This is long overdue.
Trump is advising the Treasury Department to look into the tax-exempt status of colleges and universities which he describes as left wing indoctrination centers.
Not only are they left wing indoctrination centers, but they put families and students into massive debt.
CNBC reports:
Trump threatens tax-exempt status of colleges, says many are about ‘Radical Left Indoctrination’
President Donald Trump said Friday he is asking the Treasury Department to review the tax-exempt status of universities and school systems, suggesting in a tweet that too many were about “Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education.”
Trump also said he would have their funding revoked “if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues.”
“Our children must be Educated, not Indoctrinated!” he wrote.
Trump’s criticism of colleges and school systems follows the president’s aggressive push this week to have schools fully reopen for in-person classes this fall despite the coronavirus pandemic. Trump threatened to withhold federal funding for schools that do not open.
See Trump’s tweets below:
Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education. Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2020
… and/or Funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues. Our children must be Educated, not Indoctrinated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2020
Trump is absolutely correct about this.
On America’s college campuses, conservative students are routinely denied the same free speech freedoms as other students.
Conservative speakers are shouted off stage by progressive students who sometimes riot if they don’t get their way.
Colleges and universities that allow this to happen should not have tax-exempt status.
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