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AZ GOP gubernatorial candidates react to competitor's idea to put cameras in classrooms

3D rendering illustration of security camera in classroom at school. CCTV camera monitoring children protection concept.3D rendering illustration of security camera in classroom at school. CCTV camera on ceiling children protection concept.
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3D rendering illustration of security camera in classroom at school. CCTV camera monitoring children protection concept.3D rendering illustration of security camera in classroom at school. CCTV camera on ceiling children protection concept.

Top GOP candidates for Arizona’s gubernatorial race are reacting to an idea by one of their competitors to put cameras inside K-12 classrooms.

AZCentral reports candidates Matt Salmon and Karrin Taylor Robson are calling the idea - proposed by Arizona GOP frontrunner Kari Lake- “dangerous” and an “expansion of government surveillance.” The idea was floated by the former Fox 10 news anchor, echoing a similar suggestion by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson.

Salmon and Taylor Robson both stated that in-person parental involvement is preferable to surveilling classrooms. Salmon told The Arizona Republic the idea is an “Orwellian nightmare.”