Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) demanded answers on why a Chicago father was placed on a government watchlist after he spoke out against pornographic content in his kids’ school.
Terry Newsome first got involved in politics in summer 2021, after learning that the school was offering students access to a sexually explicit children’s book that addressed controversial ideas of sexuality and gender.
In December 2022, months after beginning to speak out, Newsome learned while en route to TurningPoint USA’s AmericaFest that he had been placed on a government watchlist, which requires him to receive substantially more screening to fly. Specifically, Newsome had been designated “quad-S,” a plane ticket classification requiring one to undergo extensive additional screening, even though he had been charged with no crime in a court of law….