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Christina Smith— a card-carrying member of the Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America—got herself arrested at the State House for disorderly conduct.

Rocking a Red for Ed crewneck, no less.

She spent the night in jail.

Christina Smith's Arrest RecordTwo days later?

She’s at the IPS school board meeting—fresh-faced and shameless—in the exact same shirt, now speaking on behalf of the Indianapolis Education Association, the teachers union.

She declared:

“Tonight I’m here to support the Indianapolis Education Association’s demand for a moratorium on new and expanding charter contracts.”

So which is it, Chrissy?

Are you a DSA mouthpiece or a union messenger?

Because either way, you’re not a parent who sends her kids to IPS.

She’s on record saying she pulled them out of public school and placed them in charters:

So let’s recap. Christina Smith:

● Gets cuffed repping the Democratic Socialists of America
● Spends the night in jail
● Marches into an IPS meeting on behalf of the union
● Pushes a charter moratorium
● Sends her own kids to the very schools she wants banned for yours

What are we doing?

Why are we handing the mic to people who wouldn’t dare live by the policies they promote?

Why is the teachers union using Christina Smith as a messenger—someone who won’t even let her own kids be part of the system she’s supposedly fighting to protect?

She’s not an elected official.

She’s not even an IPS parent anymore.

She’s just someone loud enough, funded enough, and shameless enough to count on no one connecting the dots.

So we did.

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