We have prevailed,” President Donald Trump declared this week.
“We have prevailed,” President Donald Trump declared this week, in a comment he said was about COVID-19 testing.
“I think you should absolutely open the schools,” he said two days later, contradicting Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning that it may not be realistic to expect schools to be open this fall.
Both statements contradict high-profile individuals inside Trump’s administration, and fly in the face of basic science to at least some extent. Perhaps just as importantly, in a political context, they contradict how the public is experiencing this crisis.
New ABC News/Ipsos polling out Friday morning shows a country that remains hesitant to resume regular life, even as state and local restrictions begin to get lifted — either by executive action or court order.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say there are not enough coronavirus tests available in the United States, notwithstanding Trump’s claim. And 69% of parents with children living at home say they aren’t ready to send them back to school, on top of the large majorities hesitant to return to restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and the like.
The president this week has sought out familiar enemies — Democratic governors, former President Barack Obama, members of the media — in a bid to redefine the conversation around his re-election campaign.
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As more and more states and communities ease restrictions to jumpstart the reopening process, strong majorities believe the country lacks sufficient testing and are also skeptical about returning to pre-pandemic activities, including sending kids back to school, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday finds.
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The real battle lines this summer/fall won't be over whether to open stores/bars it'll be over schools. While UCLA/Netscape found 48% worried about opening schools, latest ABC/Ipsos asked just PARENTS and found the number much higher – 69%. https://t.co/Vnc55DV8Ve
— amy walter (@amyewalter) May 15, 2020
Why is it safe for my kid to be in school, but too scary for Paul Manafort to be in prison?
— BeloitBadger 🌊#TrueBlue2020 (@MomWithAnS) May 14, 2020
Already hearing that wealthy New Yorkers are talking about forming "trust circles" with their friends and hiring private tutors to teach their kids in the fall instead of sending them to schools.
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) May 14, 2020
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