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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Mar 15, 2019

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The Trump Years: Politically Driven Willful Ignorance

“I love the poorly educated.”

- Donald Trump

In a 2017 poll, 57% of the respondents who said that they voted for Donald Trump “said it was ‘definitely true’ or ‘probably true’ that [President Obama] came from Kenya.” While the rest of the world debates how to deal with climate change, only “70 percent of Americans…

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Carl J. Petersen

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Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com

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