Donald Trump Jr. is slammed by educators for claiming 'loser teachers' indoctrinate American children with 'socialism from birth' Donald Trump Jr encouraged young conservatives to 'keep up' the fight against socialism in their schools at a Trump rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday 'You don't have to be indoctrinated by these loser teachers that are trying to sell you on socialism from birth. You don't have to do it,' he told the crowd His comments were quickly blasted on Twitter by liberals and teachers who argued students are taught 'social responsibility' and 'civic duty' By Karen Ruiz For Dailymail.com Published: 20:56 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 21:00 GMT, 12 February 2019 Viewcomments Donald Trump Jr has been slammed on social media after claiming 'loser teachers' are brainwashing young Americans 'from birth' with socialism. The president's eldest son spoke to a crowd of Trump supporters at a rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday night, encouraging young conservatives to 'keep up' the fight against leftist policies at their schools. 'Keep up that fight, bring it to your schools. You don't have to be indoctrinated by these loser teachers that are trying to sell you on socialism from birth. You don't have to do it,' Trump Jr said drawing cheers and applause from the crowd. Donald Trump Jr encouraged young conservatives to 'keep up' the fight against socialism in their schools saying they don't have to be 'indoctrinated by these loser teachers' President Trump drew an estimated 16,000 people to his rally in El Paso on Monday - claiming victory in his battle with Democratic upstart Beto O'Rourke. The arena held 6,500, but there was a large crowd outside which saw the speech on big screens Several teachers, including user @kybluebird77 hit out at Don Jr saying students are taught 'social responsibility' and 'civic duty' The 41-year-old also expressed his joy over seeing young Republicans standing up for their beliefs which he said 'is not easy.' Although he received praise at the rally, Don Jr's comments were quickly blasted on Twitter by Democrats and teachers who slammed him for criticizing 'hardworking' educators. 'Teachers do not indoctrinate kids. It's called learning. Academics, teamwork, social skills and - now - lock down drills. Not socialism, survival thru human compassion and kindness,' one Twitter user, Elizabeth Doyle said. Several teachers, including user @kybluebird77 blasted Don Jr's comments saying: 'Hey Jr., I've been teaching for 15 years and never once have I witnessed the teaching of socialism! I have however witnessed the teaching of RESPONSIBILITY, EQUALITY, AND CIVIC DUTY, as in it's our right to vote someone in that's not a complete idiot!!' Twitter user Brett Rose echoed those sentiments suggesting students are taught how to be socially responsible, not to subscribe to political beliefs. 'I think little Donald here is getting socialism confused with "social responsibility." One is a political theory, and the other is how decent people should act,' he tweeted. 'My hat is off to all the "Loser" teachers who spend their lives working hard to teach our children to be critical thinkers, to weigh the evidence before them, to recognize that #factsmatter, and to call bullsh!t on the bullsh!tters,' another said. Twitter user Brett Rose echoed those sentiments suggesting students are taught how to be socially responsible, not how to subscribe to political beliefs Don Jr has been a vocal critic of the new wave of 'democratic socialism' taking over the Democratic party. While on stage, he also took the chance to ridicule the Green New Deal which has been mainly supported by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. 'I see the Green New Deal,' Don Jr said before pausing to laugh. 'We're gonna ban airline travel, we're gonna ban the internal combustion engine. We're gonna let people who just don't wanna work, we're gonna take care of them anyway. And it's all gonna pay for themselves,' he mocked. Trump, who chose the border town as the venue for a rally to drum up support for his promised wall along the frontier with Mexico, spoke at the El Paso County Coliseum on Monday Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility