As posted by state Senator Lindsey Tichenor:
A video of a man supposedly describing a car purchase made by Letcher County Public Schools is making the rounds on conservative Kentucky Twitter. The man describes what he says is a recent purchase by the district’s board of education — two Lincoln Navigators replete with heated seats and massagers. He finishes by saying that the school district is in need of donations for school supplies.
The video was retweeted by GOP Sen. Lindsey Tichenor of Smithfield, writing on X, “This is not satire.” But the video's creator told Kentucky Public Radio it is, in fact, satire.
Tichenor used the video as a reason to support Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would allow the legislature to allocate public funds toward education outside of public schools.
“Competition will bring accountability and an end to wasteful spending because they hold the monopoly on education,” Tichenor said in a reply on her tweet.
The man in the video is not a salesman in Letcher — he’s located in Pike County. Joshua Harvey, who goes by the Tiktok handle @joshtakescareofu, told Kentucky Public Radio the video he posted was meant to be a joke based on a recent controversy over a different car purchase from the district.
“The content of the video is erroneous,” Letcher County Public Schools Superintendent Denise Yonts confirmed on Monday. “There is no truth in this video, we did not purchase two vehicles from him.”
When reached by Kentucky Public Radio, Tichenor said she was not aware the video was satirical, but she said she believes there is some evidence that public schools are given to “wasteful spending.”
As of publication at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Tichenor’s post is still up.
Read the rest at Louisville Public Media.
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