MSEA President Urges School System To Turn Away Trump

The leader of Maryland's top association for educators is speaking out against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's use of a high school gym in Worcester County.

“Donald Trump and his divisive, fear-mongering rhetoric have no place in the halls of Maryland’s public schools," Maryland State Education Association President Betty Weller said in a statement. "Trump’s eagerness to bully minorities would be unacceptable if it came from any of our students."

Trump is set to speak at a rally Wednesday evening at Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin. The candidate has made a number of controversial statements about minorities over the course of his campaign, and has proposed both a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and a wall along America's southern border.

“School should be a safe place for all students, no matter their background. Allowing Trump to speak in a public school normalizes and condones bullying attitudes and behavior that go against the tolerance and acceptance that educators strive to teach our students every day," Weller said. “On behalf of more than 71,000 teachers and education support professionals in Maryland—and the students we teach—MSEA calls on the Worcester County Board of Education to reverse the decision to allow Trump to campaign on school property.”

A spokesperson for Worcester County Public Schools told the Delmarva Daily Times that Trump's campaign contracted the use of the school's gym, and that the school and the school system are in no way affiliated with the event or with Trump's campaign.

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