Democrats fought to keep our schools closed and our kids masked for two YEARS. Don’t let them weasel out of it.
Oh I know, they are really trying to spin the story and make it look like Trump just didn’t work hard enough to get the schools open BUT those of us with kids who were taken out of school, know this is a lie. And it’s not just Republican parents who know this is a lie, but Independents, Moderates, Libertarians, and yes, even some Democrats.
They have to know Republicans alone couldn’t elect Youngkin in pretty blue Virginia …
Then again, they just called a bunch of us fascists last night and all but declared war on us so maybe they think they can get away with this as well.
That’s why it’s up to us as parents to call it out. I don’t care what your political persuasion is, if we don’t hold these people accountable they will only do it again.
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Tom Elliott was good enough to put together a thread showing Democrats over and over and over again working to keep kids out of the classroom (and then forcibly masked).
Thread: Dems who fought to keep schools closed
1) AFT's @rweingarten, July 28, 2021, refusing to commit to re-opening schools pic.twitter.com/9qbsntGMNH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Ugh, Randi is the absolute worst.
We all know she and her union worked with the Biden administration and the CDC to keep schools closed.
2) Biden's @WHCommsDir Kate Bedingfield, Feb. 9, 2021, refusing to commit to re-opening schools: Biden's "listening to the science" pic.twitter.com/6dGtuFqox6
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
LISTENING TO SCIENCE.
No, he was listening to the teacher’s unions.
3) MSNBC's @chucktodd, Feb. 5, 2021: "It is not clear to me where the president’s position is on reopening schools" pic.twitter.com/XlfiVWyu79
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
4) @SpeakerPelosi, Feb. 19, 2021, says schools may not open after vaccinations "if there is high enough incidence of Covid" pic.twitter.com/tk5OslQ5n6
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
I don’t know about you guys but I can barely keep from throwing up when I see these clips.
5) Press Sec @jrpsaki, Feb. 17, 2021: "Many schools will tell you, across the country, they were waiting for the CDC guidelines, they want to know how to do it safely, but they need the funding to hire more teachers" pic.twitter.com/yEJVrg7uAC
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
6) WH's then Covid adviser @ASlavitt defends the slow pace of school re-openings: "If it were easy, it would have been done by now" pic.twitter.com/6ZIEZkElvU
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Slavitt is a boil on the butt of humanity.
‘Nuff said.
7) Dr. Anthony Fauci, Feb. 21, 2021: "Very difficult" to say if schools are being too slow re-opening pic.twitter.com/x7uCe5kDeO
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
The angry little gnome that couldn’t.
8) Fauci, March 4, 2021, defending schools remaining closed: "We’ve got to make sure that schools have the resources to do the kinds of things they need to do, which would be making sure they have masks and PPE, making sure that ventilation system can be improved"
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
9) United Teachers Los Angeles President Cecily Myart-Cruz, March 1, 2021, said Newsom's plan to re-open schools would worsen "structural racism" pic.twitter.com/9gPWCw1u5m
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Yikes, she looks like a teacher’s union teacher.
10) Jill Biden, April 30, 2021, says it's too early to call on teachers to return to the classroom in 2021-2022 pic.twitter.com/tIUR4Vmmaw
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Jill in her shower curtain dress.
11) Biden, April 30, 2021, reverses his pledge of opening schools within the first 100 days and says they "should probably be open" the 2021-2022 school year pic.twitter.com/soOlxnNOCM
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
12) Biden education secretary @SecCardona, May 4, 2021, defends teachers unions refusing to reopen schools: "Reopening schools in the middle of a pandemic is not as easy as some may think." pic.twitter.com/311cTfDonb
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Especially when you’re working hard to do the bidding of the teacher’s unions, right Cardona?
13) Biden's education secretary @SecCardona, 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" pic.twitter.com/gdy2pg5OaZ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
14) Then Gov. @andrewcuomo, Nov. 13, 2020, admits Covid doesn't spread in schools but says he's closing them anyway pic.twitter.com/I40YVFBPuE
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Andy. Almost forgot about that monster.
15) @BillDeBlasio, Nov. 18, 2020, announces he's closing NYC schools again: "No one is happy about this decision, we all, in fact, are feeling very sad about this decision" pic.twitter.com/Hh6xFz6tWH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Sure you were, Bill.
I do NOT miss this guy.
16) AFT's @rweingarten, September 13, 2020: It's "super, super hard" re-opening schools in places led by "Covid deniers" pic.twitter.com/oeobPCzPOB
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Randi again.
She’s just so gross.
17) MSNBC's @VinGuptaMD, October 29, 2020, advocates for locking down schools and restaurants: "certain parts of society that are currently open will likely have to close down" pic.twitter.com/fkc9r5Iy5r
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 1, 2022
Look at that forehead!
18) @BetoORourke, August 7, 2020: "By all means, do not reopen schools" pic.twitter.com/TJITSttwkF
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
The furry speaks.
19) Rep. @AyannaPressley, July 19, 2020: ‘We should not rush to re-open schools" pic.twitter.com/9P7NR9WkTy
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
20) Columbus, Ohio @MayorGinther, July 29, 2020: City schools will be "all virtual for the first grading period of this coming school year" pic.twitter.com/jQa4YJJWd6
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
21) Orange County, Fla.'s @OCFLMayor, July 27, 2020 opposes Gov. DeSantis plan to re-open schools: "I'm not sure that's necessarily safe" pic.twitter.com/qPuD7xx48d
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
22) @SpeakerPelosi, July 13, 2020: "The biggest risk to the spread of the pandemic is opening up the schools …" pic.twitter.com/ksp2L2k4F6
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
23) Then-Gov. @andrewcuomo, July 8, 2020, opposing Trump's call to re-open schools: "The president does not have the authority to open schools" pic.twitter.com/oxH4UopoH8
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 2, 2022
Ok, watching all of this and going through Tom’s thread only made me angrier. They spent two years vilifying parents, and doing as the teacher’s unions directed, even though we all knew it was hurting the children, and now they want to blame Republicans.
Oh.
Hell.
No.
