THE PRESIDENT NEEDS PRACTICE:  Especially if Ron DeSantis is his opponent next year.  From Fox:   

Commentators across Twitter mocked President Biden for his attempted political hit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., actually making the case for school choice.

After the College Board accused DeSantis of spreading "misinformation" and "slander" against their AP African American Studies course, the governor expressed interest in looking at alternatives to their AP program to use in Florida instead.

Biden tried at attack DeSantis for this, tweeting a Washington Post article, titled "‘Unfathomable’: Florida parents, students blast DeSantis idea to nix APs," and writing, "I think every kid, in every zip code, in every state should have access to every education opportunity possible. I guess, for some, that isn’t the consensus view."

Twitter users, however, used it as an opportunity to poke fun at Biden as his endorsement of "every kid" having "access to every education opportunity possible" no matter where they live is the basic argument of supporters of school choice. 

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tweeted, "Welcome to the #EducationFreedom movement, Mr. President @POTUS @JoeBiden."

"Um, so school choice? Maybe tell your union boss buddies how they aren't supporting the consensus view," Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow Jarrett Stepman tweeted.

GOP rapid response director Tommy Pigott blasted the tweet, "If Biden really thought ‘every kid, in every zip code, in every state should have access to every education opportunity possible,’ he’d support empowering parents with school choice, not the union bosses who pushed lockdowns."

American Federation for Children senior fellow Corey A. DeAngelis wrote, "thank you for the accidental endorsement of school choice."

"Biden doesn't know it, but he just endorsed school choice!," Conservative political organization FreedomWorks tweeted.

COMMENT:  School choice may well turn out to be one of the most important issues in the 2024 presidential campaign.  Polls show that the public overwhelmingly supports it.  That places the Biden camp in a terrible situation – oppose school choice and they're running against parents,  endorse school choice and they're running against the teachers unions.  I don't think the Dems can come out of this well.

February 18, 2023