Republican Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming grilled a witness during a Thursday hearing, asking if she believed preventing teachers from showing first graders pornographic magazines was “censorship.”
“Miss Johnson, I just have a real, quick question for you: Do you believe it is censorship to prohibit teachers from exposing first graders to Penthouse magazine?” Hageman asked Nadine Farid Johnson, the managing director for Washington and Free Expression Programs at PEN America, during a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Limited Government and the Constitution.
“Do I believe it is censorship? I’m sorry, ma’am, do I believe it’s censorship to–” Johnson said.
Johnson replied, “I believe it is important to have parents, teachers and educators involved and understanding what… is being presented to a student.”
Hageman asked Johnson the question two more time while only receiving deflecting answers from Johnson.
Since Johnson did not answer the question, Hageman asked one more time, “Do you believe it is appropriate to present Penthouse to first-graders?”
She answered, “Of course not.”
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