I think we lost a lot of trust with voters. I think that we have yet to grapple with that failure and We have yet to offer a solution to the tremendous academic and socio-emotional detritus that's been left behind [by school closures]. And why was that? Because teacher unions wanted it big part of it was the interest groups, not just teachers unions, but I would say very narrow slices of the electorate that had outsized voices at that time. (40:50–41:01)
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