Trump’s Dog-Whistle Attack on “Failing Government Schools” Drips with Religious Repression, Racism, and Homophobia

Tim Libretti, PhD
5 min readFeb 9, 2020
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In his State of the Union Address, Trump took a swipe at what he called “failing government schools.”

Most of us use the term “public school” or talk about “public education,” as we refer to institutions set up by, for, and of the people.

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Tim Libretti, PhD

Professor of Literature, Political Economy enthusiast, Dad, always thinking about the optimal world