Posted on 12/20/2023 11:52:45 AM PST by lightman
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten recently said that school choice “undermines democracy.”
In a video of her remarks, Weingarten slammed former White House Education Secretary Betsy Devos, City Journal journalist Christopher Rufo, and prominent school choice activist Corey DeAngelis.
“[School choice proponents] have not one thing that they offer as a solution other than privatizing or voucherizing schools, which is about undermining democracy and undermining civil discourse and undermining pluralism, because 90 percent of our kids goes to public schools still. They just divided. Divided, divide, divide, divide,” Weingarten claimed.
“What did Rufo say? Rufo, DeAngelis, Devos, they’re all connected,” she added.
🚨Randi Weingarten says people who want to let families choose where they send their children to school are attacking our democracy:
“[School choice advocates] have not one thing that they offer as a solution other than privatizing or voucherizing schools, which is about… pic.twitter.com/EP4mQ1Kpq0 — Nicki Neily (@nickineily) December 18, 2023
She continued, urging the audience to remember Rufo and DeAngelis for their school choice efforts.
“So, if you listen to one thing that I say today, remember this name: Christopher Rufo. Rufo and DeAngelis.”
BREAKING: Randi Weingarten: "So if you listen to one thing that I say today, remember this name: Christopher Rufo. Rufo and DeAngelis. By the way, Corey DeAngelis tweets or posts at me. Like last year I think was, what was it, Asher, 5,000 times last year?" pic.twitter.com/Yij0jsjjQc — Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) December 16, 2023
Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor, who switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party this year, reacted to Weingarten’s remarks on X.
“Randi Weingarten is WRONG. School choice doesn't ‘undermine democracy’ but forcing kids to attend failing schools does undermine a student's ability to learn, grow, and prosper,” she wrote.
Randi Weingarten is WRONG. School choice doesn't "undermine democracy" but forcing kids to attend failing schools does undermine a student's ability to learn, grow, and prosper. https://t.co/PVFeeTRYps — Rep. Mesha Mainor (@MeshaMainor) December 20, 2023
Earlier this year, Weingarten was questioned in a House hearing held by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to discuss the impact of school closures due to COVID-19. In the hearing, she admitted that the union suggested “concepts” to the CDC regarding “reasonable accommodations” for teachers during the pandemic. And, Weingarten noted that she had former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky’s direct phone number.
Randi Weingarten admits that she has a DIRECT PHONE NUMBER to reach CDC Director Walensky!
pic.twitter.com/oOwX0yIAMy — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 26, 2023
Causes global warming, too.
People on the left use words for weapons.
There is zero reason to pay any attention to them, other than perhaps to detect their future plans and targets.
Another Fed.gov, leftist mob who exists on your tax dollars and massive government debt
“Causes global warming, too.”
Also bad breath and jock itch.
Every opponent of a totalitarian is “divisive”.
An admitted communist and a devout vagitarian!
“American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten”
Never had or raised kids but she knows what’s best for everyone else’s kids.
Freedom undermines democratcy.
Ms. Weingarten fails to note two facts that are fatal to her arguments:
1) Competition ALWAYS forces down prices, and
2) Competition ALWAYS forces everyone to get better.
Teachers’ unions are dependent on the opposite. They want to drive up costs and they do NOT want people getting better.
Private, non-union schools overwhelmingly provide a superior product at a lower cost. Why is this, Ms. Weingarten?
“...because 90 percent of our kids goes to public schools still. They just divided. Divided, divide, divide, divide,” Weingarten claimed.”
The problem is the 90%, not some Flaming Leftist that the Flaming Leftists who teach in and run our schools vote to support them.
How many of them ‘have no choice’ but to send their kids to her schools? Where I work, in a professional capacity, I’d estimate that at least half of them could afford other options, but very few do.
Why - because to ‘afford’ other options means that they’d have given up some of their ‘lifestyle’ (such as living in a smaller house, their NEW F150, their boat, their camper, etc.).
So they essentially say: “Sorry kid, you on your own with those monsters who want to cut your dick off, since my lifestyle matters much more to me.”
This is why every Public Employee in America should be required to send their children to the public school in their neighborhood or face Felony Prosecution and Removal of the CHildren so they can get a proper education in the Public School System.
THE HEAD OF THE TEACHER’S UNION DOESN’T KNOW WE ARE A REPUBLIC?????
Don’t forget toe fungus
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