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Any Democrat who works in the Trump administration is finished with me. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 OP
AMEN to that. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #1
Rhee is a maverick but nothing indicates she is a Deplorable. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #2
I've been thinking, the Trump administration might fail so miserably and be so autocratic RKP5637 Nov 2016 #3
Rhee is an opportunist Republican Tool marylandblue Nov 2016 #4
Agreed. It's astounding to me that she claims to be a Democrat. Is there a way Nay Nov 2016 #5
This is why actions are more important than party. EOM sfwriter Nov 2016 #6
She is already a disgrace to the teaching profession. I was surprised that she is a dem. femmocrat Nov 2016 #7

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
1. AMEN to that.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:57 AM
Nov 2016

It will be a deal-breaker for ANY Dem who is even halfway associated with that orange thing.

EVERY morning I get up, I have a sick feeling in my gut as I open the paper to read what kind of terrible outrages have been committed in the past 24 hours, and I am NEVER "disappointed."

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
2. Rhee is a maverick but nothing indicates she is a Deplorable.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:00 AM
Nov 2016

Democrats need to stay as far away from him as possible.

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
3. I've been thinking, the Trump administration might fail so miserably and be so autocratic
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:09 AM
Nov 2016

and authoritarian across the board there might be a massive swing toward democrats. Hence, any democrat IMO should stay clear of serving in the Trump autocracy so as to not tarnish their name for the future ...


marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
4. Rhee is an opportunist Republican Tool
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:25 AM
Nov 2016

She may have D next to her name, but she was responsible for a major testing scandal in Washington DC public schools. She wanted to improve things by tying teacher ratings to test scores and then firing teachers who didn't meet the standard. Test scores went and she was hailed as a hero. Then it turned it out the scores went up due to widespread cheating by teachers afraid of losing their jobs. She has spent the years since speaking to right-wing education groups about the wonderful benefits of punishing teachers and school choice.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
5. Agreed. It's astounding to me that she claims to be a Democrat. Is there a way
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:58 AM
Nov 2016

to vet people's actual actions so they cannot claim to be a Democrat if they push straight Republican policies as she did? It irked me that she and Duncan got the Dem go-ahead to destroy education with basically RW policies.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
7. She is already a disgrace to the teaching profession. I was surprised that she is a dem.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 11:02 AM
Nov 2016

I will go a little further: Any democrat in congress who works with him is also a disgrace and deserves our full disdain and telephone barrages.

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