Thursday, February 22, 2018

Kennedy Doubles Down on Bad Mouthing Cairo Students

Chicago, IL – After Chris Kennedy made repeated statements bad mouthing public school students across Illinois, a group of Cairo students came together with community leaders to denounce the flailing candidate for governor.

Throughout his campaign, Kennedy has attacked public schools in Illinois saying, “zero percent of kids in Cairo are college-ready,” and that students in Springfield public schools are “doomed to a life of economic oppression.” When Cairo students and community leaders pointed out that the overwhelmingly majority of Cairo High School Students have been accepted to college and 10 of the 24 members of the Class of 2018 were already taking college classes, Kennedy still refused to back down and instead carelessly pointed to SAT scores.

“Chris Kennedy ‘applauded’ Bruce Rauner for creating a crisis for public education in Illinois and is now badmouthing the same students impacted by that crisis,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “Kennedy’s comments undercut the future leaders of this state and entirely disregard the hard work these students have put in to their own education.”

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