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RandySF

(58,800 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:02 PM Jul 2020

Kellyanne Conway Won't Say if Trump Will Be Sending Barron Back to School: 'That's a Personal Decisi

Kellyanne Conway could not give a decision about 14-year-old Barron Trump returning to school in the fall, citing that it’s President Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s “personal decision” to let him go or not.

During a gaggle on the White House driveway Friday morning, Conway was asked if Trump would be sending Barron back to school amid his push to reopen campuses across the country.

“That’s a personal decision,” Conway said. “I don’t know what Barron’s school has decided and I certainly do not know what the first couple has decided in respect to their teenage son who I believe is entering high school this year.”

“I have two kids in Maryland also in private schools and I think we’re just waiting to see what those schools say,” Conway continued. “So far we’re told we’re going back in a school not far away from his … We also recognize that not all school districts are the same, not all the hot spots are the same, so there is no one size fits all except to say we do know about kids on balance thrive better when they’re in a structured safe environment like our schools.”

Barron Trump attends St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, which is about a 30 minute drive from the White House. The school has not currently decided on concrete plans for its 2020-21 academic year, but its website says, “We are hopeful and optimistic that we can do this learning in person, and are preparing our physical plant and educational program with that goal in mind.” Still, it is considering a virtual model of schooling if health concerns require them to, per the school’s website.



https://www.mediaite.com/news/kellyanne-conway-wont-say-if-trump-will-be-sending-barron-back-to-school-thats-a-personal-decision/

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Champp

(2,114 posts)
1. Must be nice to be a draft dodging Republican billionaire with Russian pals
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jul 2020

so you can do whatever the f*ck you want about your kids and school, and go golfing every weekend at taxpayer expense.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
2. Make no mistake,
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:13 PM
Jul 2020

DJT doesn't give one flying fuck about that kid. If Baron died from coronavirus you would see him at the funeral, feigning whatever his mental image of "tough-guy sadness" is for the first few minutes, and then quickly looking bored. He would slip back and forth between the fake sadness and the boredom and he MIGHT even remember he's supposed to look like he is comforting his wife once or twice.


lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
9. Would he go to the funeral? Would he remember who Barron is?
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 01:09 PM
Jul 2020

"No, sir, not John Barron. Your son, Barron. By the way, John Barron called and said the Enquirer wants their Bat Boy back."

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
5. You miss my point. Your child is far more precious than rump's ignorant family members
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:20 PM
Jul 2020

and what they are going to do. In effect, I care very very little of what goes on with these urban hillbillies (rump and clan) and care far more about the rest of us, since trump and clan obviously don't.

jls4561

(1,257 posts)
6. Kellyanne later stated that BLOTUS thinks that remote learning might suit Baron better than
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:31 PM
Jul 2020

in person learning, because it makes it easier to hire flunkies to take tests and complete his school assignments.

?

crickets

(25,976 posts)
7. The hypocrisy surprises no one.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 01:01 PM
Jul 2020

If trump were truly all in with school openings, he'd proudly announce Barron's attendance. Every parent who can should take the hint to making their own 'personal decision' regardless of what he says.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
8. Fuck you, Kellyanne....
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jul 2020

The door swings both ways.

Patents will use the same excuse, "personal decision".to see to other alternatives to their children's education if possible.

The rule is just not for the Trumps. HYPOCRITE!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Why isn't Trump ordering Barron's school and your kids' schools to open, Kellyanne?
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 03:15 PM
Jul 2020

He's certainly not shy about telling other parents how to run their lives. Why doesn't he stick his nose into your family's business?

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