{"id":1189913,"date":"2022-01-05T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1189913"},"modified":"2022-01-05T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:04:25","slug":"joe-biden-blames-states-for-testing-shortages-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-blames-states-for-testing-shortages-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Blames States for Testing Shortages in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-blames-states-for-testing-shortages-in-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1189913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden blamed states on Wednesday for experiencing coronavirus testing shortages in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat money went out to the states and the states and the school districts have spent this money well \u2014 many of them,\u201d Biden said, referring to $10 billion provided to the states to acquire testing for schools. \u201cBut, unfortunately, some haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The president spoke about the explosion of new coronavirus cases during a video conference call with federal health officials from the Executive Office Building<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s comment was the latest example of the president blaming states for coronavirus problems, despite repeated efforts to take charge of the pandemic at the federal level and \u201cshut down the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear which states Biden was criticizing, as several states began the new year by announcing that schools would remain closed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19366778\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1337879596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19366778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1337879596-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Principal Alice Hom (R) talks with a faculty member at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on September 02, 2021 in New York City. Surveillance testing will be conducted every other week and will randomly test 10 percent of all students whose parents have consented. (Michael Loccisano\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>School districts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/01\/03\/covid-omicron-school-closings-home-test\/9082871002\/\">major<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/01\/05\/covid-pandemic-school-closings-fueled-omicron-home-test-shortages\/9091984002\/\">metropolitan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/04\/us\/chicago-teachers-union-remote-learning.html\">areas<\/a> such as Atlanta, <a href=\"https:\/\/upnorthlive.com\/news\/local\/michigan-schools-looking-to-provide-covid-tests-hindered-by-staff-testing-shortages\">Detroit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/04\/us\/chicago-teachers-union-remote-learning.html\">Chicago<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/health\/coronavirus\/more-than-600-san-francisco-educators-out-due-to-covid-19-test-shortage-teachers-union\/\"> San Francisco,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtvonline.org\/programs\/nj-spotlight-news\/pat-wall-intv-1632944176\/\">Newark, New Jersey<\/a> cited testing shortages as a reason for closing schools and returning to virtual learning.<\/p>\n<p>Biden argued that schools should remain open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage the states and school districts to use the funding that you still have to protect your children and keep the schools open,\u201d he said.<br \/>In December, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/27\/joe-biden-off-to-beach-admitting-no-federal-solution-coronavirus\/\">admitted<\/a> there was \u201cno federal solution\u201d to the coronavirus pandemic during a video conference call with governors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road,\u201d the president said, referring to state government.&nbsp;\u201cMy message to the governors is simple. 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