Hogwash
I was talking to John Roberts on Fox News recently, and this is what he asked me:
“So one of the hallmarks of your campaign is that you're taking on the Democrats' victim mentality. Head on. But there are a lot of people on the left who say that this idea of “up from the bootstraps,” which you promote, that everybody could do it if they work hard enough, really is ignoring the basic racial history of this country. What do you say to those criticisms?”
Just one word. Hogwash. It's the simplest word I can use. It's just hogwash.
The truth of my life disproves the lies of the radical Left. What they hate the most is a candidate like me who actually disrupts their narrative.
I'm a kid that grew up in a single-parent household, mired in poverty. I rose because of American exceptionalism and good people like teachers and Chick-fil-A operators who came together to help me understand that if I took individual responsibility for myself, amazing things could happen.
But here's the good news. It's not just my life! There are those who talk about growing up on the “wrong side of the tracks.” In fact, I’d say I was raised on that side of the proverbial track. But, the fact is, which side of the tracks you grew up on shouldn’t predetermine your path.
The great news about America's future is that it's not the color of your skin that determines your future; to change your path, you must have access to a quality education and a belief in hard work.
And that's one of the reasons why, as President of the United States, I will encourage every state to embrace and adopt school choice programs and then take the two major buckets of funding from the federal government, Title I and Title II, and send them with the kids.
Wherever the kids go, the dollars should follow. We can change the future of this country. And it starts with our education system.
As I often say, we give students a chance by giving parents a choice. I truly believe that.
The GOP, the Great Opportunity Party, is the party today that is serious about empowering parents so children have the highest-quality education possible. This is how to unleash the next generation of America’s kids so they can achieve their full potential - their own American Dream.