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Vivek Ramaswamy: “Those kids are worse off because those public schools were…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

Vivek Ramaswamy responds to critiques from Ohio gubernatorial candidates Capital This Week.

Published February 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:56

… to be closed or the ones that allowed their public schools to remain open, knowing the whole time that children were at far lower risk, the answer is crystal clear. Those kids are worse off because those public schools were closed [during COVID]. and we should have left them open and we should have the courage to be able to admit that, to do better in the future. (02:56–03:00)

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Asserts that students are disadvantaged due to school closures during COVID.

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