Classy: AFT leader Randi Weingarten cuts off 9-year-old kid at March on Washington event; Updated

https://twitter.com/popcornreel/status/371312312952446976

Randi Weingarten: For the Children™!

Jesse Jackson was far from the only March on Washington speaker to be silenced at the March on Washington on Saturday. The American Federation of Teachers president trotted out budding labor activist Asean Johnson, 9, as a prop …

All over the country, public education is under attack. – Asean Johnson #reclaimit #action4thedream @AFTunion #MOW50 pic.twitter.com/T8ojKuiDjY

— AFSCME (@AFSCME) August 24, 2013

… and promptly cut him off.

https://twitter.com/Ms_MacKnight/status/371306812110565376

Asean was the youngest speaker at the Al Sharpton-organized event in D.C.

https://twitter.com/gotdem/status/371310787194654720

@admiralmpj Nah, Randi Weingarten is a grown ass woman that snatched mic from a child for her own speech.That's foul.Clock didn't do that.

— #BobbysDaughter?????? (@Mama4Obama1) August 24, 2013

https://twitter.com/ChilleyChill/status/371307642503049216

https://twitter.com/Ktgphd/status/371308461860352000

https://twitter.com/NeoSoulPol/status/371306645076201473

So Randi Weingarten cut off Asean Johnson so she could get her speech in? That ain't right! #MOW50

— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) August 24, 2013

https://twitter.com/NeoSoulPol/status/371307323118993408

Randi Weingarten you suck! Why didn't you let Asean Johnson finish. He is our future and what the march is about.#MOW50

— Lisa Engelman (@auntielisa) August 24, 2013

@prisonculture Asean is a better speaker than randi so…

— Dannie Owens (@DAOWENS44) August 24, 2013

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@edshow @msnbc @MHPshow Can you please have Asean Johnson on your show to finish his speech? Randi Weingarten was rude to cut him off.

— #BobbysDaughter?????? (@Mama4Obama1) August 24, 2013

https://twitter.com/theosmelek/status/371310426631319552

Prog fightin’ words:

i hope @rweingarten realizes that cutting off a young person is partriarchal, agist, & contrary to movement building. #AllVoicesMatter

— ken montenegro (@kmontenegro) August 24, 2013

Payback’s a bitch:

Bummed that @MHarrisPerry talked over @rweingarten.

— Jeff Solnet (@jfsolnet) August 24, 2013

Um, #msnbc, kinda wanted to hear Randi Weingarten. Oh, thanks…last 15 sec. #MOW50

— Amy Hunter (@amy10506) August 24, 2013

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Update:

Here’s the video.

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Update II:

Weingarten responds to Twitchy story: AFT president retweets to rebut ‘myth’ she cut short 9-year-old speaker at March on Washington event