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Jerry Falwell, Jr: Trump offered me job as Secretary of Education
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:27 am
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:27 am
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. says president elect-Donald Trump offered him the job of Secretary of Education, but he turned it down for personal reasons.
Falwell told The Associated Press on Saturday that Trump offered him the job last week during a meeting in New York. He says Trump wanted a four- to six-year commitment, but Falwell says he couldn't leave Liberty for more than two years.
Falwell says he couldn't afford to work a cabinet-level job in Washington for longer than that and didn't want to move his family, especially his 16-year-old daughter.
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Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:28 am to Jim Rockford
I really hope he's lying.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:28 am to Jim Rockford
Isn't it out of the norm to publicize this?
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:30 am to shinerfan
Encouraging that Trump wanted a real commitment of four or more years and not a couple of years to pad the resume.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:30 am to Jim Rockford
Disappointing if he was actually offered.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:41 am to Jim Rockford
Hopefully this is just a stunt to further solidify and consolidate Trump's evangelical support and Falwell was never actually going to get the job.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:42 am to Jim Rockford
That would have been AWESOME
The melt... the melt... would be off the charts
The melt... the melt... would be off the charts
Posted on 11/27/16 at 10:52 am to Jim Rockford
Why would this be shocking? He runs a successful university, understands the challenges of education and probably would be a breath of fresh air vs the typical political retreads that typically fill these positions. I like the idea of private citizens having a part in govt instead of just a bunch of political hacks.
This post was edited on 11/27/16 at 10:54 am
Posted on 11/27/16 at 11:04 am to Blizzard of Chizz
I'll say this about Falwell, he's not afraid of exposing his students to different ideas. He invited Sanders to speak at Liberty and the audience received him respectfully.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 12:35 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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He runs a successful university
He runs a university that uses outright lies as part of their core science and history curriculum.
I don't want someone who thinks teaching kids that evolution is a lie and that the great flood was a key piece of world history is worth thousands of dollars a semester anywhere near a federal education position.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 12:37 pm to Jim Rockford
Why does the position of Sect. of Educ. exist?
Posted on 11/27/16 at 12:41 pm to Zach
Because left on their own, many local school boards and individual states would come up with nonsense that makes common core look brilliant by comparison. Go take a look at some of the most popular home schooling curriculum for a glimpse into the nonsense that would arise in many areas.
Just because the government currently blows at educating our youth doesn't mean the alternative wouldn't be worse.
Just because the government currently blows at educating our youth doesn't mean the alternative wouldn't be worse.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:00 pm to Jim Rockford
If This would have happened, I'd have sent money to the recount effort. And I'm MAGA as frick.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:00 pm to Roger Klarvin
God...education must have really sucked before the DoEd was created.
Oh, that's right...it didn't.
The descent of US education into the shitter ACCELERATED under the DoEd.
Oh, that's right...it didn't.
The descent of US education into the shitter ACCELERATED under the DoEd.
This post was edited on 11/27/16 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:06 pm to udtiger
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Oh, that's right...it didn't.
It depended entirely on where you lived and who was on your school board, which is the point.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:08 pm to udtiger
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The decent
of US education into the shitter ACCELERATED under the DoEd.
Apparently
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:09 pm to Roger Klarvin
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It depended entirely on where you lived and who was on your school board, which is the point.
So, the answer for substandard education in isolated areas was to make it suck nationwide...
Ah, liberals. Spreading misery equally.
This post was edited on 11/27/16 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:10 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Apparently
Took you two shots to catch it, so don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:13 pm to udtiger
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So, the answer for substandard education in isolated areas was to make it suck nationwide...
Not ideally
Posted on 11/27/16 at 1:14 pm to Roger Klarvin
Roger gonna Roger.
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