Mon Aug 23, 2021 – 2:59 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — In the latest escalation of what has become a national controversy, the Biden administration has officially stepped into the school mask mandate debate, threatening to wield the power of the federal government to force children to wear masks in schools despite some governors’ efforts to ban the mandates.
On Wednesday, amid growing backlash for the chaotic drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden spoke about COVID-19 and mask mandates, saying he would direct the Department of Education to look into legal action against state governors who leave masking up to parents rather than school boards.
“Unfortunately, as you’ve seen throughout this pandemic, some politicians are trying to turn public safety measures — that is, children wearing masks in school — into political disputes for their own political gain,” Biden said.
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“We are not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children,” the president added.
Republican governors across the U.S., notably Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida, Gov. Greg Abbott in Florida, and Gov. Kevin Stitt in Oklahoma, have taken action in their states to prevent
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