Oklahoma school librarian Kirby Mackenzie triggers bomb threat after ‘misconstrued’ TikTok about pushing woke agenda on kids

An elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been the target of bomb threats twice in two days over a video posted to TikTok by the school’s librarian.

In the video, librarian Kirby Mackenzie walks into a library with books in her hands and walks towards the camera, bouncing along to a song.

The words above the video read, “POV: Teachers in your state are dropping like flies, but you’re still not quite done pushing your waking public school agenda.”

The video initially garnered tens of thousands of views, but was boosted even further when popular Twitter account ‘Libs of TikTok’ reposted the video on Monday. The post has been viewed more than 2.6 million times.

The Twitter post was captioned, “This is an Oklahoma elementary school librarian,” and included a recording of what appears to be a professional biography of Mackenzie, which lists “teaching with an emphasis on social justice” as one of her passions. named.

What the Twitter post did not include was Mackenzie’s original TikTok caption, which read, “MThe radical-liberal agenda teaches children to love books and be kind? I think I’m going to make one every year until I die or finish my teaching era. #leraarsoftiktok #school librarian #liberaleagenda #scandal #okpolitics.’

After the video was shared on Twitter, the school received a bomb threat early in the morning that read, “Children’s innocence is sacred, that is a fact known throughout human history and the end of civilizations as in ancient times.” Rome are often characterized by the normalization of pedophilia and child abuse.’

“I’m not going to stand by and watch as you assholes continue to indoctrinate and prey on our children. That’s why we planted a bomb in the school. You will evacuate the building so no one dies.’

The threat against Ellen Ochoa Elementary was signed by someone named “Made John.”

On Tuesday, Captain Richard Muelenberg IV of the Tulsa Police Department told local newspaper KFOR that the school had a delayed start due to the threat.

“We’ve got bomb-sniffing dogs, and everything else. We close it. We’re going to do everything we can to make sure that area is safe because the most important thing is these kids.

“You have to protect your children. More often than not, you know, this is just someone seeking attention. They want to disrupt a system,” he said.

The department found no credible threat.

On Wednesday, another threat came in.

A sender using only the name ‘Yessy’ wrote, ‘We planted a bomb at Ellen Ochoa Elementary. You stop permeating this awakened ideology or we bomb every school in the union district.”

Mackenzie was singled out again, and this time the email said that a bomb had also been planted in her house.

In what appears to be a professional biography of Kirby Mackenzie, “teaching with an emphasis on social justice” is listed as one of her passions, prompting even more reactions to her video.

The Tulsa elementary school received two bomb threats last week after Mackenzie’s video went viral

Muelenberg IV said that while the threats have “become kind of a scream wolf situation” at this point, the bottom line is that “this is now permissible.”

“It is not something that is acceptable in society. You know, you’re actually threatening the lives of innocent children who have nothing to do with whatever your problem is. That won’t work out and we’re going to prosecute and we’re going to find this person and put them in jail,” he said.

“We’re going to find this person and we’ll get to wherever you are, whichever tent you’re in right now, you know, and where you’re sending your emails from. We’re coming to see you. We’re going to arrest you.’

The school was put into shelter-in-place mode on Wednesday until it was deemed safe to continue classes, which didn’t take long, said Chris Payne, communications chief for Union Public Schools.

Payne said the reaction to Mackenzie’s video stemmed mainly from its meaning being “misinterpreted.”

“There is no evil agenda. There isn’t. It’s just been very misinterpreted,” he said.

Despite claims by some school officials that Mackenzie’s video was taken out of context, State Superintendent Ryan Walters appeared to endorse the idea that radical awakened ideology should be stopped in public schools: “Woke ideology is real and I’m here to stop it ‘. He wrote

Payne added that amid the backlash, the school stands behind the employee.

“She’s one of our librarians, well respected, and she’s done a great job at Union. We stand with Kirby. She’s a great employee,” he said.

Mackenzie was at school on Wednesday.

However, State Superintendent Ryan Walters did not necessarily agree that the video had been misunderstood by the masses.

On Tuesday, he posted the video, writing, “Democrats say it doesn’t exist. The liberal media denies the issue. Even some Republicans are hiding from it. The awakened ideology is real and I am here to stop it.”