Conservatives blasted Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for tweeting Tuesday that he loved teaching because of children’s smiling faces, despite pushing for mask mandates in schools.
Responses to Cardona’s tweet far outnumbered retweets and likes as conservatives derided the secretary’s comment as out of touch and tone-deaf, as many schools around the country are still requiring students to wear masks in schools.
“Today’s #LoveTeaching theme is ‘Tremendous Tuesday’ where we are challenged to tell a 6-word story that describes why you #LoveTeaching,” Cardona wrote. “Mine is: The smile on a student’s face.”
Today’s #LoveTeaching theme is “Tremendous Tuesday” where we are challenged to tell a 6-word story that describes why you #LoveTeaching. Mine is:
The smile on a student’s face.
— Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) February 16, 2022
LIBERAL JURISDICTIONS LIFT MASK MANDATES — BUT NOT FOR SCHOOLS
Last week, Cardona criticized several states that had lifted mask mandates in schools, saying such actions were premature and ignored the advice of health experts.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, tweeted a response saying the secretary’s tweet was “deliberate and malicious trolling of parents who are fighting to free children’s faces.”
This is deliberate and malicious trolling of parents who are fighting to free children’s faces. https://t.co/2pcTWxSzxw
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) February 16, 2022
“Really? I mean…” was Texas Republican congressman Chip Roy’s incredulous response to the secretary’s tweet.
Really? I mean… https://t.co/otnX2GFh6C
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) February 16, 2022
The Job Creators Network asked if Cardona’s tweet was a joke, criticizing the secretary by saying, “Your inability to understand the science continues to impact in-person learning AND is keeping our students needlessly masked.”
This is a joke, right? Your inability to understand the science continues to impact in-person learning AND is keeping our students needlessly masked. https://t.co/MCIdOi3V2S
— Job Creators Network (@JobCreatorsUSA) February 16, 2022
School mask mandates have been under increased scrutiny in recent weeks, as several Democrat-controlled states such as New Jersey, Oregon, and Delaware have dropped their mandates, even as other states such as New York and California have refused to relax theirs.
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Prior to the recent relaxation of mandates, whether a state had a school mask mandate hinged on which political party controlled the state government, with Democratic-controlled states mandating masks while Republican states did not. In some cases, GOP-led states even banned local school districts from implementing mandates.
