Thread by @EricBoehlert

my latest—covering for GOP lies; pressrun.media/p/republicans-…

“Not only haven’t Republicans mapped out a new pro-education blueprint to win over suburban and swing voters nationwide, Republicans and conservatives have become even more proudly anti-education during the pandemic.”

“When CNN recently held Youngkin up as a new breed of Education Republican, aside from his made-up claims about critical race theory, they couldn’t point to a single education initiative he had championed during the campaign or would focus on as governor.”

“The current media analysis, spoon fed by the GOP, makes no sense. Schools opened up under Democrats — they’ve returned to “normal” —but parents are mad at Democrats because schools were closed last year under Trump?”

“The first legislative act Biden undertook as president was to sign into law the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, which included $120B to help schools reopen, and he did so over the objection of every single Republican member of the House and the Senate.”

“When CNN interviewed four pro-Youngkin suburban moms who who said school closures had changed their views on politics, the fact that Republicans uniformly voted down the single largest federal outlay on education spending to help reopen schools was politely ignored.”