yougotschooled2016:

The second GOP candidate debate is tomorrow evening, live from the Reagan Library in California. The 11 candidates fortunate enough to make the main stage will undoubtedly try and channel their long-time Republican hero Ronald Reagan, but if you look at the policies they are touting on the campaign trail, it is clear that they have moved way to the #RightOfReagan.

Scott Walker continued his union-bashing platform in Nevada this week, which didn’t turn out so well for him. It seems that Republicans prefer unions 14x more than they approve of Scott Walker. (Side note: Reagan was pretty down with unions too).

Jeb Bush recently released his tax plan, bringing us back to the hay-day of “Reaganomics,” or the trickle-down theory, which has been proven to be dead wrong and a major factor in the demise of the middle class. (Side note: even Reagan raised taxes on the rich and closed loopholes that benefited the wealthy).  

And, just about every candidate has opposed Immigration reform that would create a pathway to citizenship for millions living in the shadows, but what they’re forgetting is their old friend Reagan said, “amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though some time back they may have entered illegally.” (Side note: Reagan signed immigration reform that included a path to legalization for nearly three million undocumented immigrants). 

So, I look forward to watching all these Republican candidates compare themselves to Ronald Reagan, and hope you will follow along on our live-feed of the #RightOfReagan fact-check we’ll be doing on You Got Schooled tomorrow evening.

  1. aftunion reblogged this from yougotschooled2016
  2. yougotschooled2016 posted this