Sen. Darren Bailey makes an announcement on what he is going to do for education as a Governor.
The Central Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate Forum was hosted by the Tazewell County Republicans in partnership with the Peoria County and Woodford County GOP on Apr. 25. Bailey, who is also running for Governor was one of the candidates who attended.
"My first call is going to be to [State School Superintendent Carmen Ayala] and I'm going to tell her 'you’re fired,'" said Bailey.
According to a report on the event from The Center Square, gubernatorial candidates Gary Rabine, Jesse Sullivan, former Sen. Paul Schimpf, and Max Solomon attended the event.
“I’ve been standing up and pushing back and trying to educate parents from day one to take back your schools,” Bailey said toward the end of his opening statement. “When we allow the government to get out of control, we lose our freedoms. We have a God-given gift here with the greatest nation on the face of this earth.”
Bailey also gave his opinion on government involvement in events like the pandemic the country has lived through. Bailey said that government shouldn’t be involved when it comes to a pandemic. “We the people decide how we’re going to live our lives, we decide how we’re going to run our business when we need to close our business and if we need to close our schools. Government has no business in that.”
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