It almost feels unnatural to hear about teachers' union corruption and NOT immediately see the name Randi Weingarten. Especially when the news comes from our favorite Randi Wrecker, Corey DeAngelis.
But such is the ubiquity of the misconduct across so many teachers' unions (and such has been the malignant influence of Weingarten on all of them) that it's becoming difficult to swing a cat around any union and not hit some malfeasance.
This week, DeAngelis exposed a gigantic story of teachers' union fraud in New Jersey and the upcoming New Jersey gubernatorial election this fall. Check it out:
Sean Spiller is the president of the New Jersey teachers union.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) June 3, 2025
His teachers union has contributed $40,000,000 to a group backing his run for Governor. pic.twitter.com/Ut2a9b38fb
A shorter way of explaining this story is that Spiller gave himself $40 million for the election, funneled through the slush fund of his union, the New Jersey Education Association, which is supposed to be spending money on educating children, the last time we checked.
Oh, and the union has also endorsed Spiller, which we suppose is a nice bit of icing on top of the crap cake they are serving to voters.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) June 3, 2025
Here are some additional details from The New Jersey Monitor:
A super PAC aligned with statewide teachers union the New Jersey Education Association has put at least $40 million into an independent expenditure group backing the gubernatorial candidacy of Democrat Sean Spiller, the union’s president, according to new campaign filings.
The spending dwarfs Spiller’s own. The union leader was the only one of the six Democrats vying on June 10 for the nomination to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy to miss fundraising and spending thresholds needed to qualify for matching public funds and debates organized by the commission.Spiller reported raising a cumulative $438,817 on his most recent campaign filing. He’s spent just $342,059 over the course of the cycle — nearly 110 times less than Working New Jersey has spent boosting his campaign.
Asked to comment, Spiller said in a statement from his campaign that his backing comes from 'working folks.'
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LOL. 'Working folks. That's rich.
But sure. Why spend your own money when you can bilk millions more from teachers, students, and taxpayers?
Not only should Spiller be removed from the June 10 primary, but in a just world, he would be indicted. We're pretty sure even Bob Menendez blushed at this level of corruption.
What a great grift.
— John Hyde (@The_DrJ3ckyll) June 3, 2025
You get to take taxes from everyone, force union dues payments then get to use political contributions against your political rivals.
Wild they amassed enough money to donate $40 million for a local election.
One of the biggest scams is how taxpayers in every state are forced to fund the DNC via teacher's unions.
— Literally Stormed (@JurisNaturalism) June 3, 2025
It is criminal.
(We mean that metaphorically because in a state as corrupt as New Jersey, this is all likely perfectly legal. Or at least, on the edges of being legal.)
This is disgusting. These teachers are forced to pay dues to this teachers union so they can turn around and give $40 million to a political campaign. That should be criminal. https://t.co/kIrFFR9yJx
— Just Tracy (@TracyOnFire2020) June 3, 2025
'Should be' is the key phrase.
But whether it is legal or not, it is repugnant. We hope New Jersey voters take note, even Democratic voters.
Nothing shady about this at all.
— Tom Knighton-Absolutely Foul (@TheTomKnighton) June 3, 2025
Nope.
I'm sure it's completely above board.🙄 https://t.co/CPmsnNM07Q
Oh, sure, sure. Hey, why not just raid school cafeterias too to cater Spiller's next fundraiser?
NJEA President Sean Spiller couldn’t even fundraise enough to qualify for debates, yet his union’s PAC dumped $40M into his campaign.
— Public Labor Unions Accountability Committee (@PLUACommittee) June 3, 2025
They're using teachers’ dues to try to keep political power in the hands of public sector union bosses. https://t.co/GyBXXuRwmJ
That much seems patently obvious.
That’s why kids are not being educated https://t.co/FSBNCNbWwE
— Animal Farm (@BeCuriousCo) June 3, 2025
That, too.
It’s all about the Children. Lmao https://t.co/EVnSwmKpj1
— iNormMc (@iNormMc1) June 4, 2025
We know they don't care about the kids. Wiengarten has made that clear time and again. And her teachers' union has been doing this for years. This was also a major source of funding for disgraced Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
But this case in New Jersey is so glaringly egregious ($40 MILLION!) that we can only hope that more people start to take notice.
The @NJEA is a racket which needs to be disbanded. @spillerfornj is just laundering taxpayer money through the union and into his campaign.
— NJ Illustrated Man (@NJIllustrated) June 3, 2025
We need school vouchers and school choice in New Jersey. Not this nonsense. They care about lining their own pockets, not educating our… https://t.co/aoHCjLvGu2
It's almost the textbook definition of money laundering.
A New Jersey Democrat being unethical, I’m shocked. https://t.co/ZO4oq3PJxf
— N3CK (@N3CK__) June 3, 2025
LOL.
At least Spiller is staying on brand for Democrat politicians in the Garden State.
Perverse. It’s a wolf, bear, and chicken voting on what’s for lunch.
— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@TomCrowe) June 3, 2025
Public sector unions should be absolutely forbidden from political activism. https://t.co/xeVV6TSubI
That's a great analogy.
And DeAngelis agreed with the second sentence of that post. And then some.
Abolish teachers unions. https://t.co/1Jv0EUWXx4
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) June 3, 2025
Immediately, if not sooner.
The good news is that school choice is winning across the country. And that means the power of teachers' unions is fading rapidly.
But thanks to their forced conscription of actual teachers, bullying all of them into paying union dues or else, they still have a LOT of money.
Of course, they won't spend that on students. They're too busy trying to buy elections with it.
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