Orange County Teacher Suspended After Protesting at the Capitol

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🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Kristine Hostetter was a popular fourth grade teacher at an Orange County elementary school, when she marched on the Capitol on January 6th, but did not enter the building. When she returned home, the school district suspended her, a move that outraged some families but which others supported. We’ll talk with the New York Times reporter who has brought national attention to Hostetter’s suspension and the ongoing fallout. What are the limits of free speech in the workplace? How would you react if your child’s teacher had marched on the Capitol? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.6	And for the rest of the hour, we're going to turn to a controversy in Orange County, somewhat related,
1:05.6	where a very popular fourth grade teacher is under fire after she and her husband participated in the January 6th events at the U.S. Capitol.
1:13.6	The teacher is Christine Hossetter and her husband Alan, who is a yoga instructor there,
1:19.6	and also allied with a group called the American Phoenix Warrior and of QAnon, which is known for promoting weird conspiracy theories and, of course, strongly
1:29.5	supporting Donald Trump. And when word of there being present at the pro-Trump insurrection
1:34.2	in D.C., some in the town of San Clemente demanded that she be fired. It's a fascinating case
1:40.3	study involving free speech, our extreme partisan divide these days, and the limits of participating freely in political activities, all of it amplified by the pandemic, as we just heard from A.C. Thompson.
1:53.8	Let me tell you who is joining us to talk about this. Matthew Rosenberg is a correspondent with the New York Times. His recent piece was a teacher marched to the Capitol.
2:03.0	When she got home, the fight began. Matthew Rosenberg, thanks for joining us.
2:07.7	Hi, how are you? I'm doing well. Also with us for the rest of the hour, Margaret Russell.
2:12.2	She's a professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, Professor Russell. Good morning to you as well.
2:18.8	Good morning.
2:19.7	Well, let me begin with you, Matthew.
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