Fact-Checking the Democrat Fact Checkers

I am tired of the Nevada Democratic Party lying and not being called out for doing so.

Once again, they have engaged in the age-old “fact check” routine using the very-left-leaning online newspaper, the Nevada Independent, claiming they have debunked Joe Lombardo’s assertion that he vetoed legislation for universal free meals for Nevada students because they are “thrown away.” Lombardo’s decision to veto AB139, which would have ensured “free” (nothing is free, idiots, someone has to pay for it, and that someone is Nevada taxpayers) breakfast and lunch in public schools, has drawn criticism.

“Joe Lombardo might call himself the ‘education governor,’ but he isn’t fooling anyone,” remarked Tai Sims, a spokesperson for the Nevada State Democratic Party. “By choosing partisan politics over our students, he denied them guaranteed access to nutritious meals and then lied about it.”

During the pandemic, federal waivers ensured free meals for all students, but these waivers expired after the 2021-22 school year. State lawmakers extended the program for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, utilizing approximately $104 million in federal COVID relief funds.

Nearly 460,000 students received an average of 6.5 million school meals last year. Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui sponsored Assembly Bill 319, allocating $43 million to the state Department of Agriculture to continue the universal “free” breakfast and lunch program, which Lombardo vetoed because of food waste in the state’s schools.

My wife is a nutrition service assistant manager in our local school district, and uneaten food gets thrown away routinely to comply with federal contracts. Failure to discard uneaten food would result in the loss of federal taxpayer-funded monies designated for food services.

So, the claim by Sims is an all-out lie, and I am here to call the Nevada Democratic Party out on their propaganda bullshit. Perhaps they ought to talk to someone other than partisan shills Elizabeth Martinez, Clark County School District (CCSD) director of nutrition services, and Adam Searcy, the CCSD chief operating officer, to learn what is verifiably going on with the school lunch programs in Nevada.