Stop blaming, start governing.

President Trump blamed the Democrats for the failure of the Republican party’s health care repeal plan. Trump stated, “We have no Democratic support. We have no votes from them. They weren’t going to give us a single vote.” However, he did not mention that the problem is the division of the Republicans among themselves. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., along with President Trump tried to persuade the Republican members of the House to support the bill. However, Paul Ryan canceled the vote on the bill upon realizing he was about 20 votes shy of the minimum 216 votes needed. The Republicans could have gotten the bill passed if they had worked together.

People have started to wonder whether or not the Republicans will be able to govern the country, and whether Donald Trump can actually do what he promised during his election. The failure of the health care repeal plan is a wake-up call for President Trump. He needs to realize that just because his party is controlling the Congress that the bills he supports will not be passed easily. Donald Trump once said in the election campaign that, he is not a politician, but he is a businessman. He emphasized that he is good at negotiating with people. Ironically, he does not know how to negotiate with the politicians.

After all, instead of blaming each other, the Republicans need to figure out the way to unite their party. They need to try to work together for not only a good healthcare plan but also other issues facing the country. In addition, President Donald Trump needs to carefully go over the bills, and try to work with both parties. If members of the Republican party can not agree with each other on any issues, none of the bills will be passed without the help of the Democrats. The country would not move forward, and the US citizens will be the ones that suffer the consequence.  

Besty DeVos needs to educate herself

Let’s talk again about the new Secretary of Education, Ms. Besty DeVos. Catherine E. Lhamon from Washington Monthly states that “Betsy DeVos May Need a Civil Rights Reality Check”. The article’s author was an Assistant Secretary of Education in charge of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education and she is a civil rights attorney for a long time. Thus, her knowledge on civil rights’ matters is very credible.

The article’s intended audience is Besty DeVos. Recently, Ms.Devos stated she could not give her opinion on whether or not federal involvements in school is necessary today. According to the article, it is important for a person like Ms. Devos who “holds the purse strings for billions of federal dollars and leads federal involvement in schools” knows that “the federal government must actively ensure that our nation’s schools keep core civil rights promises.”

The author lists out examples of federal involvements which help students get better treatment, and education in school. One of them is eliminating the effects of segregation in Lee County Schools which ensured every student, despite their skin color, “had access to an education that would prepare them to fulfill their dreams.” The federal involvements helped solve many problems and mistreatments in schools around the country.

Here is one of the examples:

“In West Contra Costa Unified School District in California, where there were highly publicized rapes of middle school and high school students, administrators told the civil rights office staff that they were aware students were sexually harassing each other at school, but they hadn’t taken action because such behavior was expected of Latino students in an “urban culture.” After federal intervention, students in the district can now attend school without being subjected to a hostile environment of harassment and discrimination.”

There are more examples of the good works of the federal involvements. The new Secretary of Education needs to acknowledge them and continue to create a safe education environment for all children of every race. I completely agree with the article.