Beto O’Rourke, is hammering Gov. Greg Abbott over school vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers split Republicans.
that he supports giving parents “the choice to send their children to any public school, charter school or private school with state funding following the student.” He met privately last week with Corey DeAngelis, an aggressive national school choice activist who had previously criticized Abbott as insufficiently supportive of the cause.
“The Governor strongly believes parents deserve more involvement in their children’s education,” Abbott spokesperson Mark Miner said in an email.
O’Rourke has been outspoken about vouchers before, including during his 2020 presidential campaign, when his statements, Amy O’Rourke, who founded a charter school and continues to advocate for them. Asked about that in the context of the current race, O’Rourke spokesperson Chris Evans provided a statement reiterating that O’Rourke “will put an end to Greg Abbott’s attacks on public education” and noted his three kids attend public schools in El Paso.
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