A Dangerous Political Game
In the midst of our Coronavirus Crisis, President Trump and Education Secretary DeVos are playing a dangerous political game.
Gambling on parent’s desire for their children to go back to school, Trump and DeVos are pushing for in-person instruction this fall in all schools. But they have no authority over that decision. So why would they make the demand?
The Obvious Set-Up
From the Daily Beast: “Trump Banks on School Reopening to Help Him in November”
“Donald Trump’s aggressive push to fully reopen schools this fall is being driven by a belief inside the president’s orbit that the policy will be a political winner for him this November. Their confidence, they say, is backed up by the campaign’s private polling data.”“It’s unclear if Trump’s gambit—aimed largely at suburban female voters and moms—will work in his favor. …”
Yes, we know the president only has his eyes on re-election. But we should not think the appeal is aimed at just suburban women. Opening schools appeals to every single-parent working person without support at home, the working-poor couples that can’t afford daycare, and all those still not seeing COVID-19 as a real threat.
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