Subject: Re: Republicans Are Bad at Math
Today, education secretary Linda McMahon was questioned by senator John Kennedy and neither seemed to understand basic math.

KENNEDY: “We spend $1.58 billion a year on TRIO?” Republican Senator John Kennedy asked McMahon.

McMAHON: “Yes.”

KENNEDY: “That’s one thousand five hundred and eighty million dollars a year? Is my math right?”

McMAHON: “I think that’s right, sir.”

KENNEDY: “And how long have we been spending one thousand five hundred and eighty million a year on this program?”

McMAHON: “I’m not sure the total length and time of the program.”

KENNEDY: “More than 10 years?”

McMAHON: “Yes.”

KENNEDY: “So that’s over a trillion dollars that we’ve spent on this program...

and this is where corporate media cuts away to it talking heads