Joe Scarborough: Open the damned schools already Share on Facebook AllahpunditPosted at 2:25 pm on April 5, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The ironic thing about this clip is that it begins with him dumping on Ron DeSantis for prioritizing “owning the libs” in his policies, yet DeSantis’s most celebrated decision as governor was driven by the very point Scarborough makes here. He fought to reopen Florida’s schools last summer, believing it was riskier to keep kids home and do them lasting developmental damage than to bring them back and tolerate occasional small COVID outbreaks. The science has vindicated him on that risk calculation, as Morning Joe now allows.