Teachers union president 'double-dog dares' Trump to sit in classroom 'and breathe that air'

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The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union hit back at President Trump over his demand that schools resume in-person classes this fall, saying reopening cannot take place without guaranteeing the safety of students and staff.

“Did you hear the word he didn’t use? ‘Safely,'” National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen Garcia said Wednesday in reference to Trump’s event the previous day on reopening schools.

“There’s no one that wants our kids back more than teachers ... but we want to open it safely,” she said on CNN’s “New Day.”

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“We see what happens when they let bars open prematurely,” she added, noting spikes in coronavirus community spread in states that were quick to reopen. “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.”

read: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506368-teachers-union-president-dares-trump-to-sit-in-school-class-amid

[soothsayer]

1. Right on

[dweller]

2. first of all

he belongs in the 3rd grade ...

but her point is spot on, no mention of safely

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[TreasonousBastard]

3. "No problem giving money to Shake Shack, but a public school, not so much"...

She is soooo right. Get the bill off McConnell's desk and Trump, DeVos and the rest just shut the fuck up and get out of the way.

[skylucy]

4. I taught kindergarten for 38 years. Sixth grade will be too easy on him.

Come spend the day with 32 kindergartners. The first day of school would be the best with lots of tears, snot filled tissues and wailing. (And that's just the teacher...The kids are even worse)

[dutch777]

5. Let Barron and the Trump grandkids sit in that class and, oh, no pre-testing of anyone

I predict a great rebellion by teachers and a big increase in home schooling.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. F**k rump ... he has no control over when we open our schools or not. Local taxpayers do (and the

cities and/or states too).

Proving yet again, what a f**king moron he is.

[BootinUp]

7. Greatest lungs ever! Nobody disagrees! Well ... ( lie lie lie)

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8. 'Trump demonstrates safety of classrooms with 7 minutes of breathing in front of cameras'

...in the same Florida classroom where George Bush read “The Pet Goat” to first graders