Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos seems to want Donald Trump to start talking about school choice before she’ll support him. Trump has yet to mention school choice much on the campaign trail, although he has said education needs to be done at the state and local level. School choice hasn’t come up much during the main convention speeches, but DeVos, chair of the pro-school choice group American Federation for Children, said the school choice discussion has exceeded her expectations.
“I’ve been happily surprised to hear it mentioned as many times as it has been, because it hasn’t been part of the conversation nationally to date,” DeVos said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “It’s pretty understandable because on the other side, Hillary is clearly in the camp of the status quo and the teachers’ unions. But I’m very hopeful Mr. Trump will begin talking about this as part of his campaign rhetoric going into the fall. I think it’s a really important issue that Republicans broadly can and should embrace because it represents hope and opportunity for a lot of people who don’t have it today.”
