Former President Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump has launched a new attack on education with his proposed plan of action to revise how public school administrators and faculty members are put in place.
In a new presidential campaign ad, Trump expressed a need for more "patriotic teachers" as he called for the termination of school faculty members he described as “radicals.” According to Trump, there should also be a “direct election” process for school principals. Under that election system, students’ parents would have the right to appoint principals.
Trump is also pushing for the defunding of schools that follow a curriculum that includes “critical race theory, gender ideology or other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.”
"Our public schools have been taken over by the radical left maniacs," Trump said in the clip, as he went on to share his proposed plan.
"Here is my plan to save American education: Restore power to American parents," he began. "First, we will cut federal funding for any school or program pushing critical race theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political critical content onto our children. We're not going to allow it to happen. Next, I will direct the Department of Justice and Education to open civil rights investigations into any school district that has engaged in race-based discrimination."
He continued, "That includes discrimination against Asian Americans. The Marxism being preached in our schools is also totally hostile to Judeo-Christian teachings, and in many ways it's resembling an established new religion. Can't let that happen. For this reason, my administration will aggressively pursue potential violations of the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution. That's very simple."
Although Trump has expressed concern about discrimination, he has actually made repeated discriminatory remarks, namely anti-Asian slurs that have been leveled at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) wife, Elaine Chao, who also served as former U.S. secretary of transportation under his administration.
Trump is now facing backlash for the campaign ad as Twitter users are also highlighting the irony in his remarks.
"Anyone can't possibly wonder now why he loves Russia, China and North Korea education systems and Governments and above all Dictators," one Twitter user said.
"The nightmare that never ends," another user added.
Watch the video below or at this link.
\u201cNEW VIDEO: President Trump's Plan to Save American Education and Give Power Back to Parents\u201d— Trump War Room (@Trump War Room) 1674773334
Reprinted with permission from Alternet.
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McCarthy Defames Swalwell, But Won't Answer Questions About Santos (VIDEO)
Kevin McCarthy
On Sunday's edition of Face the Nation, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) repeatedly deflected questions about assigning members of his Republican conference to congressional committees that spew conspiracy theories and are plagued by scandals.
"These are members who just got elected by their constituents, and we put them into committees, and I'm proud to do it," McCarthy said.
CBS moderator Margaret Brennan asked McCarthy why Congresspersons like Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and George Santos of New York are being placed on powerful panels.
"Let me ask you about some specifics, then. Marjorie Taylor Greene, you put her on a new subcommittee to investigate the origins of COVID. She compared mask requirements to the type of abuse Jews were subjected to during the Holocaust. She called for [Dr. Anthony] Fauci to be arrested and imprisoned, and she's spread conspiracy theories. How is anyone supposed to take that work seriously and find that work credible?" Brennan wondered.
McCarthy offered no substantive response.
"Very well. You look at all of it, so you have all the questions out there. I think what the American public..." he began until Brennan cut him off.
"You think these are legitimate questions?" she exclaimed.
"I think what the American public wants to see is an open dialogue in the process," McCarthy replied. "This is a select committee where people can have all the questions they want, and you'll see the outcome, you know?"
Brennan was unsatisfied with that response.
"But doesn't it further wear down credibility when you put someone who's under state, local, federal, and international investigation as a representative of your party?
"Are you talking about [Rep. Eric] Swalwell [D-CA]?" McCarthy joked.
"I'm talking about George Santos, Representative from New York," Brennan continued.
"Well, we should have that discussion. So let's have that discussion. You want to bring up Santos and let's talk about the institution itself, because I agree wholeheartedly that Congress is broken. And I think you're I think your listeners or viewers should understand what proxy voting was because it never took place in Congress before," McCarthy stated.
"But I'm asking you about George Santos, because you could put it to a vote," Brennan reminded McCarthy.
"I know you asked me a question. Let me ask you – you asked me a question. I'd appreciate it if you let me answer," McCarthy said. "So let's go through this, because it's not one simple answer. Congress is broken based upon what has transpired in the last Congress. The American public wasn't able to come in to see us. People voted by proxy, meaning you didn't have to show up for work. Bills didn't have to go through committee. So what I'm trying to do is open the People's House back for the people, so their voice is there, so people are held accountable. So now, as I just had in the last week, for the first time in seven years, every member got to vote."
Brennan noted that "if you got a third of your caucus to vote to oust him, you could do so. You don't think you could get your Republicans to do that?"
McCarthy pressed forward.
"I wasn't finished answering the question," he asserted. "So if every single new person brought into Congress was elected by their constituents, what their constituents have done has lend their voice to the American public. So those members can all serve on committee. Now, what I'm trying to do is change some of these committees as well. Like the Intel committee is different than any other committee..."
Brennan again checked him.
"You're just not going to answer the question I asked," she said.
McCarthy's tone turned defensive.
"Well, no, you don't get to question whether I answer it. You asked the question I'm trying to get," he snipped.
"I don't think you said the name George Santos, like, once. I asked you a few times," Brennan chuckled, pointing out that McCarthy was "talking about proxy voting and other things."
McCarthy still refused to address Brennan's initial queries.
"No, but no, you started the question with Congress was broken and I agreed with you. But I was answering the question of how Congress is broken and how we're changing it. So if I can finish the question that you asked me, how Congress is broken, I equated every single member. They just got elected by their constituents. They have a right to serve," he declared. "So that means that Santos can serve on a committee the same way Swalwell – who had a relationship with a Chinese spy – but they will not serve on Intel."
When the interview ended due to time, social media users were exasperated with McCarthy's performance.
Mr Poosh: "Literally every response he has is whataboutism."
RKB: "Does anyone seriously believe this person should be speaker?"
Diane L-S: "Brennan allowed SPINO McCarthy to patronize her with his arrogance. Shut that crap down and demand he actually answer the question asked and not disrespect her in his answering. Inform him if he’s going to refuse to answer questions, BS deflect or dis her, the interview is over."
Brooks Hart: "He talks about the constituents who voted for Santos having the right to have their elected official seated on committees. But Santos decieved those voters. He ran on lies."
Jay Arnold: "McCarthy being speaker is a proxy for Congress being broken."
Watch below or at this link.
\u201cMcCarthy's defense of George Santos is filibustering and whataboutism. Pathetic.\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1675007466
Reprinted with permission from Alternet.
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Trump Accuses DeSantis Of 'Trying To Rewrite History' On Pandemic Response
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis
Former President Donald Trump is slamming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for shifting positions on the Covid-19 vaccines for political purposes as the fast-rising governor reportedly prepares for a White House bid.
After an uncharacteristic silence and even listlessness following his 2024 presidential candidacy announcement last November, the twice impeached ex-president hit the campaign trail over the weekend, vising New Hampshire and South Carolina, where he displayed the pugilistic approach that endeared him to the country’s hard right.
While aboard his refurbished Boeing 757 en route to New Hampshire on Saturday, Trump suggested to reporters that DeSantis's anti-vaccine position was political posturing, given that the governor had ordered strict restrictions across his state at the onset of the pandemic.
“There are Republican governors that did not close their states,” Trump said. “Florida was closed for a long period of time.”
DeSantis — who got a Johnson and Johnson covid vaccine in April 2021 and once implored Floridians to “get vaccinated” because “the vaccines protect you” — and his team are “trying to rewrite [the] history” of their Covid-19 vaccine response, Trump added, according to CNN.
“I had governors that decided not to close a thing, and that was up to them,” Trump, an early proponent of covid-19 vaccination himself, told reporters, seeking to distance himself from the now-hot button topic.
The Florida governor didn’t just advocate for vaccines and put forth executive orders limiting in-person gatherings and closing entertainment establishments. His administration threatened in February 2021 to withhold covid-19 vaccines from jurisdictions that criticized its decision to roll out the coveted shots in heavily Republican areas of Florida first.
However, the governor has since changed his tune and attacked the covid-19 vaccines, their manufacturers, and the Centers for Disease Control so often, he is now a figurehead for the far-right’s anti-vaccine, anti-restriction, and pro-freedom movements.
Far-right commentators of the vaccine fearmongering kind have suggested that Trump would be wise to go the anti-vaccine route to further pander to the ultraconservative base, lest he loses ground to DeSantis.
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Christina Bobb, an attorney for Trump’s 2024 campaign, told conspiracy-peddling right-wing host Stew Peters, who questioned the defeated president’s support for “this bio-weapon injection, that Trump was poised to change his covid-19 vaccine stance, too.
“I suspect he will fully support the MAGA base and the way they feel about this, and he will move forward with the will of the American people,” Bobb said.
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The row over early covid-19 vaccine positions was one of Trump’s first campaign trail attacks on DeSantis, who some polls have shown leading the potentially crowded of Republican 2024 presidential candidates.
In his rant on “Trump Force One,” the former president again took credit for DeSantis’ 2018 ascension to governorship, saying, “Ron would have not been governor if it wasn’t for me.”
“So when I hear he might run, I consider that very disloyal,” Trump added.
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