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Trump keeps pushing schools to reopen as the virus keeps ignoring his talking points

On August 11, the Trump camp was still pressing for in-person school reopening even as the pandemic kept making that push look reckless, inconsistent, and politically expensive. The message was meant to sound pro-family and pro-learning, but the administration’s own pandemic posture kept colliding with the public-health and logistical realities of a country still deep in a coronavirus surge.

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Trump keeps pushing schools to reopen as the virus keeps ignoring his talking points

On August 11, the Trump camp was still pressing for in-person school reopening even as the pandemic kept making that push look reckless, inconsistent, and politically expensive. The message was meant to sound pro-family and pro-learning, but the administration’s own pandemic posture kept colliding with the public-health and logistical realities of a country still deep in a coronavirus surge.

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Trump keeps pushing schools to reopen as the virus keeps ignoring his talking points

On August 11, the Trump camp was still pressing for in-person school reopening even as the pandemic kept making that push look reckless, inconsistent, and politically expensive. The message was meant to sound pro-family and pro-learning, but the administration’s own pandemic posture kept colliding with the public-health and logistical realities of a country still deep in a coronavirus surge.

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