Republicans Fumble Public Education in This Week's Texas House Hearing

Public school advocates left frustrated as GOP pushes privatization agenda.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/republicans-fumble-public-education


It’s Groundhog Day in Texas, which means that, once again, Republicans are failing our public education system. Watching this week’s committee hearings (Monday and Tuesday), we were all reminded of yet another reason why the GOP is terrible at governing.

First and foremost, the Representatives on this Committee make no sense.

Chair: Representative Brad Buckley, a multi-millionaire veterinarian and rancher who lives in the most rural area of Bell County. If you know anything about Bell County, you know that Republicans are the representation here only due to extreme gerrymandering.

Representative Brian Harrison, a millionaire Labradoodle breeder. To be clear, his wealth was primarily generated from politics. But what does he know about education? Harrison is a post-capitalism extremist who wants to privatize public schools because that’s what his billionaire donors wish to do. Listen to Harrison disrespect Democrats on the dias: