A book to prepare aspiring law students to take the LSAT left its publisher red-faced after it was revealed that a pair of questions depict President Trump as a racist tax cheat who is unfit for office.
The “LSAT Prep Book,” published by Windham Press, includes a section that challenges the wannabe lawyers to evaluate evidence sufficiently to conclude whether it’s true, according to The College Fix, which obtained a copy of the study guide, issued in May.
The book tells readers to “ignore outside biases, judgments, and knowledge,” and then gives an example of a statement for analysis that reads:
“Donald Trump is unfit to be President of the United States of America. He lacks political experience and backs racist policies, such as internment camps and deportation.”
The explanation that follows analyzes how the author concluded that “Donald Trump would not be a good president,” and cites his “lack of political experience and supposed racist policies as the evidence, or premises,” that justifies the conclusion.
“Evaluating the strength of the logical connection between the premises and conclusion is how reasonableness is determined,” the section says.
The second question, found within a practice test, states: “Ronald Thump will be the next great president of the United States. His cutthroat business tactics will be quite effective as the nation’s top executive. Mr. Thump’s manipulation of tax and bankruptcy loopholes helped grow his father’s fortune.”
The question asks the would-be legal eagles to choose from five possible answers the one that the author of the statement “would most likely agree” with:
- That businessmen “always make the best presidents.”
- Thump is “the most successful businessman of all time.”
- It’s “always advisable” to manipulate tax and bankruptcy loopholes.
- Thump’s fortune depends on his father.
- “Business experience is directly relevant to succeeding as president.”
The correct response, according to the book, was the last one, but the implication was that “Ronald Thump” manipulated tax policy and bankruptcy rules for his family’s benefit.
The publisher later issued a statement to College Fix blaming a “third-party contractor” for the slights.
“At Windham Press, we try our best to avoid controversial topics and focus on helping our readers succeed on their tests. The content highlighted today, written by a third party contractor, somehow escaped our editing process and we apologize to President Trump and his supporters for the content that was deemed offensive,” it read.
