Biden plays politics with masks in schools

Published



President Joe Biden is desperate to change the subject. Amid his border crisis, the stall of the economic recovery he inherited, and his administration’s lethal and disorderly rout in Afghanistan, he is trying to pick a domestic political fight he thinks he can win.

This is the only sensible explanation for why Biden’s Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the school masking policies of five Republican states — Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.