Why on Earth Is Biden Giving This Teachers Union Boss More Power?

As more tragic news on the state of affairs in public education surfaces, President Joe Biden chose to appoint Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers union (AFT), to the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC) advising the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on school safety.

This is like putting a Jan. 6 rioter in charge of Capitol security.

To recap, Weingarten and her fellow union leaders lobbied to keep schools closed well past when it was evident that they were among the safest places for children to be during the pandemic—and even after demanding and receiving the privilege of pushing their members to the front of the line for the initial vaccines, even at the expense of some vulnerable populations.

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