Educators and Trump

The author of the meme here makes a good point.

My only response is that the number of teachers who voted for Trump must be extremely low.  Because I tutor at my local public high school I have the opportunity to speak with teachers on this subject.  During Trump’s first term, one told me:

You can’t be an educator and a Trump supporter at the same time.  And it’s not because of politics per se; we all understand that there are some conservative teachers.  But even they won’t vote for someone who’s clearly trying to destroy public education and keep our kids as ignorant as possible.  Look at the extremes to which his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, is going to phase out public schools in favor of private education and religious institutions for the affluent.