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[0] A controversial bill just signed in California makes the state a sanctuary for children to get so -called gender -affirming care, potentially without parental consent.
[1] We break down the specifics of the bill.
[2] I'm Daily Wire, editor -in -chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl.
[3] It's Wednesday, October 5th, and this is Morning Wire.
[4] Democrats sound the alarm as more and more black and Latino men abandoned the party.
[5] They're not getting their message to the ground in the way they should.
[6] And an uproar in academia after a veteran professor is fired by NYU, after students complain his organic chemistry class was too hard.
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[15] California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill last week making California a sanctuary state for child gender transitions.
[16] The law aims to give all young people access to gender medicine with or without parental consent.
[17] The law will likely face legal pushback from neighboring states that have tightened restricts.
[18] on transition procedures for minors.
[19] Daily Wire investigative reporter, Maireda Lorty, is here with the details for us.
[20] So, Marade, tell us about this bill.
[21] Hi, Georgia.
[22] Sure.
[23] So Governor Newsom signed this bill on Thursday.
[24] It passed the California legislature in late August.
[25] As John said, this bill is designed to make California a sanctuary for minors who might be otherwise restricted from getting gender treatment either by other state laws or their own parents.
[26] Those treatments could include puberty blockers, cross -sex hormones, or gender reassignments.
[27] surgery.
[28] The law restricts California officials and health providers from cooperating with out -of -state authorities who attempt to obtain documentation of these procedures happening in California.
[29] Specifically, the law prohibits health care providers from releasing medical information about children receiving gender health services in response to a criminal or civil action from a state where such services are restricted.
[30] The bill also bans police from arresting or extraditing someone for providing gender health services to a child based on another state's restrictions.
[31] Also, it prohibits California officials from enforcing another state's order that a child be removed from parents who allow the child to receive gender health services.
[32] Probably the most controversial aspect of this law is that it authorizes a court to take temporary custody of children whose parents don't support them undergoing gender treatment.
[33] Here's Jay Richards, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, an opinion author whose piece was published in Newsweek.
[34] What SB 107 does, which has now been signed by Governor Newsom, is it basically grants California courts custody temporarily over any minors that end up in the state of California.
[35] So if a 16 -year -old girl wants to get on cross -sex hormones, she's from Arkansas.
[36] If she can find her way to California, she can actually do that without the parents' consent.
[37] In fact, doctors under this rule are obligated not even to disclose to the parents what they're doing.
[38] But the teens don't actually have to be in California.
[39] Out -of -state teens can also access telemedicine online.
[40] Here's Richards again.
[41] If they can connect with a gender clinic or a doctor that will prescribe, it would be cross -sex hormones or puberty blockers that can actually do that.
[42] That may be the thing in this law that actually gets California in trouble because that sounds very much like interstate commerce.
[43] I mean, this seems to violate the kind of full faith in credit a clause of the Constitution, which basically means that states are going to recognize the laws of other states.
[44] And normally that's what happens if a parent kidnaps a child.
[45] But in this case, both there's respect to abortion, as you say, and with respect to these so -called gender -affirming care, California is actually working to undermine the laws of states that have contrary laws.
[46] Now, this law is controversial for a lot of reasons, which we've discussed, but Governor Newsom signed it.
[47] So what is he saying about it?
[48] Well, Newsome appears to be aware that critics will say this law erodes parents' rights, and he's actually been tailoring his messaging to counter that.
[49] In a statement, he said, quote, parents know what's best for their kids, and they should be able to make decisions around the health of their children without fear.
[50] We must take a stand for parental choice.
[51] He also called the law a win for equality.
[52] But critics are saying this law does the exact opposite because it strips parents of the right to object to those procedures for their kids.
[53] Now, is it actually legal for California to implement laws that are geared towards undermining other states' laws?
[54] Well, that's a big question.
[55] Federal law says states must recognize other states' laws when residents travel, so it's likely that other states will file suits.
[56] California has also established itself as a sanctuary state for abortion, which could face similar lawsuits.
[57] Newsom signed several bills designed to strengthen protections around abortion in the state, but one of those bills prohibits California police from cooperating with other.
[58] state's investigations related to abortions, so very similar to the new child gender transition law.
[59] So it'll be interesting to see how both of those laws fare in the courts.
[60] Well, like you said, it's going to be interesting to see how these laws hold up in court.
[61] Marade, thanks for reporting.
[62] That was Daily Wire investigative reporter Marade Allorty.
[63] Prominent voices on the left are expressing concern this week that Democrats could see a loss of support among black and Latino voters in the upcoming midterms that are now just five short weeks away.
[64] On MSNBC, Joe Scarborough and Al Sharpton both conceded that the Democrats' messaging is failing to resonate with a demographic group who, until very recently, have been stalwarts of America's oldest political party.
[65] Here to discuss as columnist David Marcus.
[66] So, Dave, what do Scarborough, Sharpton, and others think is behind this apparent exodus from the party?
[67] Morning.
[68] Broadly speaking, what Democrats and those on the left are mainly saying, publicly at least, is that this is a messaging problem, which might be the, the oldest and lamest explanation in the history of politics.
[69] Sharpton got a bit deeper in saying that the problem was specifically with Latino and black men, which was telling, and it's true, polls show us that where Democrats are bleeding minority voters is with men.
[70] And there's reason to believe that the reasons for that go beyond messaging into substance and policy.
[71] And the concern throughout is how we're connecting the face to the message.
[72] The Democratic Party and President Biden does have some things they could be using that they've done that has benefited clearly black and Latinos, but it's not connected.
[73] What are some of the issues then where Republicans have been able to make inroads?
[74] Is it a specific set or more in line with the concerns of voters on a whole?
[75] It's interesting.
[76] Vox had an article about Latino voters last week, and they tweeted it out saying basically, Latino voters are very much like the average voter.
[77] And the black vote, especially among men, has trended that way too, albeit more slowly.
[78] Look, inflation doesn't know color.
[79] To the extent that crime does, it is disproportionately deleterious to some minority communities.
[80] Even the border crisis is resonating.
[81] So it does seem like Democrats are operating under a set of assumptions about these voters that might have been true ones, but just aren't anymore.
[82] In regard to crime and the border, these are both issues where Democrats, Democrats have sought to appease black and Latino voters, respectively, with soft or lax policies on crime and immigration.
[83] Is there a reason to believe this isn't working?
[84] Yes, absolutely.
[85] From the beginning of the defund the police movement, polls showed that black voters were vehemently against it, for good reason.
[86] They're very often the victims of this crime.
[87] And similarly, with the southern border, having reported from there, most of the border agents I met were Hispanic.
[88] The Hispanic voters I met wanted a strong border.
[89] Cassie Garcia, Maya Flores, and Irene Hernandez -Jackson are three wives of border agents running as Republicans for Congress very much on a platform of securing the border.
[90] These issues have become much more complex for Democrats than they once were.
[91] Sharpton also mentioned that there's a flux here that as minority voters moved into the GOP camp, suburban white voters, especially women, are moving toward Democrats.
[92] What does this trend bode, not just for the midterm, but 2024?
[93] In the short term, it could be something of a wash. It does appear now that the abortion issue has jacked up voter enthusiasm among suburban women.
[94] You take a state like Pennsylvania.
[95] Could Democrat John Federman get a bump from the burbs?
[96] Sure.
[97] But Republican Mehmet Oz could see an equal and opposite effect with urban voters on crime.
[98] Longer term, Republicans will love this trade.
[99] Minority voters, specifically Hispanic voters, are a fast -growing segment of the electorate.
[100] Suburban college -educated women just are not.
[101] This is a positive realignment for the GOP, and frankly, it's why you see Democrats very concerned about it.
[102] Yeah, it makes sense.
[103] While the economy and abortion have been at the top of the messaging for both of the parties this year, the culture wars have also loomed over it with battles over gender and sex education in Florida and other places.
[104] How will this play out among minority voters?
[105] Pew has a new poll of Hispanic voters, and they asked if they thought greater social acceptance of transgender people is good for society.
[106] Only 36 % said yes.
[107] Now, that's in line with voters as a whole, but falls far short of the percentage of Democrats overall, which was 59 % saying yes.
[108] This idea that minority voters will automatically eat up so -called social justice issues, it doesn't seem to actually be the case.
[109] Well, some very fascinating and significant trends we're watching here.
[110] Thank you for joining us.
[111] today.
[112] Thanks for having me. That was Daily Wire contributor, David Marcus.
[113] A veteran professor at NYU has been fired after students complained his tests were too difficult.
[114] The firing sparked fierce debate about the rising power of students over educators and the ability of schools to hold firm standards.
[115] Here to give us the details is DailyWire's Charlotte Pence Bond.
[116] So Charlotte, walk us through what happened here.
[117] So the professor at issue is Dr. Maitland Jones Jr. He's been teaching organic chemistry for decades, first at Princeton and then seemed to be at New York University on contract.
[118] He's been the recipient of multiple teaching awards and even authored a textbook.
[119] The issue began when NYU students were coming back to campus last spring when the pandemic restrictions were lifted, at which time 82 of his 350 students signed a petition saying that his class was too difficult and their low grades were not fair.
[120] Jones says he felt that his guidelines were sufficient, but university dean's and assisted that steps be taken to appease the students.
[121] The school permitted the students to drop the course retroactively to protect their GPAs.
[122] The chemistry department's chairman said it was a one -time exception granted to students by the dean of the college.
[123] The decision prompted significant backlash from Jones's peers in the chemistry department and many students who were outraged by the moves to appease the unhappy students.
[124] One chemistry professor at the school accused the deans of trying to make the students happy because they wanted people to apply to NYU.
[125] But then, before the fall semester started, Jones's contract was ended.
[126] Now, what were the students' exact complaints about Professor Jones' class?
[127] They had several specific accusations, and in the petition they said, quote, we are very concerned about our scores and find that they are not an accurate reflection of the time and effort put into this class.
[128] The petition also said, We urge you to realize that a class with such a high percentage of withdrawals and low grades has failed to make students learning and well -being a priority and reflects poorly on the chemistry department as well as the institution as a whole.
[129] The students told the times that they never intended to get Jones fired, nor did they request that, but that was unfortunately the outcome.
[130] So the students felt their grades did not reflect the effort they put into the course.
[131] What did Professor Jones say?
[132] He acknowledged that the pandemic made things hard, but he suggested that the students themselves were also part of the issue.
[133] Jones told the New York Times that he has observed a decline and students' ability to focus, starting about 10 years ago.
[134] He said grades were dropping even when he made his test easier and that COVID made the problem worse.
[135] He said it wasn't just that they didn't study after the pandemic, but they didn't appear to even know how to do so.
[136] Another key issue here is that the course, organic chemistry, is actually designed to be a weed out course.
[137] Many of the students enrolled are trying to be doctors, and medical schools look at students' grades in organic chemistry to see if they have what it takes to be good doctors.
[138] They depend on universities to rigorously filter out unprepared students.
[139] So the course is purposefully intense and has been that way for decades.
[140] Jones said he doesn't want to be rehired because he was going to retire soon, but he's concerned about the precedent that this sets.
[141] And of course, a bigger concern is that as schools seek to appease students, the academic rigor at these institutions will decrease.
[142] As one fellow professor who commented on the Times piece put it, quote, doing poorly in a class should be a reason not to go into certain fields.
[143] A student who can't hack organic chemistry does not belong in medical school.
[144] A student who can't hack calculus shouldn't go into engineering.
[145] Those courses should not be simplified for their sake.
[146] That was the second most like comment of more than 6 ,000 comments on the piece.
[147] Right.
[148] Well, I'll say there's no amount of effort that would make me a safe engineer, so I can agree with that.
[149] Charlotte, thanks for reporting.
[150] That was Daily Wires, Charlotte Pence Bond.
[151] Another story we're tracking this week.
[152] Twitter's value closed at more than 22 % higher on Tuesday after Elon Musk reversed course and said he would agree to purchase the company at his original offer price of $54 .20 a share.
[153] Sources told CNBC the deal could be finalized as soon as Friday.
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