Casey DeSantis Says Biden Admin Report Ignores ‘Democrat Lockdowns’ as Reason for K–12 Learning Loss

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis listens as her husband Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the University of Miami Health System Don Soffer Clinical Research Center in Miami, Fla., on May 17, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis said the Biden administration failed to mention the “real reason” for the learning loss in K-12 public schools over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the White House said that American K-12 public school students “are on average two to four months behind in reading and math because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Casey DeSantis spoke up, saying that “Democrat lockdowns” were to blame.