Who Kept Our Children Locked Out of Schools?
Gaslighting the country about school closings cannot go unanswered
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You may have seen yesterday how the White House Press Secretary declared that it was Republicans who kept schools closed and that only President Biden’s herculean efforts in re-opening the country succeeded in getting them back in the classroom!
This is a lie.
It’s understandable why they would want to distance themselves from these terrible decisions which impacted our kids. As New York Governor Hochul exclaimed (without a hint of irony): “Wow, wow, that was a mistake.” The New York Times reported yesterday, math scores among 9th graders plummeted. Their headline which blames “the pandemic” is the latest deflection technique - the virus made us do it!
We can’t let this gaslighting go on.
Our friend Tom Elliot put together a master thread on this subject matter - he brought the receipts. Here are a few highlights
Dems who fought to keep schools closed
AFT's @rweingarten, July 28, 2021, refusing to commit to re-opening schools:
Biden's @WHCommsDir Kate Bedingfield, Feb. 9, 2021, refusing to commit to re-opening schools: Biden's "listening to the science"
Teachers unions were at the forefront of keeping schools closed:
Biden's education secretary, May 5, 2021, refuses to say it was a mistake to keep schools closed: "It’s critically important that we’re listening to our health experts, because this is a health pandemic"
Beto: "By all means, do not reopen schools"
Pelosi, July 13, 2020: "The biggest risk to the spread of the pandemic is opening up the schools ..."
now for the "cover my ass so i can hang onto my job" phase of the pandemic
Excellent compilation.