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Hawaii public school lesson on presidential candidates stirs mixed emotions (www.hawaiinewsnow.com)

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The controversy is over a two-page document that was handed out to classrooms at Kapolei Middle School.

It broke down where the U.S. presidential candidates — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump — stand on the issues.

The state Department of Education confirms the document was put together by a group of teachers at the school who simplified the information in a candidate comparison article in the New York Times.

The material given out to students lists six issues.

CRIME

Harris: “Gives money to police”
Trump: “Sends soldiers to cities”

DEMOCRACY

Harris: “Wants to keep our country a democracy”
Trump: “Tried to overturn the 2020 election

IMMIGRATION

Harris: “Hires more people to watch the border”
Harris: “Limits how many people can move to the U.S.
Trump: “Finds and catches people in the U.S. illegally”
Trump: “Takes children away from their parents”

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I like how when you put the two candidates into 8th grade level language, the differences become so stark. There really isn't room for additional interpretation.

Also, I'm not surprised its Kapolei parents getting outraged at this, things get fairly red once you get out of Honolulu and especially as you get onto the West Side. You'll see a Trump flag being towed along side a Kanaka Maoli flag, a back the blue flag, AND a Hawaiian kingdom flag. I'm glad to see the DOE not budging on this.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been in Honolulu this past week and saw loud Trump supporter caravans going through the city twice, loud group of Trump supporters in front of the state capitol, and another one I don't remember where. Not sure what they're trying to achieve with all this.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Almost guarantee they are Westside.

[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Got a chuckle seeing this clown running for office. Not surprised though, a lot of people here are insane.

https://ballotpedia.org/Shelby_Billionaire

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

He got my vote.