In a recent debate between Florida’s gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Charlie Crist attempted to smear incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as the “shutdown guy” in reference to his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Never mind that it’s governors from Crist’s own party who still haven’t ended their Covid-19 states of emergency, while DeSantis reopened Florida a full two years ago.
One of the most disastrous consequences of lockdowns was the drop in students’ educational competence — and, as an analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows, the denial of in-person learning to students was concentrated in Democrat-run
