- An Oklahoma
school board member posted a video to TikTok telling parents who support transgender kids to kill themselves. - The board member, Andy McGuire, confirmed to The Duncan Banner that he created the video.
An Oklahoma
The video was under the TikTok account "savageagent77," where a man appearing to be Andy McGuire, a school board member for Oklahoma's Velma-Alma district, preached against transgender children and parents who support them.
"For all you parents out there that think it is okay for a child to decide if they want to be a girl or a boy or whatever other ridiculous ass pronoun you can come up with — there are only two genders," McGuire said in the TikTok.
"Let me repeat, there are only two genders, so in your sick, twisted mind, you've got some other thought process going on about girls and boys. Do us all a favor — find the busiest street that you can find, take your ass out, lay down on the center line and do the world a favor."
The TikTok video and the account have since been deleted from the platform, but McGuire confirmed to The Duncan Banner that he owned the account and made the video.
He told the publication that he was not speaking on behalf of the school district.
"The things I share on my personal social media accounts are just that… personal," McGuire told The Duncan Banner. "I'm thankful to live in a country where my freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment."
Raymond Rice, the superintendent of the Velma-Alma School District, told Insider that he thought the video was "incredibly inappropriate."
"I don't condone what he said or his actions," Rice said. "Mr. McGuire was not speaking on behalf of the district or school board at the time and his personal views do not reflect the board of education."
School boards across the country have become a hotbed for grievances in recent years, focusing on whether or not students should be required to wear masks to protect against COVID-19, allowing transgender children in bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, and debating critical race theory.
McGuire did not respond to Insider's requests for comment.