But you do have to ask yourself, what is the point of banning masks in public schools? What is the point? There is certainly no medical reason for it. It has to be purely political. And we were just hearing -- you know, there seems to be a competition among the Republican governors to see who can politicize this the most ahead of the 2024 presidential elections at the expense of our children.
Hidalgo criticizes the political motivations behind mask bans in schools and the impact on children's safety.
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It`s a race to the bottom on who can sort of out-trump Trump and who can catch the eye of the former president and who can win the primary.
I`m old enough to remember when the Republican Party was opposed to regulating businesses.
We have to call that for what it is. And we have to make sure we don`t create some sort of false equivalency.
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