Braun rips Cardona over statement that parents who oppose vax mandates are just mad 'their guy didn't win'
Cardona did not directly address the statement Braun was asking him about
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., took aim at Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for controversial comments Cardona made about parents voicing their frustrations at school board meetings.
"I was a little disturbed, and I want to see if you really meant the comment. And it was in relation to … ‘Why are they doing this?' And I'm going to quote this your response for that engagement was, ‘I think it's a proxy for being mad that their guy didn't win.'" the Indiana Republican told Cardona during a hearing Wednesday.
"And I know you probably didn't mean that, and I'll give you a chance to retract it," Braun said. "Is that something you'd want to take back?"
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cardona responded by touting school boards’ commitment to returning students to classrooms but did not directly address the statement Braun was referring to.
"What about the statement? And I agree with you 100% there, but would you want to take that back … not politicize something where I think it's an honest and sincere difference of opinion across the country, and I don't know that I'd want to be on record with that," Braun pressed.
Cardona again declined to directly address the comments.
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"I’ll take it that you don’t want to retract it at this point," Braun said, visibly frustrated.
Cardona's comments were publicized in a Business Insider story in which the education secretary shared his thoughts on mask mandates and critical race theory.