Twitter Roasts DeSantis For Comparing School Reopenings To Osama bin Laden Raid

Florida's governor Ron DeSantis looks on during a COVID-19 and storm preparedness roundtable with US President Donald Trump, in Belleair, Florida, July 31, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) audacious comparison of reopening schools to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden on Wednesday swiftly prompted Twitter users to pan his remark, which comes amid skyrocketing COVID-19 fatalities in the state.

During a press conference on Wednesday, DeSantis continued pushing for schools to resume in-person instruction and brought up a remark from a conversation that he supposedly had with Martin County Superintendent Laurie Gaylord recently.

“She viewed reopening her schools as a mission akin to a Navy SEAL operation,” DeSantis said. “Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too would the Martin County School system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continued distance learning.”

DeSantis’ latest remarks demanding schools to reopen — which echoes President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ calls for in-person instruction resume at schools despite surging COVID-19 cases nationwide — prompted both criticism and mockery on Twitter soon after.

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  1. Rather have it be “Weber Grill Roasts DeSantis”.

  2. Avatar for ur ur says:

    My kids didn’t sign up to be members of Seal Team Six.

  3. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    Kept waiting for the guy providing the sign language to just give up and start making obscene gestures.

  4. In this metaphor, I understand that your kids are the people inside the compound.

  5. Ron Disastrous has another Ron Burgundy moment, minus the humor.

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