Ivanka And Jared Sparked Drama At Elite Elementary School After Attending WH Superspreader Event

Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (R) and husband Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner arrive to attend the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019. (Ph... Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (R) and husband Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner arrive to attend the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s attendance at the White House event announcing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court in late September reportedly caused tension among parents whose children also attend Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, a private elementary school in the District, according to the New York Times on Tuesday.

In 2017, the President’s daughter and son-in-law enrolled their elder two children in the private elementary school. Kushner and Trump, however, withdrew from the school on last month and enrolled their children in another Jewish elementary school in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that they withdrew because Berman offered more in-person classes during the pandemic.

The Times reported on Tuesday that tensions between the Trumpworld figures and parents of the elite elementary school had begun well before the White House event announcing Barrett’s nomination — which preceded President Trump and those in his orbit contracting COVID-19 in early October.

Some parents at the school, who largely work as public servants and diplomats that the President baselessly accuses are part of being in the “Deep State,” lobbied to refuse the admission of the prominent Trumpworld figures.

Four parents told the Times that once their children were admitted, Trump and Kushner tended to violate the “unspoken rule of the Washington private-school world” of parents with heavy security details keeping “disruption to a minimum.”

According to the Times, one irritated parent recalled that the President’s daughter and son-in-law, as well as their entourage, would often occupy the two front rows at schoolwide events.

Three people, which include two who were present, told the Times about a birthday party Kushner attended with his children, where he requested the hosts’ Wi-Fi password so he could work in the living room.

The straw broke the backs of parents of the elite elementary school in the fall after Kushner and Trump’s appearance at the White House event announcing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court — which White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci labeled a COVID-19 superspreader event due to the lack of mask-wearing and social distancing among attendees.

Parents grew furious at the sight, which prompted school administrators to approach the family about potential COVID-19 exposure of their children. Their youngest child who was a student at the elementary school at the time had been attending in-person classes.

One person familiar with the discussions told the Times that the couple was reluctant to answer basic questions, such as the last time their children were in close contact with the President.

Carolina Hurley, a White House spokeswoman, issued a dismissive statement to the Times.

“Unnamed sources attacking a family’s decision about what is best for their kids in the middle of a pandemic is shameful,” Hurley told the Times. “As is true for all families, schooling choices and education are deeply personal decisions and they owe no one, especially idle gossips seeking press attention, an explanation.”

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  1. Yeah like who didn’t see this coming? Is Jared too cheap to have popped for the unlimited data phone plan? And are they too poor to hire only the bestest tutors to teach their kids at home?

  2. Not quite on topic, but:

    How will Americans celebrate the high holiday of unbridled greed?
    I’m talking of Black Friday, when every year dozens are injured, some even die, in the pursuit of the latest shot of commercial adrenalin.

    Will masks be worn?
    Will distance be held?
    Will shots be fired?
    Will people actually stay home?
    Or will this be the super-spreader to end all super-spreaders?

    The world waits with baited breath (it has always been riveting watching the viral videos of the crowds and fist fights over the newest Barbie doll).

  3. Avatar for grack grack says:

    Looooooserrrresssss!

  4. Yeah, OF COURSE they are entitled classless assholes.

    Least now they might go to Big-Kids Jail.

  5. When was the last time the kids were with the president? Hah! Grammy Milania…Right! Does Trump even know the little rugrats names? Many things to worry about but the kids being near their grandfather most likely isn’t one of them.

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