Controversial Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline was shockingly ousted from her seat on Saturday after she was defeated at the Salt Lake County Republican Nominating Convention.
Amanda Bollinger received just over 63% of the delegate vote, giving her the party nomination in November and ending Cline’s bid for a second term in the District 9 seat.
In February, Cline prompted calls for her resignation from legislators and others after she incorrectly suggested a female athlete was transgender. Ironically, Cline’s ouster came at Cottonwood High School, where the athlete she targeted was a student.
Bollinger was ecstatic following news of her victory.
”It means that people care about kids,” Bollinger told reporters. ”And it means that people are willing to trust me to help put the trust for public education back into our system, so that means a lot.”
Cline refused to speak with the media on Saturday. During her convention speech, she hammered schools for indoctrinating children instead of teaching them.
“There are divisive ideologies being taught, turning our children into activists, encouraging them to agitate for social change within the school and outside of the school. And this is not okay,” Cline said.
