Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is not happy about Trump’s plan to shut down the Department of Education.
Naturally, she ran straight to far left MSNBC to complain.
The surprising thing, which you’ll see if you watch the video below, is that she and the MSNBC host admit that education is supposed to be handled locally, not by the federal government. You’ll also notice that Weingarten repeatedly talks about money and funding, which is probably what this is all about in the end. ---More...
Randi Weingarten accuses Trump of taking teacher’s salaries and giving them to “billionaires” by cutting the Department of Education.
— Media Lies (@MediasLies)February 4, 2025
Teachers are paid through local and state funding, not federal.
Randi Weingarten also makes over $500,000 a year; the average for teachers is… pic.twitter.com/FR20RA91OO