Posted on 07/08/2020 12:24:06 PM PDT by PBRCat
As President Donald Trump pushes to reopen schools in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, National Education Association (NEA) president Lily Eskelsen Garcia on Wednesday “double-dog” dared the president to “sit in a class of 39 sixth graders and breathe that air.”
Eskelsen Garcia on CNN’s “New Day” slammed Trump for not using the term “safely” in his push to reopen, which she said is why the NEA supports his opponent former Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
Host Alisyn Camerota asked, “Are public schools ready to open in September?”
“You can see why we are supporting Joe Biden over Donald Trump. Did you hear the word he didn’t use? Safely. Safely,” Eskelsen Garcia replied. “There’s no one that wants their kids back with us more than teachers. Maybe their parent. Maybe their parents beat us out there, but we want to open it safely. We see what happens when they let bars open prematurely and you saw those young adults went home and they infected everybody around them. This isn’t a bar. We’re talking about second graders. I had 39 sixth graders one year in my class. I double-dog dare Donald Trump to sit in a class of 39 sixth graders and breathe that air without any preparation for how we’re going to bring our kids back safely.”
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Hmmm... interesting piece of pottery she has on her head in that picture. It’s gotta be uncomfortable.... but she looks happy with it. ;-)
First - she wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump if Jesus came back to earth to vouch for him.
Second I don’t agree with any political position she would ever take - now, in the past or ever.
Third, the earliest we should consider opening schools is 2021,
Ours is a freaking Taj Mahal - brand new, too.
I will. 68 in a couple weeks.
from all the farts? Thats what i would worry about.
Ain’t it the truth! The standard now seems to be “perfectly safe”. Show me anything that is perfectly safe. /sarc
Smelly people gravitate towards each other clearly.
She looks like a street rat.
Garcia is a commie biotch. I hope he withholds fed funds from any school district that does not completely open by September.
Fund the Children by defunding the NEA.
I work at an air/gas filtration company. Small business. Local. We provide filtration/materials & service. We have contracts with plants, refineries, hospitals & schools. We never closed(deemed essential) so we kept servicing customers thru this ordeal so that the filtration systems would stay clean & clear even tho there are no students at schools!!
And the schools run the AC constantly for the same reason. The filters we use are the heavy duty industrial aren’t bought at Home Depot.
Will they stop covid? Maybe not. But filters don’t stop the flu. And when did we shut down schools over the flu?
So these evil asses bent on economic destruction? All they offer are lies panic & fear. No facts.
Too sad so many Fearpers believe the bullshit.
Put the “teachers” in full biocontainment suits and make them do their jobs.
I double dog dare her to sound more mature than a third grader.
Should have complained then.
Totally agree, no open schools then no local school taxes.
Why is the NEA still in existence at all?
Trump should do it, and do it very publicly. It would be a great first step to exposing this COVID panic and fraud for what it is.
It has nothing to do with Trump that there may be 39 kids in a classroom, that is an issue for the school to figure out how to not have 39 kids in a classroom.
Be responsible for your own issues teachers and schoolboards.
Stop trying to blame Trump for your failures or stupid choices.
Kids belong in school.
Another hyphenated ass-clown acting like there is significance in their life.
How about this challenge, Mr. President!
A federal audit of every dime that the NEA and teachers union gets and goes out of, and who it goes to.
She has a valid point in spite of her failings.
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