As the most sought-after figure in the Democratic Party, he's also elevated lower-profile Democrats as part of their efforts to recapture the Senate and defend their majority in the House with endorsements and fundraisers. On Friday, he's joining five senate candidates for a grassroots fundraiser, including Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. David Perdue, D-Ga. Kelly Loeffler and Rep. Doug Collins. Democrats, keenly aware of his post-presidency popularity, are hoping Obama can energize a base that recent polling shows is not as enthusiastic about their nominee compared to Trump and his supporters.
We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? John Lewis in new voter registration push. Comments 0. Earlier this month, Obama appeared in a campaign ad for Ossoff, and pitched him as a candidate who will fight injustice and pass a new Voting Rights Act and "listen to the experts" in combating the coronavirus pandemic. Obama also virtually stumped for both candidates earlier this month.
The day before Election Day, Obama traveled to Georgia and appeared at a campaign event to rally support for President-elect Joe Biden and the Senate candidates. Biden went on to become the first Democratic presidential candidate in 28 years to win the state. The digital ads come one day after Biden appeared in a campaign ad urging Georgians to vote for both Warnock and Ossoff. In the ad, Biden stressed the need to have the two Democrats in the Senate to pass legislation providing economic relief to Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The ad says Sen. Many advocates say level-funding of programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students amounts to a cut, since rising inflation and enrollment would result in less money per child. Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family. The story made that assessment about Mr. Meanwhile, Education Week has written other stories saying that Sen.
The quotes describing Sen. While images in the ad cite those newspapers, the casual listener might believe, based on the wording of the script, that all the assertions stem from Education Week reporting. The ad is most misleading in its description of the sex education bill. While Sen. The bill, which passed at the committee level but did not become law, would have required comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education for children in kindergarten through grade The primary purpose of the program for younger children would have been to educate them about sexual predators.
And parents could have asked to have their children excused from the program. In calling that state bill Sen. The program was included in the renewal of the Higher Education Act, which Congress passed this summer. All Topics. About Us. Group Subscriptions. Recruitment Advertising. Events and Webinars. Leaders to Learn From. Current Issue. Special Reports. EdWeek Research Center. EdWeek Top School Jobs.
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