{"id":1712306,"date":"2022-10-26T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T20:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712306"},"modified":"2022-10-26T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T20:19:37","slug":"dissecting-gretchen-whitmers-false-claim-that-michigan-students-were-only-out-of-classrooms-for-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dissecting-gretchen-whitmers-false-claim-that-michigan-students-were-only-out-of-classrooms-for-three-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissecting Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s False Claim That Michigan Students Were Only Out of Classrooms \u2018For Three Months\u2019"},"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%2Fdissecting-gretchen-whitmers-false-claim-that-michigan-students-were-only-out-of-classrooms-for-three-months%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=1712306&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> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">In some cases, students struggled with remote learning for more than a year<\/p>\n<p>    Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 October 26, 2022 4:10 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer claimed Tuesday that Michigan students were only kept out of classrooms &#8220;for three months.&#8221; But many students struggled with remote learning for more than a year, and Whitmer encouraged school closures even after her shutdown orders expired.<\/p>\n<p>During a debate against Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIGOP\/status\/1585052851729969152?s=20&#038;t=aMNFoV-qBb2Zu0CWhc9npA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimized<\/a> the prevalence of remote learning in Michigan schools during the coronavirus pandemic. &#8220;Kids were out for three months,&#8221; the Democrat claimed, seemingly referring to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/governor-whitmer-announces-statewide-closure-of-all-k-12-school-buildings-school-building-closures-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/04\/02\/suspending-face-to-face-learning-at-k-12-schools-for-remainder-of-school-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orders<\/a> that shuttered schools in 2020 from mid-March to early June. Months later, however, Whitmer&#8217;s health department again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/health\/2020\/11\/15\/covid-19-restrictions-3-week-lockdown-shutdown-high-schools-colleges\/6305432002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended in-person high school classes<\/a> for a three-week period starting November 15, 2020. And in April 2021, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/nbc25news.com\/news\/state\/governor-whitmer-will-hold-a-press-briefing-friday-at-1000-am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged schools<\/a> to shut down for another two weeks, citing &#8220;alarming&#8221; virus numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the Democrat&#8217;s shutdown orders and recommendations, many Michigan students were forced to learn remotely for a considerably longer timetable than the one Whitmer cited Tuesday. Schools in Detroit and Grand Rapids, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-covid-report-card-lives-saved-economy-hurt-test-scores-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remained closed<\/a> for most of the 2020-21 school year, while students in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2022\/01\/05\/michigan-schools-virtual-learning-restraining-order-federal-lawsuit\/9111551002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ann Arbor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flintschools.org\/apps\/news\/article\/1565562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flint<\/a> entered 2022 with remote instruction. That&#8217;s in part because Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-covid-report-card-lives-saved-economy-hurt-test-scores-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rebuffed calls<\/a> from state Republicans to require Michigan school districts to offer an in-person learning option for K-5 students. Instead, Whitmer&#8217;s plan allowed districts to return to the classroom\u2014or not\u2014on their own accord, a decision the Democrat defended in early 2021 after some districts failed to develop an in-person option. &#8220;You know what, I&#8217;m not going to second-guess individual districts,&#8221; Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7pxWA4Vqg-c?t=2102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon has spent much of her campaign attacking Whitmer&#8217;s response to COVID-19, and Tuesday night was no different. After Whitmer&#8217;s &#8220;three month&#8221; school closure remark, Dixon accused the Democrat of not &#8220;paying attention to what was actually happening.&#8221; Dixon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TudorDixon\/status\/1585304086571667463?s=20&#038;t=aMNFoV-qBb2Zu0CWhc9npA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued to highlight <\/a>the exchange in post-debate media appearances, suggesting she hopes the issue will propel her to victory in a race that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/mi\/michigan_governor_dixon_vs_whitmer-7545.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tightened in recent weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We even had schools that were closed this year. This is shocking to me that [Whitmer] thinks schools were only closed for three months\u2014or maybe she thinks she can convince you that schools were only closed for three months,&#8221; Dixon said during the debate. &#8220;But you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer claimed Tuesday that Michigan students were only kept out of classrooms &#8220;for three months.&#8221; But many students struggled with remote learning for more than a year, and Whitmer encouraged school closures even after her shutdown orders expired.<br \/>\nThe post Dissecting Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s False Claim That Michigan Students Were Only Out of Classrooms \u2018For Three Months\u2019 appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1712309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1712309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}