The Misadventures of Moscow Mitch--From The American Independent: Teachers union: Trump and McConnell are 'putting people in danger'
The president of the National Education Association says schools need federal guidance in order to reopen safely.
By JOSH ISRAEL
The president of the National Education Association said Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are standing in the way of safely reopening public schools.
"There's a way to do this right and there's the way Donald Trump is saying to do it, which puts people in danger," Lily Eskelsen García said in a phone interview on Thursday.
Eskelsen García noted that Trump has called on the nation to reopen its public schools, which are currently shuttered to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but has not offered a plan on how to do so safely. "Trump said, 'Just open them,'" she observed, "but didn't say, 'Here's the resources we'll give public schools to do it safely.'"