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TexasTowelie

(125,486 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 03:00 PM Yesterday

MAGA Backfire! Kentucky Teachers Regret Supporting Trump - The Logical Leftist



Kentucky teachers who backed Donald Trump are now staring down the barrel of deep education funding cuts — to their own classrooms, jobs, and students. In this video, I break down how MAGA’s “small government” and tax cuts for the rich translate directly into layoffs, larger class sizes, and gutted public schools in states like Kentucky.

We’ll walk through how Trump and Republicans sold themselves as champions of “working people” while pushing an agenda that drains money from public education to fund billionaire tax breaks, police, prisons, and border militarization. The same educators who voted for Trump are now watching their districts slash programs, freeze hiring, and quietly push privatization schemes and vouchers.
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MAGA Backfire! Kentucky Teachers Regret Supporting Trump - The Logical Leftist (Original Post) TexasTowelie Yesterday OP
Screw them, too. Who are they going to support if/when TACO blows his last gasket: JD Vance. marble falls Yesterday #1
I love teachers. My whole family is in education. But they gotta be dumb to think tax cuts for the rich...... FadedMullet Yesterday #2
Republicans hate them get the red out Yesterday #3
A true teacher wants students to be as educated as possible. A Trumpster wants them as dumb as possible. GreenWave Yesterday #4

FadedMullet

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2. I love teachers. My whole family is in education. But they gotta be dumb to think tax cuts for the rich......
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 03:04 PM
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...........isn't going to hurt them.

get the red out

(13,958 posts)
3. Republicans hate them
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 03:13 PM
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Republicans on RW media have openly hated and demeaned teachers for over 20 years (I remember Limbaugh was always hammering on teachers). One would think educated people would have a little more sense, supporting education was what got Andy Beshear barely elected for his first term over a well-known crook. Red States have people with such short memories, probably because of their preachers. (I am a Kentuckian, so I am not criticizing people I haven't been around my whole life). Yes, FAFO.

GreenWave

(12,333 posts)
4. A true teacher wants students to be as educated as possible. A Trumpster wants them as dumb as possible.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 04:27 PM
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