Donald, It's Not About You
Trump looks at every issue through the lens of whether it makes him look good or bad. And he projects this premise onto his critics. Thus, the Democrats are delaying school openings in order to make him look bad.
As the Twit-in-Chief tweeted, “The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families.”
Actually, the nation’s governors, mayors, and school officials (many of them Republicans) are trying to balance agonizing choices. On the one hand, kids need face-to-face learning. And their parents rely on schools as safe places for their children while they go to work.
On the other hand, a reversion to normal school schedules obviously isn’t safe.
Trump isn’t making these awful trade-offs any easier. He’s denying schools extra funding in the face of a collapse of state and local revenues. And he’s doing nothing to relieve the extra pressure on child care systems, as more learning is necessarily done remotely.
Read more: https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/donald-its-not-about-you-pandemic-school-openings/
(American Prospect)
