The Carter camp issued a statement saying “Gov. Deal has the worst record on education in the history of this state.” Spokesman Bryan Thomas later said the camp was referring to his record on education funding and specifically pointed to austerity cuts during his administration. Annual austerity cuts topped $1 billion in his first three budgets, but they also were that high in the last two budgets of his predecessor, Sonny Perdue.
The Carter camp can’t prove that among Georgia’s 82 governors Deal’s record is the worst on education in general or on education funding in specific.
The Carter campaign’s charge was incendiary — that the sitting governor has the worst education record in Georgia’s history. And we smell smoke.
We award it our lowest rating, Pants On Fire.
via PolitiFact: Claim of ‘worst’ governor for education ignores… | www.myajc.com.
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