{"id":2371489,"date":"2024-11-20T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-descends-into-feisty-confrontation-over-trumps-education-plans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T20:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T01:46:31","slug":"the-view-descends-into-feisty-confrontation-over-trumps-education-plans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-descends-into-feisty-confrontation-over-trumps-education-plans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"The View descends into feisty confrontation over Trump\u2019s education plans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-view-descends-into-feisty-confrontation-over-trumps-education-plans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a \u200cheated exchange on the\u2064 talk\u200c show *The View* between\u2063 co-hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and\u200c Sunny Hostin regarding President-elect\u200b Donald Trump&#8217;s education policies, particularly his nomination \u200dof Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education and plans for potential \u200creforms, including \u200bschool vouchers. Farah Griffin \u2063suggests that Trump will not abolish \u2062the Department but\u2062 rather \u2063focus on enhancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-eurotrash-why-america-must-reject-the-failed-ideas-of-a-dying-continent\/\" title=\"REVIEW: \u2018Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent\u2019\">voucher systems<\/a> and education savings\u2064 plans, emphasizing the importance of school choice. In \u200bcontrast,\u2062 Hostin criticizes \u2063the voucher system, arguing that it <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">disproportionately benefits wealthy families<\/a> and diverts\u200c funds from underprivileged schools. The debate \u200cbecomes intense, with interruptions and conflicting perspectives on \u200bthe implications of school choice and vouchers, showing the deeper divide in opinions on education policy among the hosts. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg intervenes at points, noting the chaos\u2063 of overlapping dialogues.\u200c Both sides present \u2062their points, illustrating a broader discussion on the effectiveness \u200dand fairness\u200c of \u200bschool vouchers in the education system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The View descends into feisty confrontation over Trump&rsquo;s education plans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1886269\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title='\"The View\"'><em>The View<\/em><\/a>  co-hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alyssa-farah-griffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin\">Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sunny-hostin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin\">Sunny Hostin<\/a> have been increasingly sparring with more intensity since the 2024 election, but tensions boiled over on Wednesday about President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Education\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s decision to nominate Linda McMahon to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Education\">Department of Education<\/a> and his plans to close the department.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Donald Trump is going to abolish the Department of Education,&rdquo; Farah Griffin, a former Trump White House staffer, said on Wednesday. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s going to invest more in voucher systems and education savings plans. Personally, one thing I agree on, I think school choice is important and the money should follow the student.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hostin then shared a 2020 study in which she attempted to disparage school choice and the school &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/school-vouchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voucher system\">voucher system<\/a>&rdquo; as she went into a lengthy monologue about vouchers helping wealthy families at private schools.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2703164&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b91afbb2d59a00986b84ecd749ba1d70\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;When you hear about school choice, it&rsquo;s really connected to the voucher system, and I encourage everybody to read up on it,&rdquo; Hostin said. &ldquo;The Department of Education is responsible for $18.4 billion that fund high poverty in K-12 schools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &ldquo;What happens with vouchers? The studies show very clearly that they fund students who are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">attending private schools<\/a>. So, people with money get those vouchers, use the vouchers to pay less for their private schools, and their kids go on to do well &hellip; Where do you get the money from vouchers? You pull the money from the poor schools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The conservative <em>View<\/em> host chimed in to disagree with Hostin&rsquo;s claims about school vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see it&mdash;,&rdquo; Farah Griffin said as she tried to make her point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me finish,&rdquo; Hostin abruptly replied, adding, &ldquo;Wealthy families are overwhelmingly the recipients. This has been studied. A 2020 study found that only about half of states with voucher programs required teachers to have a bachelor&rsquo;s degree, required teachers to have training.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Farah Griffin tried again to weigh in on Hostin&rsquo;s statements.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s just not my experience,&rdquo; she interjected. &ldquo;I may get in, just to make it a conversation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hostin interrupted her childless co-host, &ldquo;Because I have children and because I looked at private schools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I went to public school, and I believe you went to private school,&rdquo; Farah Griffin shot back.<\/p>\n<p>Hostin continued to attempt to filibuster as she read from the paper in front of her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You got to go to private school,&rdquo; Farah Griffin clapped back.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Whoopi Goldberg interrupted both the hosts by saying that no one could understand them because they were talking over one another.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t gotten a word in, she&rsquo;s been talking for three minutes,&rdquo; Farah Griffin laughed as she noted that Hostin would not allow anyone on the show to talk.<\/p>\n<p>The sparring between the hosts continued after the commercial break.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2703178&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2e082bc9ae895dc3d3aef74eb6d1de9d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Farah Grffin laid out the argument that she had seen how school vouchers have helped poor students. She shared her own work in Congress on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to low-income children in Washington, D.C., for tuition and other fees at participating private schools.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to the Morning Consult, the majority of Americans support health savings account vouchers and the taxpayer money following the students. My belief as somebody who grew up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-school-board-president-accuses-mayor-of-division-for-criticizing-renaming-re-opening-plans\/\" title=\"SF School Board President Accuses Mayor Of \u2018Division\u2019 For Criticizing Renaming, Re-Opening Plans\">public school system<\/a>, believes in it and was grateful to be in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2022-republicans-across-america-push-for-classroom-transparency-democrats-try-to-keep-parents-in-the-dark\/\" title=\"2022: Republicans Across America Push for Classroom Transparency, Democrats Try to Keep Parents in the Dark\">good school district<\/a>. If you&rsquo;re falling behind and your parent wants to give you the opportunity to get a leg up, your tax dollars should follow you,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A parent should make the best choice. Schools are falling behind. It doesn&rsquo;t mean they don&rsquo;t deserve education, but they shouldn&rsquo;t be victims of falling behind at school. Their life is at stake,&rdquo; Farah Griffin argued.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hostin argued back that her co-host &ldquo;happened to go to a good school&rdquo; which she then called &ldquo;the inequity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Farah Griffin then took aim again at Hostin about having gone to a private school, but Goldberg interrupted the confrontation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1886269\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1886269\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The View hosts clash over Trump&#8217;s education policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2371490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/school-classroom-iStock-155096737.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45421,32639,3634],"class_list":["post-2371489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education-plans","tag-the-view","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/school-classroom-iStock-155096737.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371489\/revisions\/2371493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}