Friday, December 2, 2016

Oppose nomination of secretary of education

It was the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, who said "Education is the most important subject we can be engaged in." Free public education for all is a major underpinning of democracy. That underpinning is threatened by the nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. She and Trump want to institute vouchers, which send public money to private schools. And this could include private schools set up by Islamic extremists. Don't let the extremists that are taking over our government get by with this. Mail senators, especially Republican senators from the party of Lincoln, urging them to oppose her nomination.

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