The Alabama Republican Party recently voted to ban GOP candidates for the Alabama Board of Education, local school boards, and county school superintendent from accepting donations from teachers unions.

John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama GOP, says the change was needed to ensure that parents, and not special-interest groups, have control over their children's education.

"There's only one purpose that these education unions exist, and that's to lobby for their facet of the education system," Wahl says. "There's only one reason school boards and superintendents exist, and that is to put forth the policies that regulate the school systems, so it's a direct conflict of interest."

Wahl joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain what this change means for protecting parental rights in Alabama. Wahl also weighs in on the priorities of Alabama voters and what we can expect at the first GOP presidential debate on Aug. 23. 

Listen to the podcast or read the lightly edited transcript Here, excerpt below:

Virginia Allen: It is my pleasure to be joined today by Alabama GOP Chairman John Wahl. Chairman Wahl, thanks so much for being with us today.

John Wahl: No, it's a pleasure to be on the show.

Allen: Well, the Alabama Republican Party just voted to ban GOP candidates for the Alabama Board of Education, local school boards, and country school superintendents from receiving donations from teachers unions. Why did you-all vote to block these candidates from receiving donations from the National Education Association or their affiliates?

Wahl: For me, it's a really easy answer to that question. I want parents to be in charge of the children's education. I want our elected officials to put the children first, to put parents first, above any special-interest group and especially a liberal teachers union.

We see some of these policies are coming out of the NEA and the national level. They're so woke, they're so progressive, and I believe they care more about indoctrinating our children than they do about educating our children. So we're going to try to put an end to that here in Alabama... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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