Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - November 12, 2025


They Filed a Restraining Order Against Me？!


Episode Stats

Length

35 minutes

Words per Minute

185.73355

Word Count

6,519

Sentence Count

431

Misogynist Sentences

9

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary

Riley Gains was recently appointed to the Sumner County Library Board in Tennessee. In this episode, she talks about how this appointment came about, why she's excited about this, and of course the drama that has ensued since.


Transcript

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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.
00:02:05.880 We'll get into all of that and more in today's episode of Gains for Girls.
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.
00:05:27.340 RINOs, of course,
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
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
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,
00:11:43.680 that's pretty ridiculous.
00:11:46.040 We have 60 more seconds
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
00:12:04.760 were totally ridiculous?
00:12:06.340 You can hear the one woman
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,
00:14:20.940 and destroy people
00:14:22.000 who have values
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
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,
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
00:20:33.820 transgender ideology.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
00:30:29.800 These dunces
00:30:30.420 can't help but show
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.
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,
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
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.
00:34:48.860 Bye-bye.
00:34:49.540 Bye-bye.
00:34:50.620 Bye-bye.
00:34:51.460 Bye-bye.
00:34:52.240 Bye-bye.
00:34:53.180 Bye-bye.
00:34:53.380 Bye-bye.
00:34:54.500 Bye-bye.
00:34:55.040 Bye-bye.
00:34:55.180 Bye-bye.
00:34:56.760 Bye-bye.
00:34:57.040 Bye-bye.
00:35:00.980 Bye-bye.
00:35:01.620 Bye-bye.
00:35:02.640 Bye-bye.
00:35:03.000 Bye-bye.
00:35:03.640 Bye-bye.