Nevermind
Edited Wp-config.php
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8mb4’);
to read
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
All of the “test” sites I had created still did not work. However, All of the new sites do work. I am sure a new issue will pop up. I am so happy to finally have something work. I am sad that it took countless hours and I do mean countless hours to setup multisite. I scream coding error on the part or wordpress!
