She, like anyone who has earned a doctorate or PhD, deserves to be referred to using that honorific if that is their desire. It is simple respect and doesn’t change with one’s politics. I listen to Tucker the meaning Biden earlier for this and thought it was very inappropriate.
AP style book doesn’t recognize it for non-medical doctors. Bill Cosby has a pHD in education. The only time anyone called him doctor was Dr. Huxtable.
In an academic setting that’s fine, I suppose. Outside of that?
No.
I graduated from law school with a JD, Juris Doctorate. I would be embarrassed to call myself Dr. Smith
A doctorate in education is the equivalent of Lyndon Johnson’s bucket of spit.
I learned this from years of explaining basic accounting principles to CPAs ... and by helping a close friend win a lawsuit involving a law firm that used falsified documents in a legal proceeding (the firm’s malpractice insurance carrier paid a hefty settlement because the lawyer’s defense against a fraud claim was: “I’m not dishonest; I’m just incompetent and retarded.”).
Your average electrician or plumber is smarter and better educated than some dope with a PhD. in education.
If she had earned a Ph.D. you might be right. However, she's got an Ed.D. which is basically an administrative degree, the kind which high school principals may earn.
Who else has an Ed.D. (an honorary one)? Bill Cosby.