We're going to make sure our kids show up to school, ending the chronic absenteeism epidemic in our state. And I'll promise you this, as your next governor, Never again will we bend the knee to a fake Anthony Fauci in our own home state who allowed our public schools to be shut down while private schools remained open. She should never come anywhere near the levers of power in this state again. All right. And I will welcome her as my opponent in this race to be the next governor. (14:14–14:26)
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Asserts that public schools were shut down while private schools remained open due to decisions by a 'fake Anthony Fauci.'
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