Girl Whose Story Trump Used To Tout School Choice Attends Charter School

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: Stephanie Davis and her daughter Janiyah, attend the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Tru... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: Stephanie Davis and her daughter Janiyah, attend the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivers his third State of the Union to the nation the night before the U.S. Senate is set to vote in his impeachment trial. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The Philadelphia fourth grader who President Trump shouted out to in his State of the Union speech Tuesday to promote school choice reportedly already attends one of the city’s most desired charter schools.

According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report Friday, Janiyah Davis — who Trump said in his speech is one of thousands of students “trapped in failing government schools” as he announced that she will receive a scholarship to attend the school of her choice — has attended Math, Science and Technology Community Charter School III since September.

The Inquirer notes that the charter school is so in demand that it received 6,500 applications for 100 seats next year and that because charters are independently run but taxpayer-funded, this means Davis and the other 900 students at the school do not pay tuition.

Davis’ mother Stephanie expressed puzzlement when asked how she and her daughter landed in the audience for Trump’s State of the Union speech in an interview with the Inquirer.

“I was kind of hesitant to answer [when a call came from Washington]. I thought it was a scam,” Davis told the Inquirer.

Read the Philadelphia Inquirer’s report here.

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  1. The mom is right, it was a scam…put a black family up there, say that they are being blocked from success by the government, and then step in and “save her”. The racism is pretty plain, especially the part where blacks need a white savior, and meant to fool black voters into thinking that Trump has their backs.

    Classic Republican playbook, try not to look racist in an election year by covering up their racism in the rest of the years. They are going to have to lie a lot in order to put that one over, I’m hoping the minority communities in America don’t fall for the propaganda this time around.

  2. Avatar for robg robg says:

    I mean, the mom is right to want to take any advantage she can for her daughter but charter schools only exist because we’ve damaged public education so much

  3. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    To the extent that a charter school offers a superior education, well, that’s obviously a good thing. The problem is that they only offer such an opportunity to a small minority of children, are hugely wasteful of taxpayer dollars, and take away money that could be used to improve public schools and make it possible for all children to have superior educations. But everyone here knows all that.

    Btw, it just occurred to me that the 45th president has never reached 45% approval in any average of polls (Gallup, like Rasmussen, always adds 3-4% somehow). Whereas Obama, the 44th president, rarely went below 44%, and was usually well above it. Ain’t math fun?

  4. I wonder what Chiselin’ Trump had to say about this girl (and you just know that he must have said something):

  5. Yet another episode of “Dull Surprises.”

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