https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1585323473450115072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1585323473450115072%7Ctwgr%5Ef9e9b7c0c8389dab84bd81c0a74d4a41f5003d7e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fkamala-harris-speech-school-buses-closingHarris was hit with a reality check for her claim that diesel fuel affects children's "ability to learn." Reactions on Twitter reminded Vice President Harris that Democrats closing schools during the pandemic severely impacted students' ability to learn.
Republican New York House candidate Tom Zmich: "You mean getting them to School in places where Democrats aren't forcing them to do failed remote learning."
CEO Joe Colangelo: "Yes, gas-powered school buses seriously affect children's ability to learn by getting them to school."
Republican strategist Jessica Proud: "The buses are to blame for kids falling behind in school not keeping them out of the classroom for a year."
CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham: "In one of the more darkly humorous moments of the pandemic area, one of our Fairfax Co. school board members bragged about the fleet of electric school buses he secured. Kids hadn’t been on buses for 10 mos and wouldn’t be back on them for 3 more. But big pats on the back!"
Small government advocacy group FreedomWorks: "Seriously? It's unhinged Democrats who affect children's 'ability to learn.' It was liberals who kept kids out of school for well over a year."
Republican Missouri state Senator Dr. Bob Onder: "Ah... school buses are why test scores are plummeting?"
Political writer Jordan Boyd: "You know what really hurts children's 'ability to learn?' Shutting down schools. That definitely contributes to 'very serious conditions' but I don't see anyone in the Biden admin banning teachers unions and punishing the health bureaucrats who sentenced kids to screens."
Radio h
ost Dana Loesch: "Now do shutting down schools for nearly two years."
Test scores of American students plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many places closed schools for long periods of time.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress – known as the "nation's report card" – recently revealed that math scores had the largest decrease since the program began in 1969 and reading scores dropped to levels not seen since 1992.