There Trump goes again bashing ‘bad government schools’ - The Washington Post

There Trump goes again bashing ‘bad government schools’ - The Washington Post

There Trump goes again bashing ‘bad government schools’

President Trump was in Texas on Thursday, where he was part of a discussion about race and policing, and used the opportunity to take new shots at public schools.

At Gateway Church in Dallas, Trump met with law enforcement officials, pastors and business owners and talked about his four-point plan to “build safety and opportunity and dignity” for communities of color. He did not discuss why the police chief, sheriff and district attorney of Dallas — all of whom are African Americans, were not invited to the event focused on injustice and policing.

Trump bashed public schools, calling them “bad government schools” in which African Americans get “trapped” — although Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams said at the same event that it was important for schools to reopen safely as soon as possible. Trump himself has said repeatedly that schools should open after being closed for months during the covid-19 pandemic.

Here are the four points that Trump spoke about on Thursday:

• Pursue “economic development in minority communities.”
• Confront “health-care disparities, including addressing chronic conditions and investing substantial sums in minority-serving medical institutions.”
• “Encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards for the use of force, including tactics for de-escalation.”

And the fourth, not surprisingly, was urging Congress to “enact school choice,” which in Trump’s lexicon means his proposal to spend up to $5 billion on tax credits for individuals and groups who donate to help children attend private and religious schools.

He said, according to a transcript provided by the White House:

Today, politicians make false charges, and they’re trying to distract from their own failed records. They have some very bad records. And these are usually the ones that cause the problems or can’t solve the problems. These are the same politicians who shipped our jobs away and took tremendous advantage of all Americans. But African American middle class — so much of that wealth and that money and those jobs went to China and other countries. And they get trapped. They get trapped. They get trapped in a CONTINUE READING: There Trump goes again bashing ‘bad government schools’ - The Washington Post