Michigan moms outraged over Dems' 'disturbing' Facebook post: 'They think they own our kids'

Michigan mothers expressed outrage Wednesday on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday after the state’s Democratic Party dismissed the role of parents in public education in a since-deleted Facebook post.

"I think that the Michigan Democratic Party, teachers unions, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer, they think they own our kids," Michigan mother of four Tori Sachs told Ainsley Earhardt.

Sachs said the message from the group was "especially disturbing" given their advocacy for school closures and Whitmer’s decision to veto scholarships intended for parents to pay for at-home tutoring or in-person learning at another school.

She went on to say that the Democratic Party and Whitmer have been "out of touch" with the American people, asserting that the latter has been "controlled" by teachers unions "her entire time in office."

Michigan mother Caitlin Reynolds said parents across the political spectrum are "exhausted" by the Democrats’ response to the "seemingly never-ending pandemic."

"For the Michigan Democratic Party to think that the parents are not the clientele of the public school system — it’s the other way around. We pay the taxes. That’s why they’re public schools. They are publicly funded," Reynolds said.

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