WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump names J.D. Vance as his running mate, National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement:
"Educators understand what is at stake in this election for our students and our country. Donald Trump is a convicted felon who only cares about himself. This is the same man who entrusted Betsy DeVos, the least qualified Secretary of Education in history, to attempt to dismantle our public schools. He wants to ban books, take learning opportunities away from students, make educators pay more in taxes than billionaires, and eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
“So, while Donald Trump might have selected J.D. Vance to be his running mate, it is clear he is nothing more than another MAGA extremist who will be a rubber stamp for Project 2025 and Betsy DeVos’s agenda.
“The choice in this election couldn’t be more clear, which is why NEA members are doing everything possible to ensure President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are reelected.”
J.D. Vance Background:
- J.D. Vance wants to divert funding from public schools to unaccountable and discriminatory private schools.
- J.D. Vance has opposed providing the resources needed to expand learning opportunities for public school students, including attacking his 2022 Senate opponent for supporting the American Rescue Plan which provided record resources for students.
- Vance is against expanding child care to help lower costs for working families.
- Vance called gun violence “fake problems” and thinks common-sense reforms to make communities safer from gun violence are “a huge distraction.”
- Vance is against lifting the crushing burden of student debt from working families through student debt relief efforts.
- Vance even attended Betsy DeVos’ book launch party.
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