Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is taking a beating for keeping kids out of school during the COVID pandemic. She’s now saying ‘Wasn’t me!’ and claiming she was for keeping schools open all along.
Hilariously, Lockdown Randi locked down replies to her tweet to avoid negative feedback (she does this all the time).
It’s essentially the same tactic she was using in the video she shared. At the same time she was claiming she wanted kids back in school (to avoid criticism), she was also insisting that certain ‘safety’ protocols be met before students could return to in-person learning. Unrealistic safety protocols.
Republicans on the House Covid subcommittee want you to think I wanted to keep schools closed. Here’s what I actually said… over & over again. pic.twitter.com/TTWuYgC5nN
— Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩🎓 (@rweingarten) April 26, 2023
The video clips show Randi Weingarten repeatedly saying ‘we have to get kids back in school’, or various flavors of that theme.
The funniest part of the video is they displayed a date for each clip, amounting to statements from May 3, 2020 through September 24, 2021.
It seems she was quite serious about reopening schools if she was repeating the same empty words for nearly 2 years.
✍️uh✍️oh✍️ https://t.co/rmwCAZiTo7 pic.twitter.com/zPsxIwiXXJ
— The List (@ListComesForAll) April 27, 2023
The List is here, Randi, which means this isn’t going to go well for you.
First of all, Randi Weingarten didn't close any schools. She just gave recommendations, so jot that down.
Second of all, Randi Weingarten said that she wanted to reopen schools, and then she would lay out impossible conditions for it. https://t.co/IZgisGw5ky
— Facts Nordau (@MaxNordau) April 27, 2023
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That’s exactly the tact Fauci is taking these days. Randi Weingarten wasn’t there putting chains on the doors. She was just telling people that they were going to be guilty of killing teachers if their kids went back to school … er … we mean she was ‘making recommendations’.
We all remember the various layers of conditions to open up for full in-person learning. Masking, distancing, acceptable community spread metrics, quarantine of entire classrooms, etc. It was unworkable.
You forget we were there. And quit graying out your comment section. It makes a lie of the democracy you profess. https://t.co/RoY4rpa3pi
— JustNancy (@nancy_incognito) April 27, 2023
Yeah, Randi, we watched this with our own eyes. This isn’t like the Democrats pretending the people who implemented Jim Crow were actually Republicans using a different name. We saw it.
I am just here to read the "quote tweets" because this political hack always turns off her replies. https://t.co/Yg7yig1NWK pic.twitter.com/Py0aedZ0GM
— Charmed Void (@charmed_void) April 27, 2023
We here at Twitchy have to rely on the quote tweets too, in order to work around Randi’s lockdown.
Randi turning off responses and then having her crony union subordinate orgs in the responses thanking her https://t.co/6VvwRG1CCw
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) April 27, 2023
There’s always a bit of fan mail in Rand’s replies. Digital astroturfing. LOL.
Those community notes tho https://t.co/xBWW1SzScD
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2023
We’re loving Community Notes. None have been approved yet for this tweet, but there’s solid information there about things Randi also said, such as this quote from The Guardian related to full reopening in Fall of 2020:
‘It’s as if Trump and DeVos want to create chaos and want to jeopardize reopening,’ Weingarten said in an interview. ‘There’s no other reason why they would be this reckless, this callous, this cruel.’
Clearly, Randi Weingarten was a huge proponent of getting kids back in school.
We have other quotes that show this is largely misinformation. https://t.co/Eo18Zxi9vD
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) April 27, 2023
Bingo. There was plenty of evidence that Randi was resisting actually returning while simultaneously claiming that’s what she wanted.
If schools aren’t given what they need to run and are barely functioning due to illness, this is what will happen. People are sick.. educators want the protections like masks & tests so We and our kids can be in school safely. https://t.co/nNHkjIUCpv
— Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩🎓 (@rweingarten) January 26, 2022
There were a ton of school closings hidden behind that very-difficult-to-meet word ‘safely’.
You sued the state of Florida to keep schools closed https://t.co/b25Ypau4SB https://t.co/zsTruNKczN
— Dr. Polar Bear, Ph. D (@PunditPandemic) April 27, 2023
They really did. LOL.
I rate this 4 Pinocchios and a steaming pile of 💩 https://t.co/4717xphH2W
— Jennifer Harris (@thsuburbanmommy) April 27, 2023
Ha! Checks out.
She kept moving goal posts and increasing the ransom demanded to reopen schools. She even betrayed teachers & got them fired. We called her & her minions out then, we call them out again today. https://t.co/tFp6Z1brpk
— Chien Kwok⚔️ (@chien_kwok) April 26, 2023
Pepperidge Farm remembers, Randi.
This you?https://t.co/ydQRdC2ESn https://t.co/52XtBFCkNg
— Yore Friend Whig🫥 (@RandomWhig) April 27, 2023
Our friend, RandomWhig, shared an article with the headline ‘Teachers Union Considers Strikes Over School Reopenings’.
‘Just as we have done with our healthcare workers, we will fight on all fronts for the safety of our students and their educators,’ Weingarten said. ‘But if the authorities don’t get it right, and they don’t protect the safety and health of those we represent and those we serve, nothing is off the table – not advocacy or protests, negotiations, grievances or lawsuits, or, if necessary as a last resort, safety strikes.’
https://t.co/6VvwRG1CCw pic.twitter.com/Omvofb2kr7
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) April 27, 2023
LOLOLOL! She wishes.
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