Why Does Trump Hate COVID Testing But Love Standardized Testing?
When it comes to COVID-19, Donald Trump sure hates testing.
But when it comes to public schools, his administration simply adores standardized testing.
Why the discrepancy?
Why is testing for a virus during a global pandemic bad, but giving students a multiple choice test during the chaos caused by that pandemic somehow good?
When it comes to the Coronavirus, Trump has made his position clear.
In a June 15 tweet, Trump wrote that testing “makes us look bad.”
Five days later at his infamous campaign rally in Tulsa, he said he had asked his “people” to “slow the testing down, please.”
At one of his White House press briefings, he said, “When you test, you create cases.”
In his infamous Fox News interview with Chris Wallace, he seemed to be saying that the U.S. had just as many new cases now as it did in May. However, since there were fewer tests done in May and more are being done now, it only appears that the CONTINUE READING: Why Does Trump Hate COVID Testing But Love Standardized Testing? | gadflyonthewallblog