West Wing Reads Sen. Rand Paul: We Must Take Appropriate Measures That Allow Kids to Get Back to School

 

Sen. Rand Paul: We Must Take Appropriate Measures That Allow Kids to Get Back to School “We should take [Coronavirus] seriously. But we should take the rest of our society seriously, too, and take appropriate measures that allow us to get back to school, to work, and to resurrecting our economy,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), M.D., writes in The Hill.   “Every closed school is parents who can’t go to work. Every closed school puts at-risk kids more at risk. Every closed school that is closed out of fear and not reality is a tragedy we should avoid.”   Click here to read more. “A hard rain fell on the corner of 47th and Union where Dajore Wilson, 8, was shot and killed, another child victim of Chicago’s endless street gang wars. On this gray Tuesday morning, she would have been starting third grade . . . Is there a rain hard enough to cleanse Chicago of sins like these?” John Kass writes in the Chicago Tribune. Second Lady Karen Pence visited Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, yesterday to “speak to soldiers and commanders about suicide prevention and other mental health issues,” Dal Cannady writes. “Pence’s visit comes during Suicide Prevention Month . . . She urged them not to suffer in silence but to ask for help.” Read more in WTOC. “[Black Lives Matter] has established itself as the prism through which Blacks in America view ourselves—and is attempting to define us. The message we are getting is: if you are a Black American and you are not completely on board with every single thing that is done or said to advocate for this organization, then you are not Black, or you are not Black enough . . . Just as White people have every right to hold a wide range of beliefs, Black people do as well. No race is monolithic,” Rob Smith writes for Fox News.