Faith, Education Leaders React To Sen. Sharp’s ‘Shocking’ Comparison Of Ed Bill To Nazi Doctor
LEADERS REACT TO OKLAHOMA SENATOR’S ‘TRULY SHOCKING’ MENGELE COMPARISON
By Jay Chilton, CIJ
OKLAHOMA CITY — In a Feb. 20 meeting of the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee, state Sen. Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee, invoked Nazi officer Josef Mengele when criticizing school choice legislation being considered by the committee.
“I have told other senators I call this bill the ‘Dr. Josef Mengele bill’ because it is intended to kill public education,” Sharp said of Senate Bill 560, legislation authored by Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman. The bill would create an education savings account (ESA) program.
“Dr. Mengele was a doctor in Nazi Germany who would bleed his victims slowly and see how long they could survive. That is just what this bill does. We are slowly draining public education’s money to see how long it can survive.
“This bill will bleed public education, and Oklahoma’s schools will die slowly. So just keep that in mind, senators. If you vote for this bill, you should know what you are voting for.”