Idaho Dem’s creepy comment that school kids belong to the state should make parents’ skin crawl

An Idaho state Democrat lawmaker’s creepy comments about kids in school only confirm the worst suspicions about the nefarious intentions of leftists who have waged a relentless campaign to usurp parental rights.

Evidently, it is the belief of Idaho Senator Janie Ward-Engelking that children are the property of the state once they are inside a classroom and in the clutches of far-left radicals who hide behind their educational credentials to poison vulnerable young minds.

Idaho Democrat Senator: "When your children walk into our classroom, they become ours… those kids in that classroom, they're ours. They're ours, too."

These Communists think they own your kids. pic.twitter.com/KYXvYFcwh5

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) April 3, 2026

“When your children walk into our classroom, they become ours… those kids in that classroom, they’re ours. They’re ours, too,” she said.

Ward-Engelking touts her decades of experience as a teacher in a bio on her website.