Daily Briefing: TN Gov. Bill Lee calls school choice 'civil rights' issue at RNC

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TN Gov. Bill Lee calls school choice 'civil rights' issue at RNC

On the largest Republican stage in the country, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday called school choice the "civil rights issue of our time," bringing his signature issue to a national audience as he works the campaign trail this summer to elevate voucher-friendly legislative candidates who might finally push his statewide proposal across the finish line.

Lee spoke in his capacity as chair of the Republican Governors Association, which he called the "front lines" of a fight to defend "essential freedoms from the encroachment of the federal government," criticizing the Biden-Harris administration's record on inflation and immigration before turning to parental rights.

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