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Teachers’ unions rejoiced this week when Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, describing the left-wing ticket as a major win for public educators.
But critics are warning that Harris’ selection of Walz, a former teachers’ union member who is opposed to what he has described as the school choice “agenda,” over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a school-choice advocate, should raise alarm bells for parents and children in the public education system. The teachers’ union pushed hard to prolong school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic — many districts remained shuttered for over a year.
“Anyone who makes Randi this excited is a 5-alarm fire for parents and students,” former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday after teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten posted a video of herself gushing over the Walz pick.
“We’re so excited,” Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), said of Walz. “We have known him for years as a social studies teacher, as a vet, as a union member, as a congressman, as a governor, he cares about working people. We’ve seen it.”
FAUCI, WEINGARTEN TRY TO REWRITE HISTORY ON DISASTROUS COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS: ‘SHOW ME A SCHOOL THAT I SHUT DOWN’
Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz before she delivers remarks at a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
“A teacher and a unionist. Enough said,” wrote the Chicago Teachers Union, which is currently being sued by parents for its handling…
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