00:20:12.920 members the majority

00:20:14.220 making this policy

00:20:15.760 go away

00:20:16.380 never to be voted on.

00:20:17.820 Again,

00:20:18.400 very,

00:20:19.000 very strategic,

00:20:20.000 isn't it?

00:20:20.300 It was Commissioner

00:20:20.980 Shannon Bergdorf,

00:20:22.340 who is also on

00:20:23.060 the library board,

00:20:24.060 who brought the resolution

00:20:25.400 to decrease

00:20:26.260 the size

00:20:27.040 of the board,

00:20:27.920 which again

00:20:28.280 would give the majority

00:20:29.120 to the progressives

00:20:30.080 and eliminate the policy

00:20:31.320 to protect children

00:20:32.820 from this poisonous 1.00

00:20:33.820 transgender ideology. 0.99

00:20:35.180 It was a personal attack,

00:20:37.420 Shannon Bergdorf's decision,

00:20:39.500 against the library board

00:20:40.980 chairman,

00:20:41.760 chairwoman Joanna Daniels,

00:20:43.340 who created this policy

00:20:44.880 to remove these books.

00:20:46.180 Again,

00:20:46.420 she has been stonewalled,

00:20:48.100 total stalemate

00:20:49.060 since February

00:20:50.000 of this year.

00:20:50.820 So what these libraries

00:20:51.580 are doing,

00:20:52.320 actually,

00:20:52.740 they're directly

00:20:53.880 in conflict

00:20:55.320 with both state

00:20:56.460 and federal law.

00:20:57.580 So they had a meeting

00:20:58.220 last Monday,

00:20:59.000 and because of the discourse

00:21:00.280 on X,

00:21:01.220 the books in the library,

00:21:02.560 keeping the board

00:21:03.180 at nine,

00:21:03.860 and the new appointments

00:21:05.060 were the big agenda items

00:21:07.360 for this meeting.

00:21:08.840 And as you could

00:21:09.560 probably imagine,

00:21:10.480 a large number

00:21:11.300 of the community

00:21:12.120 showed up,

00:21:12.860 many pastors too,

00:21:13.940 which I find

00:21:14.380 to be incredible.

00:21:15.740 The community members

00:21:16.760 stayed until after midnight

00:21:18.960 to hear the votes.

00:21:20.360 This ended up being

00:21:21.280 a four-hour fight

00:21:23.880 that went on

00:21:24.520 until nearly one

00:21:25.540 in the morning.

00:21:26.140 At the end

00:21:26.660 of this four-hour fight

00:21:27.840 is when they decided

00:21:28.960 on who the newly

00:21:29.980 appointed library board

00:21:31.600 members would be.

00:21:32.660 I was nominated,

00:21:34.060 and then I was voted in.

00:21:35.460 But again,

00:21:36.120 there were several

00:21:37.020 with R's by their name

00:21:38.880 who voted

00:21:39.740 against my appointment.

00:21:41.720 Two were brave enough

00:21:43.200 to say a no vote

00:21:45.060 until it showed up

00:21:46.060 on the big screen,

00:21:47.420 removing any sort

00:21:48.460 of animosity.

00:21:49.480 But there were several

00:21:50.240 who voted against me,

00:21:51.460 but ultimately

00:21:51.980 switched their vote

00:21:52.800 at the end

00:21:53.440 to attempt

00:21:54.200 to stay undercover.

00:21:55.420 Again,

00:21:55.760 very strategic.

00:21:56.580 They know what

00:21:57.100 they have to do

00:21:57.860 to continue

00:21:58.680 to be elected.

00:21:59.700 And before we get

00:22:00.300 into the response

00:22:01.020 that we have seen

00:22:02.080 following this appointment,

00:22:03.460 I just want to make it

00:22:04.320 very, very clear.

00:22:05.120 I think this needs

00:22:05.720 to be emphasized.

00:22:07.240 People like Shannon Bergdorf,

00:22:08.740 again,

00:22:09.240 a Republican,

00:22:11.060 Republican,

00:22:12.080 who is on the library board

00:22:13.800 bringing forward

00:22:14.960 resolutions

00:22:16.020 at the county commission

00:22:17.520 that affect the library board

00:22:18.940 should be viewed

00:22:19.580 as a total

00:22:20.340 conflict of interest.

00:22:22.280 Commissioner Bergdorf,

00:22:23.820 what she did

00:22:24.400 is disrespect

00:22:25.180 members of the library board

00:22:27.280 because she never

00:22:27.960 brought this resolution

00:22:28.960 that would have

00:22:29.920 directly affected

00:22:30.780 the number

00:22:31.460 of library board

00:22:32.540 members before

00:22:33.420 the library board

00:22:34.360 to get their opinion

00:22:35.640 on whether or not

00:22:36.620 they feel as if

00:22:37.260 the board should be

00:22:37.880 reduced to seven.

00:22:39.640 This was personal.

00:22:40.520 It was personal

00:22:41.020 against the current,

00:22:42.280 or I guess at this point,

00:22:43.240 the former chairwoman,

00:22:44.500 Joanna Daniels.

00:22:46.020 Also,

00:22:46.680 her voting as a commissioner

00:22:47.880 on anything

00:22:48.640 that has anything

00:22:49.680 to do with the library board

00:22:50.940 business

00:22:51.540 is a total conflict

00:22:52.960 of interest.

00:22:53.820 As I said earlier

00:22:54.700 in the episode,

00:22:55.400 I had no idea

00:22:56.140 that the library board

00:22:57.500 position was as contentious

00:22:58.920 or controversial

00:22:59.680 or sought after

00:23:00.560 as it's proven itself

00:23:01.720 to be.

00:23:02.300 I've gone out to eat

00:23:03.180 several times

00:23:03.960 over the past week

00:23:04.780 or so,

00:23:05.560 and people have stopped me.

00:23:07.080 Like,

00:23:07.180 probably close to 15,

00:23:08.620 20 people

00:23:09.220 have stopped me

00:23:10.040 and said,

00:23:10.640 congratulations

00:23:11.140 on your appointment

00:23:12.780 to being

00:23:13.460 on the library board.

00:23:14.960 All the while,

00:23:15.540 I've got our baby's car seat

00:23:16.940 in the other hand.

00:23:17.700 They're not telling me

00:23:18.280 congratulations

00:23:18.860 on becoming a mother.

00:23:20.120 No,

00:23:20.320 it's congratulations

00:23:21.100 on the library board appointment.

00:23:22.620 But not everyone

00:23:23.240 was excited

00:23:23.780 about my appointment.

00:23:25.000 Let me read you

00:23:25.520 this email

00:23:26.020 that was sent

00:23:26.540 by Megan Breenig,

00:23:27.720 who is a county commissioner

00:23:29.160 to the rest

00:23:29.800 of the county commissioners.

00:23:31.280 The subject line

00:23:32.260 is reckless

00:23:33.120 library board appointment.

00:23:35.020 It says,

00:23:36.100 Dear commissioners,

00:23:37.260 I am deeply disappointed

00:23:38.520 in your decision

00:23:39.240 to move forward

00:23:39.980 with this appointment

00:23:40.720 without apparent consideration

00:23:41.920 for the damage

00:23:42.920 it will cause

00:23:43.520 to our community

00:23:44.220 and to the reputation

00:23:45.400 of our public institutions.

00:23:47.140 It is clear

00:23:47.580 that this body

00:23:48.200 did not think

00:23:48.820 through the consequences

00:23:49.640 of appointing

00:23:50.260 a public figure

00:23:51.000 like Riley Gaines

00:23:51.900 to the library board

00:23:52.780 or the impact

00:23:53.820 it will have

00:23:54.360 on the board's ability

00:23:55.200 to function effectively.

00:23:56.980 The library board's work

00:23:57.940 depends on collaboration,

00:23:59.240 neutrality,

00:23:59.680 and focus on community service.

00:24:01.640 Instead,

00:24:02.440 you've introduced

00:24:03.020 a political lightning rod

00:24:04.260 whose presence

00:24:04.940 will inevitably shift attention

00:24:06.340 away from the library's mission

00:24:07.760 and toward controversy

00:24:08.780 and division.

00:24:09.700 I kind of like being called

00:24:10.660 a political lightning rod.

00:24:12.900 Recent weeks

00:24:13.660 have already shown

00:24:14.200 how little gets accomplished

00:24:15.180 when attention seekers

00:24:16.500 are given leadership roles.

00:24:18.480 You surely remember

00:24:19.280 the chaos and hostility

00:24:20.420 that erupted

00:24:21.000 the last time

00:24:21.720 Miss Gaines involved herself

00:24:22.860 in the library system.

00:24:24.380 Her visit triggered

00:24:25.240 a national media circus,

00:24:27.120 the unfair firing

00:24:28.160 of a good man

00:24:29.080 and even bomb threats

00:24:30.240 against the Hendersonville Library.

00:24:32.100 That was a dark

00:24:32.840 and ugly time

00:24:33.500 in this county

00:24:34.140 when we should be

00:24:35.120 learning from,

00:24:35.960 not repeating.

00:24:37.140 Miss Gaines has

00:24:37.660 repeatedly demonstrated

00:24:38.620 that she uses her platform

00:24:39.840 on X as a weapon.

00:24:41.180 Heck yes, I do.

00:24:42.380 She attacks members 0.98

00:24:43.060 of our community

00:24:43.720 with no regard

00:24:44.580 for the truth

00:24:45.240 or for the safety

00:24:46.280 of those she targets.

00:24:47.920 Funny she mentions

00:24:48.640 the word truth here

00:24:49.420 because I would be

00:24:50.180 willing to bet

00:24:51.200 this woman believes

00:24:52.360 that men can become women.

00:24:53.920 She goes on to say,

00:24:54.880 appointing someone

00:24:55.560 who thrives on divisiveness

00:24:56.920 to a position

00:24:57.620 meant to serve all residents

00:24:59.100 is both reckless

00:24:59.980 and beneath the position

00:25:01.120 of leadership

00:25:01.580 that you hold.

00:25:02.460 Did any of you

00:25:03.060 even confirm

00:25:03.720 that Miss Gaines

00:25:04.300 currently resides

00:25:05.160 in Sumner County?

00:25:06.180 I never heard

00:25:06.760 this question last night

00:25:07.860 or was this decision

00:25:09.000 made without due diligence

00:25:10.360 and without any effort

00:25:11.740 to seek input

00:25:12.400 from the public

00:25:13.060 you are meant

00:25:13.660 to represent?

00:25:15.200 During that discussion,

00:25:16.280 I did not hear

00:25:16.760 any qualifications

00:25:17.540 presented that relate

00:25:18.820 to the actual

00:25:19.540 responsibilities

00:25:20.380 of a library board member.

00:25:23.080 I don't know

00:25:23.460 what the qualifications

00:25:24.400 necessarily are

00:25:25.720 but I can guarantee

00:25:26.740 you that I possess them.

00:25:28.500 This appointment

00:25:29.200 was thoughtless

00:25:29.920 and politically motivated

00:25:30.980 not community minded.

00:25:32.480 You have handed

00:25:33.000 a powerful position

00:25:34.200 to someone

00:25:35.040 who has already

00:25:35.800 harmed our county's

00:25:37.120 image

00:25:37.580 and put residents

00:25:38.960 at risk.

00:25:39.920 The citizens

00:25:40.580 of Sumner County

00:25:41.440 deserve better than this.

00:25:42.760 Well, let me clear

00:25:43.320 one thing up.

00:25:44.480 She says,

00:25:45.020 did anyone even confirm

00:25:46.280 that Miss Gaines

00:25:47.120 lives in Sumner County?

00:25:48.300 Yes, I live

00:25:49.960 in Sumner County.

00:25:50.960 I'm very proud

00:25:51.780 to live

00:25:52.460 in Sumner County.

00:25:53.820 That email

00:25:54.500 that I just read,

00:25:55.880 let me remind you

00:25:56.940 that was by

00:25:58.100 written

00:25:58.700 and sent

00:25:59.640 by a woman

00:26:00.680 who claims

00:26:01.480 to be a Republican.

00:26:03.160 Remember how

00:26:03.580 I was just telling you

00:26:04.340 they wanted to change

00:26:05.000 Christmas break

00:26:05.780 back to winter break

00:26:07.000 for the county

00:26:07.700 and the school systems?

00:26:09.040 Well, Megan

00:26:09.400 was of course

00:26:10.320 one of the ones

00:26:11.500 who voted

00:26:11.960 in favor

00:26:12.740 of this change.

00:26:14.020 Listen to her comments here.

00:26:15.040 As a person of faith,

00:26:16.900 I think it is really important

00:26:17.920 for us to recognize

00:26:18.600 that when a public school

00:26:19.480 puts the word

00:26:20.320 Christmas break

00:26:21.000 on our calendar,

00:26:21.900 we actually take something

00:26:22.880 that is spiritual

00:26:23.640 and sacred

00:26:24.600 and we make it secular.

00:26:26.200 That's why we're legally

00:26:26.900 allowed to do it

00:26:27.460 because it makes it secular.

00:26:28.660 At the same time,

00:26:29.440 I have many neighbors

00:26:30.240 who do not celebrate Christmas,

00:26:31.800 including Christians

00:26:32.620 who choose not to celebrate

00:26:33.680 Christmas for its pagan roots.

00:26:35.900 There's history there

00:26:37.240 that Christians choose 0.92

00:26:38.920 not to celebrate

00:26:39.480 or they choose

00:26:40.220 to celebrate in September.

00:26:41.100 When we use that word,

00:26:45.540 it can make those families

00:26:46.900 feel invisible

00:26:47.860 or unseen

00:26:48.960 in the very schools

00:26:49.740 that their children attend

00:26:50.600 and I want us to challenge

00:26:53.240 artists doing that

00:26:54.100 for the children.

00:26:55.660 In John 13, 35,

00:26:57.460 Jesus said,

00:26:58.200 everyone will know you

00:26:58.840 as my disciples

00:26:59.440 if you love one another.

00:27:01.580 I want to challenge

00:27:02.220 each of us.

00:27:03.400 At the end of the day,

00:27:04.460 what matters

00:27:04.960 is that we love

00:27:05.500 each other well.

00:27:06.780 I will love you well

00:27:07.780 and I'm asking you

00:27:09.160 as a Christian,

00:27:09.620 speaking specifically

00:27:10.960 to Christians

00:27:11.360 to do that same thing.

00:27:12.940 Paul talks in the Corinthians

00:27:14.840 about not judging

00:27:15.920 the people

00:27:16.420 who are not in the faith

00:27:18.260 and so let's make sure

00:27:19.820 that when we're having

00:27:20.740 these conversations,

00:27:21.840 it is not our job

00:27:22.840 to dictate

00:27:23.680 to our whole community

00:27:26.020 what a two-week period

00:27:28.460 should be called

00:27:29.020 from a faith-based standpoint.

00:27:32.020 Choosing to consider

00:27:33.340 winter break

00:27:33.960 over Christmas break

00:27:34.780 is not about erasing faith.

00:27:36.840 It's not about

00:27:37.680 taking Jesus out of the season.

00:27:38.800 In fact,

00:27:39.880 I would challenge you

00:27:40.500 to say that it's the opposite.

00:27:41.780 Who needs Democrats

00:27:42.760 when you have Republicans

00:27:43.940 like Meghan?

00:27:45.260 Now let's read

00:27:45.720 some of the Facebook comments.

00:27:47.380 If you are bored,

00:27:49.520 if you're in need

00:27:50.220 of entertainment,

00:27:50.980 if you're on maternity leave,

00:27:52.640 go to Facebook

00:27:53.220 and read the comments.

00:27:54.940 Under virtually any post,

00:27:56.220 it doesn't even matter

00:27:56.900 what the post is about.

00:27:58.320 Political,

00:27:59.500 apolitical,

00:28:00.220 does not matter.

00:28:01.060 Go read the Facebook comments

00:28:02.640 because this is where

00:28:04.780 the keyboard warriors

00:28:06.360 come out to play.

00:28:09.180 I mean,

00:28:09.620 it is filled

00:28:10.620 with boomers 0.93

00:28:11.960 who have nothing better

00:28:13.040 to do with their life

00:28:14.080 than comment

00:28:15.560 on people's Facebook posts.

00:28:17.700 So let's just read

00:28:18.480 a few of these.

00:28:19.680 Some of my favorites.

00:28:20.920 This person says,

00:28:21.980 she had to be appointed

00:28:23.000 because if she ran 0.75

00:28:23.980 for that spot,

00:28:24.660 she'd finish fifth.

00:28:26.100 Ha ha.

00:28:27.480 The chick who tied 0.98

00:28:28.540 for fifth,

00:28:29.420 mind you,

00:28:29.860 oh,

00:28:30.060 like fifth place

00:28:30.860 Riley Gaines.

00:28:32.180 Again,

00:28:32.540 this is hilarious to me

00:28:33.580 because this is coming

00:28:34.340 from people

00:28:34.760 who have probably

00:28:35.620 never played a sport

00:28:37.120 in their entire life.

00:28:38.780 Never mind

00:28:39.320 at the national level.

00:28:41.280 Okay,

00:28:41.640 so I guess that's an attempt

00:28:42.540 to make jokes

00:28:43.140 of my athleticism

00:28:44.480 or my athletic career.

00:28:45.700 This person says,

00:28:46.480 she'll ban books. 0.99

00:28:47.580 This guy says,

00:28:48.360 I bet she can list

00:28:49.200 the books

00:28:49.560 that she's read

00:28:50.160 on one hand.

00:28:51.180 No,

00:28:51.440 sorry,

00:28:52.160 Joe Smotherman.

00:28:53.880 That's literally his name.

00:28:55.640 Actually,

00:28:56.100 I'm still learning

00:28:56.680 my ABCs.

00:28:57.680 This person says,

00:28:58.420 with no experience

00:28:59.260 at library administration,

00:29:00.800 right?

00:29:01.120 Does she even know

00:29:01.860 what a library even is?

00:29:03.600 It's not a coffee shop princess.

00:29:05.940 Second place fill-in,

00:29:07.040 better than her former

00:29:07.980 fifth place career best,

00:29:09.600 I guess.

00:29:10.540 Well,

00:29:10.760 if that ain't a DEI hire

00:29:12.600 if I've ever seen one.

00:29:14.260 This person says,

00:29:15.040 maybe there needs

00:29:15.680 to be a rule

00:29:16.360 where to qualify

00:29:17.220 for library board

00:29:18.240 that you actually

00:29:19.020 have to have a master's

00:29:20.400 in library science

00:29:21.600 or at least meddle

00:29:22.880 without blaming

00:29:23.600 your life's problems

00:29:24.620 on people different from you.

00:29:26.440 I guess I gotta make time

00:29:28.340 to go to a library board meeting.

00:29:29.900 Please,

00:29:30.260 Serena,

00:29:30.840 please come to a library board meeting

00:29:32.440 because you will find me there,

00:29:34.560 which I'm assuming

00:29:35.540 is your intention

00:29:36.660 to come and protest

00:29:38.260 or picket

00:29:38.980 or whatever you want to do.

00:29:40.500 Please,

00:29:40.980 I beg you to participate

00:29:42.420 and be involved

00:29:43.580 in your community.

00:29:44.660 I hope that's a promise,

00:29:45.740 not a threat.

00:29:46.800 This person says,

00:29:47.760 what a joke.

00:29:48.480 This person says,

00:29:49.260 thought they were against

00:29:50.140 DEI hires.

00:29:51.400 This one says,

00:29:51.940 the definition

00:29:52.560 of a DEI hire.

00:29:54.340 DEI,

00:29:54.940 diversity,

00:29:55.500 equity,

00:29:55.720 inclusion,

00:29:56.300 what qualifies me

00:29:57.560 to fit that bill?

00:29:59.980 I'm assuming

00:30:00.540 they're saying it

00:30:01.900 because I'm a woman.

00:30:03.180 Well,

00:30:03.300 let me tell you,

00:30:03.920 I would fit that bill

00:30:04.840 if I was solely appointed

00:30:07.440 to that library board

00:30:08.840 because I was a woman,

00:30:10.540 which is not the case.

00:30:11.680 I happen to be a woman,

00:30:13.540 but I wasn't appointed

00:30:14.700 to the board

00:30:15.600 because I am a woman.

00:30:16.840 That's the difference.

00:30:17.760 Are they calling

00:30:18.240 Shannon Bergdorf

00:30:19.280 a DEI hire?

00:30:20.640 Are they calling Megan,

00:30:22.120 the girl I just clipped,

00:30:23.160 the videos that I inserted,

00:30:24.640 are they calling her

00:30:25.480 a DEI hire?

00:30:26.940 No,

00:30:27.680 only me.

00:30:28.420 Only when it fits the narrative. 0.97

00:30:29.800 These dunces 0.77

00:30:30.420 can't help but show 1.00

00:30:31.200 their misogyny

00:30:31.940 and really their contempt,

00:30:33.760 their disdain

00:30:34.740 for women,

00:30:35.820 especially conservative women. 1.00

00:30:38.100 Those are a few

00:30:38.640 of the negative,

00:30:39.480 but let me tell you,

00:30:40.540 the positive

00:30:41.260 outweighs the negative

00:30:42.800 tenfold.

00:30:44.040 There are thousands

00:30:44.880 and thousands

00:30:45.720 and thousands

00:30:46.620 of supportive comments

00:30:47.900 from parents

00:30:48.620 and people in the community.

00:30:49.860 This one says,

00:30:50.420 this is one small step

00:30:51.680 in taking the world

00:30:52.420 back from the grasp of evil.

00:30:53.800 I stand with Riley

00:30:54.780 and anyone else

00:30:55.480 should do the same

00:30:56.080 if they want

00:30:56.560 their children's eyes

00:30:57.280 protected from the evils

00:30:58.400 this world has produced.

00:31:00.340 This person said,

00:31:01.260 glad to see that moral values

00:31:02.600 of faith,

00:31:03.240 family,

00:31:03.620 and freedom

00:31:04.020 were upheld last night.

00:31:05.380 Fifty percent of our students

00:31:06.380 from grades three to eight

00:31:07.520 are below reading standards.

00:31:08.920 It's time to stand up

00:31:09.880 and speak for the rights

00:31:10.620 of our families

00:31:11.200 and American values.

00:31:12.260 This person says,

00:31:13.220 Megan does not represent

00:31:14.480 the Republican Party

00:31:15.500 whatsoever,

00:31:16.180 nor a decent human being.

00:31:17.700 Thankfully,

00:31:18.260 this is being exposed.

00:31:19.780 Riley is a true patriot,

00:31:20.800 a true parent,

00:31:22.040 which is still like

00:31:23.240 the most amazing thing to hear.

00:31:24.720 God-fearing

00:31:25.240 and protective of children.

00:31:26.500 This person says,

00:31:27.260 go Riley, 0.99

00:31:27.720 go continue to make

00:31:28.600 your hometown

00:31:29.160 and county proud

00:31:30.060 for standing up

00:31:30.740 for our children

00:31:31.200 and their rights

00:31:31.840 in this crazy world

00:31:32.640 that is trying

00:31:33.020 to take it away from them.

00:31:34.400 Great choice.

00:31:35.080 She will work hard

00:31:35.800 for Sumner County.

00:31:36.600 Yes, I will.

00:31:37.500 This person says,

00:31:38.180 on Fox all the time.

00:31:39.280 Love her.

00:31:39.660 What a mature,

00:31:40.180 intelligent young woman

00:31:40.980 who will make a difference.

00:31:41.980 This guy says,

00:31:42.500 I live in Sumner County.

00:31:43.400 My son is a junior

00:31:44.100 in high school here.

00:31:44.920 Thank you, Riley.

00:31:45.780 Very happy news.

00:31:46.780 Good for Sumner County families.

00:31:48.020 This person says,

00:31:49.020 thank you so much

00:31:49.480 for common sense service

00:31:50.700 to our community, Riley.

00:31:52.000 This person says,

00:31:52.740 such an inspiration,

00:31:53.640 proud of Riley

00:31:54.160 and excited to see

00:31:54.940 how God will use her

00:31:56.020 in mighty ways.

00:31:57.180 Honestly,

00:31:57.520 all of the positive comments

00:31:58.720 make me kind of tearful

00:31:59.680 to see so much support

00:32:01.480 and encouragement

00:32:02.200 in people who care,

00:32:04.480 who care about the truth,

00:32:07.400 who care about common sense

00:32:08.700 and Christian values,

00:32:09.900 who care about their kids

00:32:11.060 and the world

00:32:12.260 that their kids will inherit,

00:32:14.080 which is exactly why

00:32:15.000 I accepted this appointment.

00:32:16.760 I'm now a mom.

00:32:18.080 I have a young daughter.

00:32:19.400 I want the world

00:32:20.280 that she grows up in

00:32:21.540 to be better than the world

00:32:22.920 that I grew up in.

00:32:24.320 I think that's a pretty standard way

00:32:26.120 of thinking for a parent.

00:32:27.580 I don't think that's anything

00:32:28.360 that sets me apart necessarily,

00:32:30.240 but what might set me apart

00:32:31.580 is being willing

00:32:33.120 to do something about it

00:32:35.000 rather than just complain about it.

00:32:36.920 We need more doers.

00:32:38.180 We need more activists.

00:32:39.660 I proudly consider myself an activist.

00:32:41.760 I was hesitant

00:32:42.400 to call myself an activist at first,

00:32:44.880 a couple of years back,

00:32:45.860 because when I picture an activist,

00:32:47.700 I picture someone

00:32:48.560 who has blue hair,

00:32:49.980 a nose ring,

00:32:50.760 and is screeching

00:32:51.380 at the top of their lungs.

00:32:52.760 And that's a problem

00:32:53.700 that that's the picture

00:32:54.820 that comes into my mind.

00:32:56.260 The other side has activists.

00:32:58.540 We need more.

00:32:59.360 And when I say side,

00:33:01.100 I don't say that

00:33:02.040 in a partisan manner.

00:33:03.700 I'm pretty explicitly referring

00:33:05.200 to those with common sense

00:33:06.500 and those without common sense.

00:33:08.060 We need more common sense activists.

00:33:10.180 So I'm excited.

00:33:10.780 I'm excited to serve

00:33:11.520 my community in this way.

00:33:12.860 Public service to me

00:33:13.880 is leadership through action.

00:33:15.660 It's not about titles.

00:33:16.800 It's not about politics

00:33:18.040 or being partisan.

00:33:19.400 It's about responsibility.

00:33:21.200 By me stepping into this role,

00:33:22.800 I'm saying that

00:33:23.400 I'm invested in our future.

00:33:24.880 Public service means stepping up

00:33:26.580 when something is broken

00:33:27.900 and working together to fix it.

00:33:30.440 And in this case,

00:33:31.160 I'm not fixing it for me.

00:33:32.780 I'm fixing it for my daughter.

00:33:34.000 I will continue to use

00:33:35.040 the skill set that I have,

00:33:36.680 the qualifications that I have,

00:33:38.420 the time that I have,

00:33:39.720 and the platform that I have

00:33:42.120 to make life better

00:33:43.840 for the people around me,

00:33:46.160 not just those who thank me,

00:33:47.500 for the people around me.

00:33:49.280 I don't do what I do for credit.

00:33:50.660 I don't do what I do

00:33:51.600 for recognition

00:33:52.560 or for accolades.

00:33:53.860 No, I do what I do

00:33:55.200 regardless of what it is

00:33:56.860 because I believe

00:33:57.940 it's the right thing to do.

00:33:59.540 But apparently conviction,

00:34:02.080 moral conviction

00:34:02.680 is a foreign concept to some.

00:34:04.400 They will call you a grifter.

00:34:05.820 They will call you 0.50

00:34:06.660 an attention seeker.

00:34:07.740 They will say,

00:34:08.200 oh, well, you finished fifth place.

00:34:09.720 In your sport.

00:34:10.720 Insert the derogatory comment here.

00:34:12.860 And guess what?

00:34:13.800 It goes in one ear,

00:34:15.460 out of the other.

00:34:16.400 And why, how am I able

00:34:18.280 to stand firm

00:34:19.180 and strong in my belief?

00:34:21.040 Because I know

00:34:22.080 what I'm advocating for

00:34:23.280 is the right thing,

00:34:24.260 both objectively and biblically.

00:34:26.520 That's what gives me

00:34:27.200 the confidence and the security

00:34:28.500 to keep moving forward

00:34:29.880 with no signs of slowing down.

00:34:32.200 I appreciate you guys.

00:34:33.360 Thank you guys for tuning in

00:34:34.320 to the Gains for Girls podcast.

00:34:35.760 We will see you guys next week.

00:34:39.720 Onesanae Selma,

00:34:47.780 I'll see you sign up.

00:34:48.280 Bye-bye.

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Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - November 12, 2025

They Filed a Restraining Order Against Me？!

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