MSNBC’s Chris Matthews: Save School Choice in D.C.

Dan Lips / July 23, 2009

Support for school choice in Washington, D.C. continues to grow. The latest national voice to call for saving the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program is MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. Check out this Hardball interview with RNC Chairman Michael Steele:

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Mr. Matthews says: “These opportunity scholarships should be maintained.” Later in the interview, Mr. Matthews makes an interesting point about how the opportunity to attend a private school made a big difference in the life of Judge Sotomayor: “Cardinal Spellman high school is one of the reasons why this woman, Sotomayor got into Princeton,” Matthews explained. “She went to a good Catholic school.” The same could be said about President Obama himself—since his historic rise began in a first-class private school in Hawaii.

All children deserve a chance to receive a safe and effective education.