Giridharadas: ‘People Who Can Read and Understand that Climate Change Is Happening Are Not Favorable Voters’ for Republicans

BRZEZINSKI So here we ░░░░░░░░ We can move to ░░░░░░░░ next story unless crosstalk ░░░░░░░░ Well crosstalk BRZEZINSKI Anybody ░░░░░░░░ a feeling about this ░░░░░░░░ Well as you know ░░░░░░░░ s not a new ░░░░░░░░ right crosstalk BRZEZINSKI We ░░░░░░░░ not shocked SCARBOROUGH Because ░░░░░░░░ s what we like ░░░░░░░░ 94 the argument was ░░░░░░░░ re going to take ░░░░░░░░ and power and authority ░░░░░░░░ put it as close ░░░░░░░░ the classrooms as possible ░░░░░░░░ is an old idea ░░░░░░░░ Department of Education started ░░░░░░░░ think in 1979 1980 ░░░░░░░░ Reagan immediately said let ░░░░░░░░ keep education on state ░░░░░░░░ and local levels And ░░░░░░░░ push as much money ░░░░░░░░ and authority there We ░░░░░░░░ just seen though over ░░░░░░░░ past 40 years that ░░░░░░░░ some coordination from Washington ░░░░░░░░ And conservative George W ░░░░░░░░ actually was very effective ░░░░░░░░ standards that a lot ░░░░░░░░ people in the education ░░░░░░░░ didn t like But ░░░░░░░░ doing that from Washington ░░░░░░░░ C you actually did ░░░░░░░░ scores that went up ░░░░░░░░ again a lot of ░░░░░░░░ in the education establishment ░░░░░░░░ kicking and screaming And ░░░░░░░░ top of that we ░░░░░░░░ learned a lot of ░░░░░░░░ can t even be ░░░░░░░░ to take Medicaid A ░░░░░░░░ of governors can t ░░░░░░░░ be trusted to take ░░░░░░░░ to take care of ░░░░░░░░ poorest to take care ░░░░░░░░ middle class families BRZEZINKI ░░░░░░░░ we get to the ░░░░░░░░ I think it s ░░░░░░░░ so erratic and rash ░░░░░░░░ way they ve been ░░░░░░░░ these cuts that you ░░░░░░░░ to wonder if this ░░░░░░░░ the proper You have ░░░░░░░░ question this SCARBOROUGH Right ░░░░░░░░ will say though this ░░░░░░░░ been a conservative goal ░░░░░░░░ you said and an ░░░░░░░░ for a very long ░░░░░░░░ But what we found ░░░░░░░░ the years is again ░░░░░░░░ idea always was give ░░░░░░░░ money the power the ░░░░░░░░ to the states They ░░░░░░░░ do the right things ░░░░░░░░ their individual states Legislative ░░░░░░░░ that s just not ░░░░░░░░ now especially again I ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid as a perfect ░░░░░░░░ where you have middle ░░░░░░░░ Americans in rural America ░░░░░░░░ are watching their hospitals ░░░░░░░░ down their nursing homes ░░░░░░░░ down You know 50 ░░░░░░░░ of kids in rural ░░░░░░░░ get their health care ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid And and so ░░░░░░░░ you re going to ░░░░░░░░ funding for Medicaid to ░░░░░░░░ your base I can ░░░░░░░░ even imagine what you ░░░░░░░░ going to do with ░░░░░░░░ Giridharadas Yeah I mean ░░░░░░░░ think in the modern ░░░░░░░░ of cutting this they ░░░░░░░░ revealing something to citizens ░░░░░░░░ is they don t ░░░░░░░░ the most educated citizenry ░░░░░░░░ because it s not ░░░░░░░░ to them People who ░░░░░░░░ read and understand that ░░░░░░░░ change is happening are ░░░░░░░░ favorable voters for them ░░░░░░░░ who can read and ░░░░░░░░ what they re doing ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid to Social Security ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk is doing ░░░░░░░░ better your reading comprehension ░░░░░░░░ the more you might ░░░░░░░░ like what this administration ░░░░░░░░ doing So an educated ░░░░░░░░ is not in their ░░░░░░░░ and they re coming ░░░░░░░░ it.”