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James Comer Jr.: “Public school kids went a year without learning anything, at…”

Featuring: James Comer Jr., Republican | U.S. House Kentucky, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 24:03

And it's unfortunate that, that he's never been held accountable for his dishonesty and his misleading statements on Covid. I think that he more than anyone, put Americans through a lot of unnecessary pain. Public school kids went a year without learning anything, at least a year because we weren't prepared for virtual learning. We had, you know, our debt shot up because Congress lost its mind and passed all these government giveaway programs like the PPP loan program, which will, you know, not be viewed favorably in history. (24:03–24:10)

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Asserts that public school children lost at least a year of learning due to unpreparedness for virtual education.

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