Posted on 12/20/2023 1:15:54 AM PST by Libloather
The leader of one of the nation's largest teachers unions was seen in a viral video saying that school choice "undermines democracy."
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten made the remarks at the "Network for Public Education Action" national conference in October.
A clip of her remarks blasting methods of school choice was shared on X and went viral on social media this week.
In the video, Weingarten took aim at former White House Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo, and American Federation For Children Senior Fellow Corey DeAngelis for advocating for school choice measures.
"They 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% of our kids go to public schools still," she said. "They just divide. Divide. Divide. Divide."
School choice policies allow parents to send their kids to schools outside their neighborhood or opt out of going to the public school in their neighborhood. Most states restrict parents to schools within their zip code or the school district that presides over their residential area.
Teachers unions typically lobby against school choice because they claim it siphons off taxpayer funding that is being allocated to other educational options and instead could be used to boost teachers' salaries, invest in public school facilities, and recruit more teachers.
The video of Weingarten was shared by Parents Defending Education president Nicole Neily.
"Randi Weingarten says people who want to let families choose where they send their children to school are attacking our democracy," Neily said in a tweet about the video.
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If anyone knows about “undermining democracy”, it is this MARXIST traitor.
I’d love to see her FBI file from when they focused on communist subversion activities and groups.
I worked for a congressman who helped expose the marxists/Trotskyite takeover of the Washington Teachers Union, led by Michigan reds Bill Simon, David Elsila, etc. and Marilyn Lerch, etc.
My co-researcher on this was the IRS agent who nailed Al Capone for income tax evasion.
Those were the days!
Ah, rhe cliche gets trotted out again.
When you hear a leftist say democracy or “our democrac it means “their democracy” which means their in charge, you shut up and obey.
If you ever need to use a picture of Satan and one is not available...JUST USE A PIC OF RANDI...THAT WOMAN? IS EVIL INCARNATE..
And she has been FOR YEARS.
Word.
So, teaching our children right from wrong and our real history .Instead of some distorted woke vision, is “DISTROYING DEMOCRACY”?
What a bunch of liberal, woke BULL SH!T!
Thank you MM.
This WOMAN? needs to be exposed for the evil that she is.
I do not think that I would want to live in the kind of country that Randi Weingarten wants. Her idea of “democracy” is students thinking the same thoughts, as identical as bricks in a wall.
“HEY! TEACHER! Leave them kids alone!”
Interesting.
It probably does, but we are not a democracy. We are a representative republic.
If she ever bothered to read the constitution, she would know.
She would fit right in on the Colorado Supremes.
Parents Defending Education quoted radical teachers union head, Randi Weingarten, “people who
want to let families choose where they send their children to school are attacking our democracy.”
I can’t stand her, she’s a vile piece of garbage that has single handedly destroyed US education in the past 25 years. She doesn’t give ONE flying jackass F about the kids. Her only agenda is getting votes for the DemoMarxist domestic enemy party. The kids are just replaceable cannon fodder to her.
Teachers unions are all about democracy, IOW mob rule.
And Deep State is all about mob rule, isn’t it.
Which is why the republic had to go.
How’s that for tyranny? Now the Marxists have moved on to declaring a person guilty of a crime who hasn’t been convicted of a crime.
This is a PRESIDENT they are doing this to!!! (I refuse to call Trump ‘former’) so imagine what they will do to the average US citizen. “You did not bow to the Biden! We declare you guilty with the wave of our magic wand, and we sentence you to 50 years in prison!”
Thank you SO much RINOpublican party for sitting in a coma while this outrgeous crap is going on.
Tigerclaws had a tremendous idea about this yesterday........
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4204606/posts
"it undermines democracy."
Parents Defending Education quoted radical teachers union head, Randi Weingarten, “people who
want to let families choose where they send their children to school are attacking our democracy.”
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A classic example of when anytime you hear or see a liberal using the word “democracy”, immediately substitute with “socialism/marxism/communism”. Then you will understand what they really mean.
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