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AFT president retweets to rebut 'myth' she cut short 9-year-old speaker at March on Washington event

As Twitchy reported yesterday, the organizers of the March on Washington event were running a strict clock when it came to speaking time for participants. Even Jesse Jackson was prevented from exceeding the 2-minute limit in order to keep the program moving.

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One of the people who appeared to be cut short was 9-year-old Asean Johnson, who was giving a few words about public education when the president of the American Federation of Teachers pulled the mic away before letting him say a couple of parting words.

Weingarten re-tweeted Asean Johnson’s mother, who said her son did have a chance to conclude what he wanted to say:

One tweeter wasn’t completely buying it:

https://twitter.com/golfmax13/status/371662939196903425
https://twitter.com/golfmax13/status/371663446820941824

Once again, here’s the video. You be the judge:

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