{"id":1714333,"date":"2022-10-28T03:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714333"},"modified":"2022-10-28T03:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:20:55","slug":"jake-tapper-doesnt-want-to-play-the-blame-game-on-covid-school-closures-but-midterm-voters-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-doesnt-want-to-play-the-blame-game-on-covid-school-closures-but-midterm-voters-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Tapper Doesn\u2019t Want To Play The \u2018Blame Game\u2019 On Covid School Closures, But Midterm Voters Do"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fjake-tapper-doesnt-want-to-play-the-blame-game-on-covid-school-closures-but-midterm-voters-do%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=1714333&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>The National Center for Educational Statistics just released its <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/nationsreportcard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 assessments<\/a> of fourth and eighth graders, and the results are, at best, disturbing. According to the report, reading scores for these two grades have dropped 3 points since 2019, the most substantial loss since the 1980s. The math scores are even worse: 5 points for fourth graders and a whopping 8 points for eighth graders. These data are just the latest indicators of the catastrophic effects Covid lockdowns have had on the nation\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>While preparing CNN\u2019s dwindling audience for this horror show, Jake Tapper found himself <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deangeliscorey\/status\/1583635009184800769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pondering<\/a> why there\u2019s been no \u201cnational conversation\u201d about this topic:<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that I\u2019m surprised that there hasn\u2019t been a national conversation about the damage done to kids because of these school closures. \u2026 We can\u2019t just pretend that fifth graders, who are now seventh graders, that didn\u2019t happen. \u2026 And not with a blame game; look, it happened, it was criticized. \u2026 But here we are. \u2026 There needs to be like a bipartisan movement, you know.<\/p>\n<p>If Tapper took a moment to step outside his corporate media bubble, he might realize that this conversation has been going on for well over a year. He might even see that the educational establishment\u2019s contributions to this conversation have been either to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/08\/the-public-education-swamp-refuses-to-learn-anything-from-a-year-of-embarrassing-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gaslight<\/a> the public into compliance or to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/28\/the-school-board-domestic-terrorism-dumpster-fire-proves-parents-are-winning-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intimidate<\/a> it into silence, usually with the blessing of its political and media allies on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the willful ignorance of Tapper and his ilk, the American public knows exactly who\u2019s to blame for the appalling state of American education. Moreover, they expect the GOP to act decisively against the educrats if they take control of Congress in November.<\/p>\n<p> A Blueprint for Success <\/p>\n<p>Republicans need only look to last year\u2019s gubernatorial election in Virginia for an idea of what voters want from them on this issue. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-business-elections-pandemics-health-e7f4281c5a19e70e4420e9fa623d16cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate<\/a> between Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin and his Democratic counterpart Terry McAuliffe, McAuliffe made the critical error of saying the quiet part out loud about how his party really feels about parental involvement in education; he said, \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This admission came as conflicts between parents and school officials in deep blue Loudoun County were making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/loudon-county-school-board-rule-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">national headlines<\/a>. Yet when given a chance to walk back his statement, McAuliffe doubled down on it, calling opposition to critical race theory a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mcauliffe-critical-race-theory-racist-dog-whistle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racist dog whistle<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Youngkin\u2019s efforts paid off as he beat McAuliffe by more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2021\/results\/virginia\/governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">63,000 votes<\/a>. In the year since, he has enjoyed increasing support from Old Dominion voters, the latest polls placing him at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/politics\/gov-youngkins-approval-moves-to-55-in-new-poll-but-republicans-favor-trump-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">55 percent approval<\/a>. Part of this success can be traced to his willingness to take on an intractable educational establishment on issues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/northern-virginia\/protect-trans-students-fairfax-co-lgbtq-pride-rally-resists-youngkins-proposed-policy\/3176633\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender policies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2022\/january\/name-926455-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">school choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> The Winds Are Favorable <\/p>\n<p>Issues like education that got Youngkin elected in Virginia remain prominent throughout the rest of the country. A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ballotpedia.org\/2021\/11\/08\/school-board-recalls-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record number<\/a> of school board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the willful ignorance of Jake Tapper, the public knows who\u2019s to blame for the appalling state of America\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":793,"featured_media":1714336,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1714333","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\/793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}