Common Core didn’t have many backers at the Republican Leadership Conference Thursday. Gov. Bobby Jindal, a one-time supporter, was met with reportedly the most enthusiastic round of applause of the night when he declared that he now opposes Common Core.
“I am for standards. I am for our kids learning,” Jindal told the audience. “I am for our kids being able to compete, but it seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with the bureaucrats in the federal government — especially [those] who think they know best and they don’t need to listen to parents.”
#RLC2014 Jindal: "I'm against the Common Core." (huge applause)
— Stephanie Grace (@stephgracela) May 30, 2014
Jindal, responding to a couple of shoutouts, moves to Common Core. "I'm against it," he says to applause. #RLC2014
— James Varney (@jvarney504) May 30, 2014
Now I'm interested. RT @stephgracenola: #RLC2014 Jindal: "I'm against the Common Core." (huge applause)
— Julie O'Donoghue (@JSODonoghue) May 30, 2014
Didn’t Jindal support Common Core at one time?
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/472171050420019201
Better late than never. #stopcommoncore MT @bccover Biggest cheer I've heard at #RLC2014 is when Jindal said he was against Common Core.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 30, 2014
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#RLC2014 strongest disavowal of Common Core I've heard from Jindal, who was a founding supporter. He didn't mention that part.
— Stephanie Grace (@stephgracela) May 30, 2014
Jindal making case against Common Core, but not addressing fact he was for it before he was against it. #RLC2014
— James Varney (@jvarney504) May 30, 2014
Adding to Jindal's problem's on he was for Common Core before he was against it is question if he is really against it now #rlc2014
— Nwlaguy (@nwlaguy) May 30, 2014
Related:
Bobby Jindal’s USA Today op-ed: Leave education to local control
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