The GOP is proud of this, but still feels like rookie numbers to them. They are working hard to dismantle what little remains of the primary education system. Keeping people dumb keeps them buying Trump (or whomever the next demented figure-head is) bumper-stickers.
28% of Americans are fully illiterate and 54% are only partially literate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States
The GOP is proud of this, but still feels like rookie numbers to them. They are working hard to dismantle what little remains of the primary education system. Keeping people dumb keeps them buying Trump (or whomever the next demented figure-head is) bumper-stickers.