Republican
candidate for governor Geoff Diehl told reporters Monday that vulgar
comments made about school curricula by a secretary of state candidate
during the party’s convention Saturday were “not appropriate,” but
leaned into a separate controversial claim that permeated the weekend
event, which is that Democratic control in the state would lead to
“indoctrination” of children in schools.
At
the MassMutual Center in Springfield Rayla Campbell, the party’s
candidate for secretary of state, urged Republican delegates to take an
active role when it comes to what their children are learning in
schools.
“I
don’t think it’s nice when they’re telling your 5-year-old that he can
[perform a sex act on] another 5-year-old,” she said, drawing gasps from
the audience. “Do you?”