- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday compared the complex challenges of reopening schools amid a pandemic to the US military raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
- DeSantis, a Republican and strong supporter of President Donald Trump, said: "Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too would the Martin County School system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continued distance learning."
- Across the US, schools that have reopened have seen COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Florida's Republican governor on Wednesday compared the process of reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic to the Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.
"Martin County Superintendent Laurie Gaylord told me she viewed re-opening her schools as a mission akin to a Navy SEAL operation. Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too would the Martin County School system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continued distance learning," Gov. Ron DeSantis said during an address on re-opening schools.
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