Trump voters are going to be really shocked when he fulfills a promise to cut federal education funding. See, they all thought they were voting for cheaper eggs, less of those awful "Spanish speaking foreigners" and better jobs. Instead, they are getting higher taxes, less health benefits and dramatic and detrimental cuts to their local education budget.
For example, in Kentucky, many residents live in poverty, working blue collar jobs for minimum wage and little to no benefits. They pay little to no attention to politics are are "low information voters" who thought Trump personally sent them COVID checks out of his own money. They are the perfect mark for his snake oil salesman lie that "America First" means he is putting THEM first.
Sadly, his policies will most likely hit them the hardest, especially his promise to eliminate the Department of Education and slash federal funds to public schools. But what will that really mean? Well, Bell County receives 10% of its funding from federal dollars, but that number was actually HIGHER due to COVID funds. Cutting that funding would cause a ripple effect - teacher layoffs, bigger classroom sizes and less attention for their most vulnerable students - those with 504's, IEP's, special needs and ESOL.
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