There is a reason why Republicans gut education...
...and heap scorn on 'intellectuals', and vilify 'liberal' higher education, and slander experts and scientists...
They know quite well that an educated populace is a threat to their power, and so they do all they can to sabotage, to prevent that threat from becoming reality.
And it has worked too well.
Discussing O’Rourke’s launch on Thursday’s Fox & Friends, Kilmeade grumbled that the magazine “helped launch his campaign.” And then the Fox host obsessed over O’Rourke’s reading habits.
“They also point out that he has this huge library,” he said. “As if it’s a big plus that he reads books.”