Biden throws Press Sec under the bus over school reopening goals

President Joe Biden moved the goalposts Tuesday night about his administration's goal for reopening schools and in the process threw his press secretary, Jen Psaki, under the bus.

Much like Biden's vaccination goal, it was criticized as setting too low a bar as many school districts across the country had already opened before Biden took office and more were in the process of opening by the time he was sworn in as president.

On Tuesday night at a CNN town hall, Biden told moderator Anderson Cooper that Psaki was incorrect and that what he said was a majority of K-8 schools should be open in his first 100 days.

Biden also contradicted Psaki when he told Cooper that schools may have to be open over the summer to make up for the lost learning.

"And you're right: Schools won't be in session for the summer, but this is a pandemic we're working to get under control, making progress every month. And we're certainly hopeful that things will be - more kids will be back in school five days a week as quickly as it can safely happen."

The science says that transmission rates in the schools are very low - often lower than in the community at large - and the CDC is urging returning students to school as long as social distancing and mask-wearing protocols are in place.

Yet the Biden administration has placed 90% of K-12 schools in coronavirus "Red zones" with the most stringent reopening school guidelines.

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