Maryland governor overturns order that would keep Barron Trump's school closed...

[Nevilledog]

Maryland governor overturns order that would keep Barron Trump's school closed as president pushes reopening

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/03/barron-trump-school-can-open-following-maryland-govs-order/5574383002/

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump continues to push for schools to open in the fall amid the coronavirus, a battle over school reopenings in Maryland affects when his youngest son can attend school in person.

Barron Trump's private school, where he is scheduled to begin high school Sept. 8, is located in the Maryland county where nonpublic schools were mandated to remain closed to in-person instruction through at least Oct. 1 in an order issued Friday.

But on Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, blocked that order, allowing private schools to decide for themselves whether they will reopen, as long as they adhere to state and Centers for Disease Control Prevention guidelines about safe reopening.

"This is a decision for schools and parents, not politicians," Hogan said in a statement on Friday expressing disagreement with the local order.

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[Rollo]

1. No doubt Gov. Hogan will be on Trump's gift list for at least the next six months.

[elleng]

3. Oh right, because tramp is so well-known for keeping his word

and rewarding those who do him favors.

[Hortensis]

11. WELL, opening would endanger his son, keeping closed look bad for him.

I don't see that this decision is in Trump's PERSONAL interest because he can't hide protecting his own behind a statewide closure order, and when did he ever see anything any other way?

[elleng]

2. That's ONE way to write the headline. Another:

'Maryland Gov. Hogan bans counties from ordering blanket closures of schools.' >>>

'Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday stripped local governments’ authority to issue blanket closures of schools, following his disagreement with a Montgomery County decision to shutter private as well as public schools.

A revised emergency order issued by the Republican governor on Monday continues to allow counties to order closures or modifications at businesses and organizations. However it now exempts schools from that authority, overturning Montgomery County’s school closure order.

Hogan said in a statement that schools themselves should have the primary authority to determine whether and how to open buildings for classes.'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10563748

[BigmanPigman]

4. I wonder how many kids in his class will be a no-show?

Back to School night should go over well.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

5. this is for show

Barron's school will choose not to open shocker and then Hogan can tell trump he did all he could. Joke, Hogan protect your kids all of them.

[canetoad]

7. Nailed it

[Celerity]

6. Rethug is gonna Rethug nt

[mr_lebowski]

8. And just exactly who at 'the schools' gets to decide? Do teachers get a say or just the owners?

More importantly, how are parents going to 'decide', LARRY?

By what process are they voting on this matter? Will there be a mailing out of ballots?

Is the vote per family, or per parent?

Does a straight majority 'win'?

[LisaL]

9. Good. If Trump wants children go to school, let Barron be one of those children.

[Sorceress]

10. Hogan is Out of Pocket

I don’t like that Hogan intervened in this and called it political. If counties can make their own declarations in terms of businesses and organizations, they should be able to do the same with all schooling. He is the one who just made it political and MoCo is one of the higher COVID counties in Maryland right now.

Honestly, he could have been a lot worse but I can’t wait to get rid of Hogan.

[maxrandb]

12. Repeat after me...

"There is no such thing as a "moderate" Retrumplican"

"There is no such thing as a "compassionate" Retrumplican"

"There is no such thing as a "moral and ethical" Retrumplican"

"All Retrumplicans MUST be voted out of office EVERYWHERE"!

I'm tired of giving Retrumplicans like Hogan, Dewine, Romney, Kasich et al frickin pass because they're only 85% Nazi.

We used to have a chant in my F18 Squadron when another squadron did something stupid. It is apt for all of these so-called "sensible" Retrumplicans.

Let's them all get together and chant; "we're not worst", "we're not worst", "we're not worst".