Time for Matt Damon to eat his shoe:
Matt Damon: I’d Eat My Shoe If A Bush Ever Even Went Into A Public School
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Matt Damon, who is a public school activist, got called out by Jeb Bush for hypocrisy for Damon enrolling his kids in private school.
Via Newsbusters transcript:
TAPPER: Well, people said, “Well, you send your kids to private school. Why are you even involved in this?”
DAMON: Well, because I, you know, because I want the public schools to, if they were, if they went back to, if I could find my, the private school that I send my kids to is the thing closest to the public school that I went to that I could find. And that’s why I send my kids to private school. I wish I didn’t have to, it’s expensive, and I also want my kids to be part of a, you know, their local community, you know, and not have to commute to somewhere else to go to school.
TAPPER: I don’t mean to bear down on your kids, I just…
DAMON: No, no, no, no, because that was a criticism, I think it was Jeb Bush who tweeted that, and then retracted it pretty quickly. Although I’d eat my shoe if he could name a Bush that ever even walked into a public school, but that’s another story. But, but no, I…
TAPPER: You might have to eat your shoe. I’m sure.
DAMON: Really? Maybe I will. Billy Bush, maybe he’ll call me up, “Man, I went to public school.
As Newsbusters then pointed out, Jeb, George W., Barbara and Jenna (W’s kids) all attended public schools. There are doubtless more as well, but those are readily findable.
*Hands a shoe to Damon. Eat up! |
