Rep. Andrew Brenner calls public education "Socialism" [View all]

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And people actually voted for this whackjob?

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/19/legislators-school-views-rankle-some.html
Powell legislator stirs controversy over views on public schools
By Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch • Wednesday March 19, 2014 7:43 AM

Two weeks after calling public education “socialism” and saying it should be privatized, state Rep. Andrew Brenner said of those criticizing him with vulgarities: “I’m guessing those people had a public education.”

The Powell Republican and vice chairman of the House Education Committee wrote another column this week on his wife’s website, Brenner Brief News, criticizing those who took issue with his previous column.

“Many of the comments I cannot repeat due to the crude language involved, and many of those comments were deleted due to vulgarity,” he wrote on Monday. “I’m guessing those people had a public education — common core may have even been involved.”

That comment drew a rebuke yesterday from House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, who was hoping that Brenner incorrectly phrased his remark.... MORE