Donald Trump meets with creationist Jerry Falwell Jr about possibly becoming next Secretary of Edu
Source: The Independent
Many of Americas conservative, evangelical community were distrustful of the religious bona fides of the thrice-married former casino magnate when he asked them to vote for him.
One of Donald Trumps strongest supporters on the religious right, however, was Jerry Falwell, the President of Liberty University and the son of Jerry Falwell, a celebrated Southern Baptist pastor.
Now Mr Trump is reportedly considering appointing Mr Falwell to head the Department of Education, or at least offer him a position within the department, despite his teaching of so-called creationism to his students.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-meets-with-creationist-jerry-falwell-jr-about-possibly-becoming-next-secretary-of-a7430261.html
How refreshing that a news outlet would call creationism "so called"...
wcmagumba
(2,886 posts)OMG (really, in this case...from a non-believer here)...
LonePirate
(13,425 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)election, my outrage system is on steroids. I don't think any of us can afford to let this atrophy - each outlandish, insane, malevolent incident has to be paid attention to. This is what worries me about our can't walk and chew gum at the same time MSM.
rpannier
(24,330 posts)hiring another
Though, in fairness to Falwell.. it was closer to a real university under his father
Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)It's hard to tell anymore.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)It never is, though.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...Lord have mercy.
This would be ridiculous!
christx30
(6,241 posts)"Class, open up your science textbooks to Genesis, chapter 2, verse 5..."
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)And scary at the same time
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)gwheezie
(3,580 posts)All diversion. He's playing political apprentice.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)pfitz59
(10,381 posts)Fracking Trump
Hekate
(90,714 posts)That's all I have to say, except that he tweets like mad when he's trying to distract the media (and us) from his latest illegal business deal.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Although there would be many qualified candidates...
trusty elf
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mdbl
(4,973 posts)In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
There, now go take the test.
ROFL!
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)Maybe worse since not as well known, but truly terrifying.
DK504
(3,847 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)Erik Prince, seem less threatening by comparison.
We will now have a Secretary of Education who is for privatizing public schools and will be in a position of power to begin dismantling the public system.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/23/trump-devos-education/94344918/
Trump appoints Betsy DeVos to education secretary post
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/devos-family-foundations-heritage-americans-prosperity-blackwater
The Family That Gives Together
Across four decades and two generations, the DeVos family has poured more than $200 million into the key institutions of the Christian right and the conservative movement.
Members of the DeVos family rank among the most generous benefactors of the conservative movement and the Christian right, up there with the Bradleys, the Coorses, and the Kochs. Not only has billionaire Amway cofounder Richard DeVos Sr. cut checks to anti-union and anti-tax efforts, but these days he's also a fixture at the Koch brothers' invite-only donor summits. Name an organizationJerry Falwell's Moral Majority, David Koch's Americans for Prosperity, the arch-conservative Heritage Foundationand odds are a DeVos family member has donated to it.
How extensive is the DeVos family's largesse? Below, we trace the family's many millions as they flow out of family foundations into the biggest-name think tanks and advocacy groups in American politics today. And for good measure, we've included Erik Prince, the founder of the private-security company Blackwater, who is the brother of Dick DeVos' wife, Betsy. What a small world.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)You're right. Very scary.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Is playing and look past that to the real threat he is posing.
We didn't do that when he purposely planted his statement about possibly not conceding in the debate. Sadly, I count myself as part of that we." I started thinking about times some of us rightfully did not concede in the cases of Gore, then Kerry, but brushed that thought aside and did not raise the issue as I should have.
Not making that same mistake again.
He was doing the old "look over here" both in the debate and with this appointment.
It is very bad news.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Seriously? Education?
xor
(1,204 posts)The one silver lining with all this was that I figured at least the religious nuttery won't be too bad. So much for that.
underpants
(182,829 posts)Jr. doesn't come from enough money to be in his cabinet.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)This seriously cannot be real. Does everybody know how many new age christian fundamentalist wingnuts Trump has already appointed to his team?