It is highly regional, too.

Despite the existence of the Department of Education (which Trump is trying to dismantle), there is no national standard for education in the US. In general, each state is free to decide upon its own policies and standards.

Some states, such as those in the northeast, have very high-performing school systems. So when that “1 in 5 are illiterate” statistic is mentioned (I actually have not verified that number, just quoting the prior claim as an example), it would be caused by low-performing states where the situation is much more dire dragging down the national average.

Here’s a general look at quality of education in the US by state, though recommend folks look up their own numbers because I haven’t validated the numbers pulled in the article I grabbed this from.

It’s not a perfect divide between red states and blue states (Florida appears good, California less so, as an example), but in general we see the lower performing states located mainly in the South where the Republicans have more support. Basically, a less educated populace is easier to manipulate.

The video is always the important bit.

In the wake of the Elon Nazi salute, the internet was swarmed by images of Democrats also “doing a Nazi salute” which were all just stills of them waving at people and captured at a specific frame that could make it look like a Nazi salute.

But on video, there’s no denying what these are. And his awkward fucking little pause like “Yeah you see what I just did here, that’s right, I’m on your side, wink wink”.