Ted Cruz blasts Randi Weingarten for claiming conservatives are trying to ‘undermine’ teachers: ‘Toxic’ Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Randi Weingarten and teachers unions at large for their role in school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic and their attitude toward parents who have become more vocal in their children's educations.
In the same weekend Weingarten was re-elected to her eighth term as American Federation of Teachers president, she accused conservatives of working to "undermine" educators across the country.
"Randi Weingarten has been one of the most toxic voices fighting against kids, fighting against school choice everywhere she can," Cruz told Fox News Digital at the Club for Growth School Freedom Forum Wednesday.
Cruz highlighted one of the more infamous incidents of the past year, when the nation's two largest teachers unions – AFT and the National Education Association – were found to have corresponded with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ahead of their release of new school reopening guidance. The emails showed the unions offering suggestions to the CDC on guidance for the re-opening of in-person classrooms. The CDC appeared to use the unions' suggestions word-for-word in more than one instance in the final text of the CDC document. ...................
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