The second rule of politics -- or maybe just an addendum to the first rule -- should be: Never compare anything to the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden. "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. But none of this is in any way comparable to a group of Navy SEALs killing bin Laden. But even Trump didn't go as far as to compare the effort to offer in-person learning to the operation to kill bin Laden.

Source: CNN August 13, 2020 20:26 UTC