White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre directed the blame toward former President Donald Trump and Republicans for the school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During Thursday’s White House press briefing, Jean-Pierre claimed that the Trump administration’s mismanagement of the pandemic led to school closures. She then touted that nearly all schools have been reopened since President Joe Biden came into office.
“That was the work of this president and that was the work of Democrats, in spite of Republicans not voting for the American Rescue Plan which $130 billion went to school, to have the ventilation, to be able to have the tutoring and the teachers and being able to hire more teachers and that was because of the work that this administration did,” she said.
The press secretary criticized Republican lawmakers who voted against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to pour money into reopening schools, businesses, and providing additional relief.
“Our priority remains to make sure states and schools and districts are using these funds, that $130 billion. This is going to go, again, to tutoring, to more teachers, real solutions. Real solutions to make sure that our kids are getting what they need. And, you know, every Republican congress voted against that money. That is the reality. We had to do this on our own,” Jean-Pierre said.
“And so, you know, we’re going to make sure that those funds are directed to the most resources towards students who fell the furthest behind, which is important and we must repair the damage that was done by the last administration, the mismanagement that was done by the last administration, but again, this is something that we took very seriously which is why we passed the American Rescue Plan, which is why we put in $130 billion to deal with what we were seeing in schools,” she continued.
Despite her ridiculous accusations, Democrats have actually capitalized on the COVID-19 pandemic through the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Last July, First Lady Jill Biden acknowledged the lack of action from the AFT during the pandemic, thanks to union president Randi Weingarten for sucking up taxpayer money while they sat around at home.
“It was never about the kids,” RedState reported. “Instead, it was about putting the American Federation of Teachers first. It was about getting a bunch of spoiled, lazy teachers and their union bosses a year of paid vacation–while they held millions of children hostage with no care for what that would lead to. These people shouldn’t be lauded, they should be condemned for their gross attempts at extortion.”
