The GOP suffered “devestating” mockery on Twitter after including a typo in a tweet about school closures due to COVID-19.
The Republican Party’s official Twitter account shared its view that schools should be reopened in a Sunday afternoon tweet, which has since been deleted, containing a misspelling of the word “devastating.”
“Keeping schools closed has DEVESTATING effects on the mental health, social and economic situation, and academic achievement of America’s children,” the party wrote. “The science is in – schools can safely reopen!”
The tweet was met with fierce disapproval and was subsequently “ratioed,” in which the number of comments vastly outnumbered retweets and “likes” — a sign of a widespread negative reaction. The GOP’s tweet received more than 9,400 comments, far outnumbering its 3,700 likes and 810 retweets before being deleted.
Users mocked the misspelling on the online platform.
Tweeting without spell check can be devestating.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) March 21, 2021
DEVESTATING….?
Hey @GOP that is some next level
dumbassery right there!#KidVicious??♂️ https://t.co/EphhB1p67c— Kirk Acevedo?? (@kirkacevedo) March 21, 2021
Extremely on-brand for the Republican Party to misspell “DEVESTATING” while complaining about inadequate schools. Oh, the irony. https://t.co/WMCA1w3QEO
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) March 21, 2021
What a “devestating” tweet! ?#LoveIt https://t.co/tvYIRHjjvG
— María Antonia G. De la Torre, Ph.D. (@Caidadelatorre) March 21, 2021
The official Republican Party account just tweeted that school closures have been devastating but spelled it “devestating”
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) March 21, 2021
They said “devestating” here with their chest. All caps and everything. https://t.co/KeezEdl7wL
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) March 21, 2021
Devistating
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) March 21, 2021
Hey @GOP, instead of trolling Democrats on Twitter, why not take online writing classes so you could learn to spell devastating.
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) March 21, 2021
Make Spellcheck Great Again!
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) March 21, 2021
Apparently the school for the GOP has long been closed, too, judging by that spelling. https://t.co/WEw382QZZn
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 21, 2021
Dear @GOP: Thanks to the #AmericanRescuePlan, passed by Democrats and signed by @POTUS, many schools are starting to reopen in a safe manner. Why did you oppose the law that helps schools to reopen?
Also, you misspelled devastating. Perhaps you need to go back to school. https://t.co/PXxKpf8UBE
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 21, 2021
CDC REMOVES ONE MORE EXCUSE FOR KEEPING SCHOOLS CLOSED
Schools across the nation are beginning to open after they closed in 2020 due to concerns about transmitting COVID-19. For instance, Gov. Doug Ducey ordered Arizona to resume in-person learning. New York City reopened public high schools on March 22, and the governor of Oregon signed an order reopening schools by mid-April.
Studies indicate children are less likely than adults to contract or transmit the disease, and new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signals schools can safely reopen.
Still, officials in the Biden administration, which has been reluctant to pressure teachers to return to classrooms, have urged caution about reopenings in general.
“Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know could stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities, not when we are so close,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said earlier this month.
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There have been more than 30 million cases of COVID-19 recorded in the United States and more than 540,000 deaths attributed to the disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.
