Tuberville says he doesn't know if inner city teachers 'can read and write'

[jgo]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said on Thursday that he does not know whether inner city teachers “can read and write.”

In a Thursday appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast, “Triggered,” Tuberville took aim at the public school system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he does not know how teachers in the inner city received degrees, pointing to a recent report that said 23 schools in Baltimore City do not have any students proficient in math.

“The COVID really brought it out how bad our schools are and how bad our teachers are, in the inner city,” Tuberville said. “Most of them in the inner city, I don’t know how they got degrees.”

“I don’t know whether they can read and write. And they want a raise. They want less time to work, less time in school,” he said. “It’s just, we’ve ruined work ethic in this country. We don’t work at it anymore. We push an easy life.”



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4022750-tuberville-says-he-doesnt-know-if-inner-city-teachers-can-read-and-write/

[enki23]

1. To be fair, it's not like he could tell.

[SouthernDem4ever]

43. LOL

Had to add my LOL in as it was first thing I did when I read your comment

[WiVoter]

55. DUzy!

Thank you for that! 🤣

[niyad]

66. Thank you. My immediate reaction was, "can he?"

[CatWoman]

77. Hi ENK!!!

[enki23]

80. (Hi back!)

[MontanaMama]

2. Which probably means that Tommy

doesn't know if he himself can read and wright. The projection is strong with MAGAts.

[kimbutgar]

15. You mean reed wright?

I liked your pun!

[MontanaMama]

16. Oh yeah...reed and wright.

You see what I was trying to do there...but failed in my rush to post

[AZ8theist]

29. I bet he thinks Roe vs Wade....

..was how Washington decided how to cross the Delaware.

To protect the airports, of course....

[MontanaMama]

60. Bwaaahaaaaaa!

[Stuart G]

70. I taught in the inner city for more than 13 years. I think I can read and write. Is that correct?

Actually, It is hard to tell sometimes. Teaching in the inner city was a long, long time ago. .......
Maybe the problem isn't the work that I did in the inner city, maybe the problem is the "O" word.
I don't like to even say the "O"word.

......................But the "O" word has to do with aging and growing more..".MATURE"

[Lovie777]

3. LOL.........

desperation.

GQPs are going all in with their fascism.

[walkingman]

4. I'd like to know what some of the Auburn former athletes think of this POS.

[oasis]

46. They probably knew all along. Tuberville's type of racism

is hard to keep under wraps. I wouldn't be surprised if a few strories from his past begin to surface.

[scarletlib]

59. I have been wondering the same thing.

This man is disgusting.

[maxsolomon]

5. My niece teaches in the "inner city". I assure you, she can read.

Tuberville is a bloviating know-nothing fool. Shoot-from-the-hip old man horseshit.

[AZ8theist]

30. That's an insult to bloviating fools.

[maxsolomon]

64. Nope, he fits right in with claques of dipshit Trumpist retirees

talking shit over breakfast at Dennys or Cracker Barrel. Same level of understanding of how things actually work.

Alabama's voters should be ashamed, but they're pretty much the same way.

[AZ8theist]

68. I think you missed the sarcasm in my comment...

[maxsolomon]

76. I've seen many versions of that comment.

I didn't miss it.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Ignorant fuck. "THE COVID..." Well, Tubbyville, you are THE best AL has to offer. Sad. SOB.

[Paladin]

7. Pretty obvious who the ignorant one is, here. (nt)

[lonely bird]

8. Let me be completely clear

Fuck Tuberville with a rusty rasp.

[Autumn]

9. I guarantee you that the worst teacher can think, read and write 1000 times better than Tubbyvile.

Talk about spending less time doing a job the Pukes are the kings of doing nothing and being paid very well for it.

[DinahMoeHum]

28. +1000s

n/t

[C Moon]

10. He's all over the place. You'd think a US senator would be able to focus on one topic.

[Iggo]

63. He's a wind-up toy.

[C Moon]

81. LOL!!

[Trenzalore]

11. Ah the football coach from the SEC team that doesn't win anything spoke

Look up your state's literacy rate

[Crowman2009]

78. The fact that he was an ex-football coach was the only reason he won.

If he had been some good ole' boy racist political professional like Beaureguard or the sex creep judge, then Doug Jones would have won. But all the shit-for-brains college football fans just came out of the woodwork in the last election.

BTW, I prefer to call him Potatoville since that is what he is as smart as, along with potatos being another name for tubers.

[DBoon]

13. because it was illegal to teach slaves to read in antebellum Alabama

Has anyone broken the news to Tuberville that the Confederacy lost and this law is not in effect?

Or can he just not resist a racist dog whistle

[groundloop]

14. Says the racist scam charity and hedge fund con artist.

[turbinetree]

17. I wonder if this racist jerk knows how to look in the mirror.. your state Tuberville ranks where in

education.....and just for giggles what have you exactly done while sitting in the US Senate for the last year, how many bills have you put forth that have passed to help the education in your state at the state / federal level, you are making over 177,000 a year doing wharf I know supporting racists ......ei: white supremist .....or are you living off your former salary that you made on the backs of the taxpayers going to Auburn University......and by golly we have a report on your former college salary....


https://www.cbs42.com/news/alabama-ranked-in-bottom-5-for-education-study-shows/

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/12/tommy-tuberville-us-senator-auburn-coach-reparations-speech-football

[tanyev]

18. You got any concerns about teachers in poor rural areas, Tommy?

Or is this only an “inner city” problem? Yeah, we understand your code.

[Diamond_Dog]

19. I saw that right away, too.

[halfulglas]

23. To be fair to Tuberville, it's now just him. "Inner City" is code to all the MAGAts.

As a college football coach, he isn't exactly a fan of education anyway. So many of the "winning" college coaches discourage athletes who want a real education from taking difficult courses. They pressure them into the easiest courses to keep them eligible. Education be damned. How many of his players actually graduated with degrees?

[LudwigPastorius]

47. Exactly

Meanwhile, in rural Texas...

A rural Texas high school postpones graduation after only 5 seniors meet graduation requirements

[2naSalit]

20. What a disgrace...

To life on the planet.

[wryter2000]

21. Wryter2000 says she doesn't know if Tuberville knows what an utter joke he is

Probably not.

[OhioTim]

22. With His Degree From Southern Arkansas

University (not kidding), I'm sure he was a genius. I taught high school chemistry for a few years in NYC public schools after graduating from Cornell, and I can assure you I knew how to read and write.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

24. Has the Alabama GOP tested Tuberville to insure he can read and write?

Judging from his actions, attitudes and hubris, I seriously doubt it.......

[mike_c]

25. that moron couldn't last one semester in a classroom...

[ancianita]

26. "Inner city" is the white supremacist dog whistle. He hates public education and follows his

donors' corporate messaging about stigmatizing public education professionals. (btw, Alabama and the rest of the entire South never even had public schools until the Reconstruction. All schools were for the rich, with even white poors and workers denied schools.
Tuberville validates the confederate secessionist racist sickness.

American public education has produced our presidents, astronauts, scientists, mathematicians, architects, skilled workers, engineers, artists, film makers, musicians, university and governmental leaders.

After the Powell Memo & corporate Raygun, the rich's formula on how to break down American institutions (from the FBI to border agents to education) became:

Defund
Deform through "Reform"
Stigmatize
Privatize

Racists like Tuberville spread the rich's divide-and-conquer script of distrust toward fellow citizens who are both parents and teaching professionals.

Tenured professionals of any medical, legal, architectural or other profession, do NOT produce a Return On Investment that states' investment in public schools do.

America's public schools produce an ROI ratio of 7:1 -- $7 return for every $1 invested.

When Tuberville oozes vile racist stereotypes about "inner city" professionals of the last standing Jeffersonian, democratizing institution of human development for this country, he simply promotes his donors' goals toward keeping the rich free of educated competitors. Like them he doesn't care about the nation's greatest assets, its people.

He's a rule of men guy. Corporate media are right there to lap it up.

We have to stop gazing at trainwreck news.

[milestogo]

27. Can Tommy Tuberville sign his name or is he still making an X?

[Marcuse]

45. He's used O too.

[keithbvadu2]

31. Let's check Tommy's educational level.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214542886

Tuberville thinks the three branches of government are "the House, the Senate and executive."

A legislative member of said gov't.

[dalton99a]

41. +1

[Martin68]

32. Utter disrespect for teachers is a hallmark of Republicans.

[thenelm1]

33. Says the guy who made a career basically only reading & writing in Xs & Os... n/t

[C Moon]

34. It's "the COVID."

[Mc Mike]

35. Another repug moron, telling everyone how dumb his 'enemies' are.

[Evolve Dammit]

36. What a fucking asshole.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. I know Tuberville has a problem with both

So I guess he thinks everyone does.

[GenThePerservering]

38. This dude like the rest of the GOP

doesn't know the meaning of a day's work - they get elected, and just grift through their terms.

[sarcasmo]

39. Racist football coach says, what?

[Red Mountain]

40. He's an obnoxious

piece of shit, isn't he?

Arrogant joke of a man.

[dalton99a]

42. Typical racist trash with money

[Botany]

44. Mother fucker made millions off of "inner city kids"

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

48. He really should have given a moment to consider where AL education ranks on a National scale.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP), also known as The Nation's Report Card Alabama ranks 39 in reading and 40 in math among fourth-grade students in the rankings from 2022.

[617Blue]

49. AL everything for that matter. nt

[mwb970]

50. What a horrible person!

[AZLD4Candidate]

51. And people wonder what I wrote a piece here saying being a teacher is useless, we have

nothing to show for anything, and tried to convince young people not to be teachers.

And people wonder why there's a 17% global teacher shortage. GLOBAL.

And people wonder why there's anywhere between a 10-20% teacher shortage in the US.

Being a teacher is the worst profession any educated person can have.

[trusty elf]

52. These morons can't multiply 17 X 6.

[JT45242]

53. This asshat was fired as coach at UC for golfing instead of recruiting

Child, please.

No one is lazier than this piece of shit. He got the job at Cincinnati based on a couple of good years in a major conference.

He stole millions of dollars by just golfing when he should have been recruiting, coaching, and teaching.

This treasonous moron needs to be incarcerated along with the oaf creepers, for his part in the insurrection.

[The Wizard]

54. He must be thinking of his

"student athletes."

[DFW]

56. I heard that teachers ask the same thing about Tuberville.

I still demand that all members of Congress be forced to take the same citizenship test that prospective immigrants have to pass before being allowed to become U.S. citizens. Passing grade is 90%, random questions, and no "extra credit" given.

If they fail, the runner-up in the last election that put them into office gets the chance to take the test, and take office. If neither can pass, a new election is held, with neither of the two failing candidates being allowed to be on the ballot. If the state can't find a candidate willing to run in a primary who can pass he test, then that state/district is denied the chance at representation for the period of office for which the election was held. You want to be represented in the US government, that entails certain responsibilities. Sending ignorants like Tubverville to the US Senate is an abdication of that responsibility.

[Kid Berwyn]

57. Tuberville is a crook.

From the New York Times via Cincinnati Enquirer:

… Asked about the hedge fund venture on the campaign trail in February, Mr. Tuberville described himself as “an investor like the rest of them,” much as he had in media reports at the time of the accusations.

“They sued me because I invested in it, and he used my name to get other people to put money in,” he said. “There was nothing ever implicated by anybody that I’d done anything wrong. I felt bad that he used my name.”

But a review of public court records shows that he had a broader role. While he was not picking stocks, or even a frequent presence in the office, Mr. Tuberville made introductions to potential investors, had business cards identifying himself as managing partner, and leased a BMW and got his health insurance through the company. Its offices in Auburn were filled with his coaching memorabilia. In 2010, he traveled to New York with Mr. Stroud to meet potential brokers for the fund, and was kept in the loop on decisions about hiring, according to email traffic.

In a statement, Mr. Tuberville’s lawyer and campaign chairman, Stan McDonald, said his client’s involvement in the company “was a big mistake, and he’s paid for it.”

“Coach Tuberville was as surprised as anyone to learn Stroud had lost all the money, including Coach’s. He never received a dime; it was a dead loss for him and his family,” Mr. McDonald said. “The Lord humbles us on many occasions, and this was such a moment for Coach.”

Source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2020/07/05/tommy-tuberville-hedge-fund-losses-exceeded-2-million-per-report/5380925002/

What’s worse, Tuberville is a NAZI. Thankfully, a stupid NAZI.

[LymphocyteLover]

58. He's sort of like MTG-- just let's the racism all hang out, doesn't care how blatant

[Johonny]

61. Does anyone have less work ethic than a GOP senator

Ex-football coach and current senator would last a week working at the typical public school. The dude is the walking definition of moving from soft job to soft job.

[rsdsharp]

62. This is the guy who thinks his father fought "socialists" in WWII.

He’s so fucking dumb he has to have someone stand behind him to whisper in his ear, “Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe. . .”

[Turbineguy]

65. Tuberville would stand out

at a Village Idiot's convention.

[niyad]

67. Can he?

[CRK7376]

69. FU Tuberville

I teach in a title one school and the majority of the 100 plus faculty members have Master Degrees in their field. Four or five of our teachers have PhDs in their field. My undergrad degree was in Social Studies Education, Masters in Social Studies Education, then courtesy of Uncle Sam I received a 2nd Masters in Military Management and finished with an Army War College Masters in Government and Strategy. Guess I'm saying you are a fucking idiot. Tell us how many of your football players could read and write above a 6th grade level. Typical Republican, just stay the F away from public education, we have enough problems in public education without your2cents worth.

[Chrisdutch]

71. Things in common

Well, Tubby head, if that's the case then those teachers have something in common with you.

[OAITW r.2.0]

72. He should be questioning the Alabama educational system,.

On why they'd elect this moron over his predecessor.

[Vinca]

73. Says the man who didn't know there were 3 branches of government.

[BradBo]

74. That's as racist as it gets.

[Jilly_in_VA]

75. Stupidest guy in the Senate says what?

He took too many hits to the head playing football, knocked out what few brains he had to begin with. That's why he was rooting so hard for Herschel Walker, so someone else there would be even dumber.

[Ray Bruns]

79. The guy is a Major Asshole

https://www.google.com/search?q=i+did+sir+he%27s+my+cousin&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1010US1010&oq=i+did+sir&aqs=chrome.0.0i512j69i57j0i22i30l3j0i390i650l2.4858j1j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e3b65ea1,vid:XGdjKvivJA8