{"id":1501691,"date":"2022-06-02T17:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501691"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:15:00","slug":"white-house-cuts-off-covid-19-response-coordinator-when-asked-if-schools-must-be-open-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-cuts-off-covid-19-response-coordinator-when-asked-if-schools-must-be-open-in-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Cuts Off COVID-19 Response Coordinator When Asked If Schools Must Be Open In Fall"},"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%2Fwhite-house-cuts-off-covid-19-response-coordinator-when-asked-if-schools-must-be-open-in-fall%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=1501691&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>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared to cut off COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Thursday when he was asked by a reporter if all schools must be open this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctor, do you believe all schools will and must be open this coming fall?\u201d a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>Jha mumbled a few words before Jean-Pierre interjected, \u201cYou have to go. He has to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry,\u201d Jha said as he did not answer the question and quickly walked out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WOW \u2013 a reporter asks if the White House COVID coordinator believes all schools &#8220;will and must be open this fall&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> prevents him from answering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lTtcBeh0by\">pic.twitter.com\/lTtcBeh0by<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1532445405820100609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News editor Cameron Cawthorne highlighted a clip from Jha late last year, before he was appointed by Democrat President Joe Biden, that showed Jha advocating for keeping schools open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing from school districts is there\u2019s already questions about going remote,\u201d he said during an interview on MSNBC in December. \u201cI think it\u2019s irresponsible at this point to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all the tools to keep schools open and safe, vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools,\u201d Jha continued. \u201cAnd if I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open, what that says to me is they don\u2019t care about kids and they don\u2019t care about COVID because bars spread COVID, schools generally don\u2019t, not if you put in mitigation efforts, and I\u2019m worried that city leaders are going to give up on kids and not do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what the WH COVID-19 coordinator said back in December before he was appointed by Biden. No wonder WH didn\u2019t want him to answer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7iqb71Hcrw\">pic.twitter.com\/7iqb71Hcrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cam_Cawthorne\/status\/1532462490449240064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared to cut off COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Thursday when he was asked by a reporter if all schools must be open this fall. \u201cDoctor, do you believe all schools will and must be open this coming fall?\u201d a reporter asked. 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