“The president and his administration are messing with the health of our children,” Nancy Pelosi said in response“The president and his administration are messing with the health of our children,” Nancy Pelosi said in response
While the Trump administration continues its full-court press on schools to re-open, they sent out Betsy DeVos to defend an indefensible cause. Either that or the education secretary did not do her homework prior to her appearance on Sunday morning.
CNN’s Dana Bash continuously pressed DeVos on basic questions about students, teachers, and parents’ safety from the virus and whether schools should closely follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.
Although the interview extended past 20 minutes, it was clear DeVos had only a few talking points in her quiver, and she went to them often.
Bash asked DeVos multiple times if schools should follow CDC guidelines and the secretary repeated her answer using the word “flexible” several times while describing the health recommendations.
“The CDC guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant to be applied as appropriate for the situation,” DeVos said.
The secretary’s focus was on the single message that schools need to re-open. But other than threatening to defund schools that refuse, she provided no answers for how they might deal with a possible outbreak and placed that responsibility on the institutions themselves.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi followed DeVos on CNN and called the secretary’s interview “appalling.”
“I think what we heard from the secretary was malfeasance and dereliction of duty. This is appalling… The president and his administration are messing with the health of our children,” the speaker said.
Pressley hits DeVos over reopening schools: 'I wouldn't trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child'
While the Trump administration continues its full-court press on schools to re-open, they sent out Betsy DeVos to defend an indefensible cause. Either that or the education secretary did not do her homework prior to her appearance on Sunday morning.
CNN’s Dana Bash continuously pressed DeVos on basic questions about students, teachers, and parents’ safety from the virus and whether schools should closely follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.
Although the interview extended past 20 minutes, it was clear DeVos had only a few talking points in her quiver, and she went to them often.
Bash asked DeVos multiple times if schools should follow CDC guidelines and the secretary repeated her answer using the word “flexible” several times while describing the health recommendations.
“The CDC guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant to be applied as appropriate for the situation,” DeVos said.
The secretary’s focus was on the single message that schools need to re-open. But other than threatening to defund schools that refuse, she provided no answers for how they might deal with a possible outbreak and placed that responsibility on the institutions themselves.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi followed DeVos on CNN and called the secretary’s interview “appalling.”
“I think what we heard from the secretary was malfeasance and dereliction of duty. This is appalling… The president and his administration are messing with the health of our children,” the speaker said.
Pressley hits DeVos over reopening schools: 'I wouldn't trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child'
Don’t really matter what these cacs say, mine ain’t going nowhere without no vaccine 
