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Members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus read Daily Wire host Matt
Walsh’s children’s book “Johnny the Walrus” after Democratic officials
in the state read a book that promoted transgenderism to children for
“National Reading Day.”

A video posted to X by the popular account Libs of TikTok earlier this
month showed the Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas, city
officials, and council members reading “Introducing Teddy: A Gentle
Story about Gender and Friendship.”

The LGBTQ book is written for children between the ages of 3 and 6 and
focuses on a boy, Errol, and his teddy bear friend, Thomas. In the
story, Thomas tells Errol that he feels like a “girl teddy,” and wishes
his name was “Tilly.” Errol tells Thomas he “doesn’t care” if he’s “a
girl teddy or a boy teddy. What matters is that you are my friend.”
Thomas then puts his bowtie in his hair because he’s “always wanted a
bow instead.”

: This was posted to the official Kansas City, MO page. A bunch of
: elected officials including the Mayor (D) read a book to kids for
: 'National Reading Day.'
:
: The book is about a young kid who decides to be transgender and
: changes his name. The book encourages kids to explore gender…
: pic.twitter.com/rvU8UZ8nDa
:
: — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 6, 2024

Republican Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin, along with members of
the Missouri Freedom Caucus, responded to the Kansas City government
officials’ video on Friday by posting a video of lawmakers reading
Walsh’s bestselling children’s book.

“Recently, the Kansas City mayor and his goons are reading books to
groom children, and we’re here to set the record straight and put a
stop to this nonsense,” Brattin said. “And we’re going to do this by
reading ‘Johnny the Walrus.’”

: “Johnny the Walrus” by ?@MattWalshBlog?, illustrated by K. Reece.
: #moleg ?@MissouriGOP? ??@SFC_Network? pic.twitter.com/dGKQT1zjiU
:
: — Missouri Freedom Caucus (@MOFreedomCaucus) March 15, 2024

“Johnny the Walrus,” which was published in April 2022, focuses on a
boy who believes he’s a walrus and his mother who goes along with her
child’s desired identity, regardless of how crazy it sounds. Walsh
said the book teaches children to accept who they are biologically,
which is their true self.

“Johnny the Walrus” quickly became the number one best-selling book in
Amazon’s “LGBTQ+” category, outraging LGBTQ activists who called on
Amazon to remove Walsh’s book from the list. Some Amazon employees
even held a “die in” to protest Walsh’s book, along with other books
they deemed “transphobic,” being sold on the site.

“The message of self-acceptance when I was a kid was the most common
message in books we read,” the Daily Wire host said. “Except now on
the Left, what they foist on kids is this false self-acceptance of
actually rejecting who you really are in favor of a delusion.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/missouri-dems-read-trans-book-to-children-for-national-reading-day-republicans-respond-with-matt-walshs-johnny-the-walrus

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