{"id":1303202,"date":"2022-02-16T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303202"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:58:35","slug":"education-secretary-miguel-cardona-tweeted-about-children-smiling-at-school-critics-immediately-noticed-one-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-secretary-miguel-cardona-tweeted-about-children-smiling-at-school-critics-immediately-noticed-one-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Tweeted About Children Smiling At School \u2014 Critics Immediately Noticed One Problem"},"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\">32<\/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%2Feducation-secretary-miguel-cardona-tweeted-about-children-smiling-at-school-critics-immediately-noticed-one-problem%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=1303202&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1230275927-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Education Secretary Miguel Cardona tweeted Tuesday about how much he loved to see children smiling at school \u2014 and critics immediately swarmed to point out the glaring problem with his comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s #LoveTeaching theme is \u201cTremendous Tuesday\u201d where we are challenged to tell a 6-word story that describes why you #LoveTeaching,\u201d Cardona tweeted from his official government account. \u201cMine is:&nbsp;The smile on a student\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveTeaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveTeaching<\/a> theme is \u201cTremendous Tuesday\u201d where we are challenged to tell a 6-word story that describes why you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveTeaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveTeaching<\/a>. Mine is:  <\/p>\n<p>The smile on a student&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecCardona\/status\/1493745698176655360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) asked whether the tweet was a call for governors like Kathy Hochul (D-NY) to remove the face mask mandates for schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo are you calling for the New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to lift her statewide mask mandate on kids as young as 2-years-old which still requires our children to be masked up all day? Or are you just full of crap with your statement? Choose a side Mr. Secretary!\u201d Zeldin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1494013708430893063\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes if their masks are tight enough, you can see their smiles curl under the cloth,\u201d Ellen Carmichael, the president of a political communications firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellencarmichael\/status\/1494015655418503176\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaBartiromo\/status\/1494006050781028352\">responded<\/a> with just two words: \u201cReally??!! Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas this account hacked?\u201d Fox Business anchor Dagen McDowell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dagenmcdowell\/status\/1494006495251505154\">asked<\/a>, and pundit Kassy Dillon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KassyDillon\/status\/1493995998137442305\">agreed<\/a>: \u201cIs this satire?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), who only recently changed parties from Democrat to Republican, responded as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally? When is the last time you\u2019ve seen a smile on a student\u2019s face?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Congressman_JVD\/status\/1493993860531462144\">he asked<\/a>. \u201cThis is yet another example of the Left being completely out of touch with the American people. #UnmaskOurKids\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir smiles are still covered up!\u201d Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1493978079798206473\">agreed<\/a>. \u201cUNMASK OUR KIDS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House Republicans tweeted from their official account as well, saying, \u201cReally&nbsp;Haven\u2019t seen one of those in years because of your authoritarian and unscientific mask mandate.&nbsp;UNMASK OUR KIDS NOW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you effing kidding me? What smile? My daughter\u2019s teachers have never seen her dimples,\u201d Washington Examiner columnist and author Tim Carney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPCarney\/status\/1493777774611513346\">added<\/a>. \u201cThis is so perverse it has to be cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others referenced recent photos that showed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams maskless while she visited an elementary school as part of a Black History Month reading program.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams later attempted to explain away the photos by saying that she had consulted with the school nurse and only removed her mask if everyone around her kept theirs in place \u2014 but even some of her biggest fans on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/even-the-view-isnt-buying-stacey-abrams-lame-excuse-for-ditching-her-mask-in-photos\/\">weren\u2019t buying her excuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unforced error. Why do that? Why give the right more ammunition? They always go after her anyway, and I think it was really hypocritical actually \u2014 her statement. First of all, this has nothing to do with black history month,\u201d Sunny Hostin explained. \u201cThe point is she was not wearing a mask when she is one of those proponents of mask mandates, and she said, I think, in her statement, her people said that she asked to \u2014 she removed it \u2014 I\u2019m sorry. She wore a mask to the school, but later removed it so she could be heard by students watching remotely, and for the photos on the condition that everyone around her was wearing masks. She should have worn a mask. That\u2019s a lame excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speechless <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ymPb0l16M4\">pic.twitter.com\/ymPb0l16M4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rorycooper\/status\/1493943767363112964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardona\u2019s tweet comes amid controversy in a number of states \u2014 such as New York, Illinois, and California among others \u2014 where Democratic Governors Kathy Hochul, J.B. Pritzker, and Gavin Newsom, respectively, set dates for rolling back their indoor mask mandates but left them in place for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/hochuls-hypocrisy-is-showing-rep-stefanik-blasts-ny-governor-on-school-mask-mandates\/\">students attending school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is deliberate and malicious trolling of parents who are fighting to free children\u2019s faces,\u201d The Heritage Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1493928910366683143\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being m<\/i><i>et with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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