When they rant and rave about drag queens and trans people and same-sex kisses and "WoN't SoMeOnE ThInK Of ThE ChIlDrEn?!?!?" the ones they really want to protect are small-minded "children" like Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk and Empty Greene. It's that these "adults" who stopped developing mentally or emotionally at 5 can't handle it.
Real children? As you said, they don't care.
School shootings? "Won't someone think of the guns?!" and "We need better doors!"
Real groomers, like Groomer Gaetz? "He's a good man, family values, a real patriot!" No problem at all with Drumpf in girls' dressing rooms, either...
Things like budget cuts to education, or school lunches? Meh, who cares. More important to build a wall!
And we sure haven't heard any of them chime in on child sex trafficking, child beauty pageants, and plenty of other issues where children really are being harmed.
They talk big games about protecting children... The truth is, all lies as usual. They don't care about the children - just themselves.