Trump’s push to reopen schools appears to be blowing up in his face: polls
President Donald Trump has been adamant that schools reopen in the fall, although he has given little to no guidance for how to do so in a way that won’t lead to further eruptions of the novel coronavirus.
However, Business Insider reports that the president’s rush to get schools open may already be coming back to bite him.
As evidence, the publication cited several national polls that show opposition to Trump’s plans.
“A Politico/Morning Consult national tracking poll released on Wednesday found that 53% of voters oppose ‘fully reopening’ daycares and K-12 schools, 50% oppose a full reopening of colleges and universities, and 65% oppose Trump’s threats to pull federal funding from schools that don’t re-open,” Business Insider writes.
Additionally, a new Navigator survey finds that “35% of parents approve of how Trump is handling the issue of whether to reopen schools compared to 51% who disapprove,” which suggests that his focus on getting schools open isn’t helping him with suburban mothers like he seems to believe it will.
Making matters more complicated is the fact that Trump has publicly criticized his own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for safely reopening, which he has called too expensive and burdensome.
2020 Election
Brace yourself for months of lawlessness — ‘Election Night’ likely will not end until 2021
There’s nothing wrong with treating American politics like a sport as long as everyone involved in the competition is playing the same sport by the same rules. There’s nothing wrong as long as both sides agree the rules are legitimate, both commit to obeying them and both accept the consequences when they break them.
This article was originally published at The Editorial Board
But there is a problem with treating American politics like a sport when one side is playing soccer and the other is playing football while neither can agree to the rules, because one side won’t commit to obeying them. There is something wrong when one side not only refuses to accept the consequences of rule-breaking but sets out to undermine the idea of rules altogether. In that case, treating politics like a sport, as the Washington press corps habitually does, isn’t helpful. It’s harmful. Even dangerous.
2020 Election
‘Deranged’ Trump pummeled for lying that ‘practicing Catholic’ Joe Biden will ‘hurt God’
President Donald Trump used a supposedly non-political event Thursday afternoon to attack his Democratic opponent with a lie, saying former Vice President Joe Biden will "hurt God" if elected.
In the strange pronouncement on the tarmac in Cleveland, Ohio, Trump falsely claimed that Biden will "take away your guns. Destroy your Second Amendment. No religion. No anything. Hurt the Bible. Hurt God. He’s against God. He’s against guns. He’s against energy."
A completely deranged Trump claims Joe Biden will "hurt God" if elected president pic.twitter.com/cJ8fbghmAm
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston appeared Thursday on CNN, where he explained when he believed President Donald Trump would be indicted.
After receiving a subpoena from New York prosecutors last year, Deutsche Bank reportedly handed over detailed records about their dealings with Trump, according to the New York Times. The subpoena indicates that the investigation of Trump's family business is more expansive than previously thought.
"Prosecutors already have the basic tax information on Donald Trump. Your state tax return is virtually identical to your federal return, and the IRS shares tax information with the state," Johnston explained to CNN host Brianna Keilar.
‘Trump needs your money to pay his son’s girlfriend’: New ad knocks Trump for lavish spending of his donor’s money
Former Trump ambassador tells Maddow ‘it’s a big red flag’ that Trump is trying to hide investigation of Turnberry scam
Seth Meyers mocks Trump’s Axios interview where he ‘couldn’t even remember his own BS — that’s how fried his brain is’
Jerry Falwell Jr has apologized to ‘everybody’ for bizarre yacht photo — and says mystery women is his wife’s assistant
Expert explains the psychopathology that underlies Trump’s dictatorial behavior
Brace yourself for months of lawlessness — ‘Election Night’ likely will not end until 2021
‘Deranged’ Trump pummeled for lying that ‘practicing Catholic’ Joe Biden will ‘hurt God’
Trump’s special envoy to Iran quits
Investigative reporter David Cay Johnston explains when you’ll see Trump get indicted
‘Trump is scared’ and ‘literally does not appear to understand’ what is going on around him: White House reporter
‘A very terrible thing!’ Trump attacks New York AG for NRA lawsuit
MSNBC convenes panel of white Republicans who say Biden shouldn’t pick ‘divisive’ VP
‘Oof, Jesus’: CNBC’s Jim Cramer rattled after Pelosi slams GOP amid stimulus negotiations
‘Kids are getting this disease’: Fox News host cuts off Kellyanne Conway over Trump ‘misinformation’
