Vulnerable Senate Republicans are silent after billionaire GOP donor and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos went on a Sunday show media tour where she offered no plan to safely reopen schools and underscored the Trump administration’s position that “school districts are basically on their own.” DeVos’ disastrous interviews followed a week of menacing ultimatums from the White House, where President Trump broke with the recommendations of health experts and threatened to cut federal funding from schools.
The lack of response from cowardly Senate Republicans is hardly surprising. They’ve praised Trump’s dangerously insufficient pandemic response, punted on support for state and local governments, refuse to extend the enhanced unemployment relief, and have “no plan” to help make it easier for millions of uninsured Americans to obtain health coverage.
Voters need to know: do Republican Senators agree with Betsy DeVos’ decision to leave schools across the country without a plan to safely reopen? Should schools have to make the impossible decision of risking the loss of federal funds or ignoring CDC guidelines?
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
CNN: Always polarizing on schools, Betsy DeVos brushes off coronavirus risks
By Maeve Reston
July 12, 2020
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The Hill: Democrats seek to tie GOP candidates to Trump, DeVos
By Julia Manchester
July 12, 2020
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