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Trump: âI Love the Poorly Educatedâ
He hates the intelligence community, he hates American judges, he hates CNN, he hate MSNBC, he hates NBC, he hate hates most of the American Free Press, he hates the United States Constitution, he hates Latinos, he hates immigrants, he hates the FBI, he hates investigative journalists and he hates fact-checkersâŚbut he loves the poorly educated.
Honestly, Trump isnât all that bright himself. The lies that he tells are sorely lacking in sophistication or credibility. Without the poorly educated, Trumpâs candidacy would never have been able to get off the ground. The poorly educated are Trumpâs base.
Itâs sad that a presidential candidate would target Americaâs dullards, halfwits and dropouts as his primary voting bloc, however whatâs even sadder is the fact that there are enough of them out there to sway a national election. And even once Trump is gone, theyâll still be out there, and theyâll still have the power to elect presidents, governors, senators and judges.
So, how large is this voting bloc that Trump loves so much? I canât give you an exact number, however weâre talking about, however itâs well over a hundred million.
This is a horrifying thought, and Iâd love to tell you that weâve got the math wrong and that there arenât nearly that many Americans out there who are so utterly clueless and ignorant, however, the facts speak for themselves.
The Pew Research Group has done polling of the American people to see just how intelligent the American population is, and here is what theyâve found:
Twenty-five percent of Americans cannot identify which nation American fought a war against to gain their independence.
Twenty-nine percent of Americans cannot locate the Pacific Ocean on a map of the world.
Thirty percent of Americans do not know what the Holocaust was.
Thirty-three percent of Americans are incapable of naming ANY of the three branches of the United States government.
More than thirty-seven percent of the American people cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment.
Nearly fifty percent of Americans believe that global climate change is some sort of hoax.
Fifty-three percent of Americans believe that undocumented immigrants have no legal rights under the United States Constitution.
Fifty-five percent of Americans believe that Christianity was written into the U.S. Constitution and that the Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans are unable to identify Herbert Hoover, or Herbert Hooverâs role in American history.
And even though it is a cornerstone of medical science, immunology, genetic science and biology, a shocking SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of Americans do not believe in the theory of evolution!
Over two-hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson told us that an enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. He told us that self-government would not be possible unless the citizens were educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight.
Trump is probably unaware of anything Thomas Jefferson said about the consequences of an uneducated citizenry, however, he seems to instinctively understand that an educated citizenry would not tolerate his lies and dishonest scheming. Trump doesnât want an educated citizenry exercising oversight. He wants millions of credulous dullards mindlessly chanting slogans, believing absurd lies and supporting atrocities.
And while Donald Trump will soon be nothing more than a sad footnote in Americaâs history, the MILLIONS of intellectually-lazy dupes that believe Americaâs Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy, and think that climate change is a hoax, will still be with us. They will still be voting in national, state, local and school board elections.
Watching the way that the Republican Party has spent decades underfunding schools, pushing creationism as part of the school curriculum, denying the theory of evolution, vainly attempting to abolish the department of education and defaming teachers, college professors and scientists on right-wing radio, one could reasonably assume that the Republican Party actually WANTED to turn America into a nation swarming with millions of intellectually-lazy dupes.
Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund Americaâs schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.
TRUMP LOVES THE POORLY EDUCATED
