http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/01/28/this-is-extortion-says-katie-pavlich-as-white-house-argues-it-needs-covid-relief-bill-to-pass-to-reopen-schools/
It’s always good to remember that President Biden said he’d have most schools open in the first 100 days of his administration:
Joe Biden ~ In the first 100 days of my administration, we will:
- Ask all Americans to mask up
- Administer 100 million vaccine shots
- Get most schools back open
We’re going to contain the virus and get back to our lives.
3:20 PM · Dec 22, 2020
The quickest way to do that would be to just open the schools, but as Chief of Staff Ron Klain told CNN the other night, the reason schools are still closed wasn’t because of the teachers’ unions, but that they haven’t made the investments needed to keep students safe. But we thought Biden said he was going to follow the science:
Cassie Smedile ~ What happened to "follow the science", Mr. President?
Study after study shows schools can - safely - reopen RIGHT NOW.
So, why are Biden and Dem Govs. slow-walking re-opening schools?
HINT: It's not about the students.
http://twitter.com/i/status/1354893770723094532
Now the White House is saying it needs to pass the massive COVID-19 “relief” bill to open the schools, which Townhall’s Katie Pavlich is calling extortion.
Katie Pavlich ~ White House now arguing the massive $2 trillion COVID "relief" bill must pass in order for schools to reopen. This is despite schools already receiving billions of dollars. This is extortion from the teacher's unions.
Joel Pollak ~ Journalist asks @PressSec about school re-openings and the discrepancy between science and the teachers' unions' position. Psaki questions the CDC study (rural WI) and says it's harder for public schools to reopen because they lack the funding. Schools got $82 billion in December.
Joel Pollak ~ The teachers' unions rule America.
CarolinaConservative2 ~ Holding kids hostage until union demands are met ... how "unifying."
Julie ~ Florida schools are open, in-person, five days a week, since August 2020.
Adam Ward Motorsports ~ I teach in middle TN. Our school is open 4 days a week with full capacity. We don't have students at school on Friday so we are able to assign work for our students who are learning from home.
Jennie Acuff Whittaker ~ Wish the media would recognize that schools are open in most states and have been! Teachers (other than in a few states) want to be in the classroom with their students and have been since August. News media needs to be clear that MOST schools are back!
Alfred Nunez Jr. ~ Even if this bill would pass (and I hope not), there is no guarantee that the teachers would return to a reopened school. It's more likely that the teachers' unions would simply ask for more.
Michael J. Bungo ~ How bad can a first week go for any administration?
Jack Handey ~ Amazing how private schools opened without trillions in assistance.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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