AFT’s Randi Weingarten: Mike Pompeo Is ‘Pathetic,’ He’s ‘Hurting Kids’ by Attacking Me

GEIST 7 35 in ░░░░░░░░ morning here on the ░░░░░░░░ Coast Former Secretary of ░░░░░░░░ Mike Pompeo doubling down ░░░░░░░░ on his criticism of ░░░░░░░░ unions He tweeted yesterday ░░░░░░░░ Our greatest long term ░░░░░░░░ is not an external ░░░░░░░░ It s teachers unions ░░░░░░░░ push toxic wokeness on ░░░░░░░░ instead of teaching real ░░░░░░░░ history reading and math ░░░░░░░░ tweet came a day ░░░░░░░░ Pompeo s interview with ░░░░░░░░ where he called Randi ░░░░░░░░ the Head of the ░░░░░░░░ Federation of Teachers the ░░░░░░░░ dangerous person in the ░░░░░░░░ Joining us now is ░░░░░░░░ President of the American ░░░░░░░░ of Teachers Randi Weingarten ░░░░░░░░ I ll just start ░░░░░░░░ your reaction to what ░░░░░░░░ the former Secretary of ░░░░░░░░ former director of the ░░░░░░░░ who has met with ░░░░░░░░ studied Vladimir Putin Kim ░░░░░░░░ UN the list goes ░░░░░░░░ and on calling you ░░░░░░░░ most dangerous person in ░░░░░░░░ Weingarten Look you know ░░░░░░░░ guess he s running ░░░░░░░░ president I mean he ░░░░░░░░ all the extremist talking ░░░░░░░░ down But this is ░░░░░░░░ know in all seriousness ░░░░░░░░ is what really bothers ░░░░░░░░ about what he did ░░░░░░░░ word filth He called ░░░░░░░░ educators do in schools ░░░░░░░░ across America filthy The ░░░░░░░░ who every single day ░░░░░░░░ up they never get ░░░░░░░░ enough for what they ░░░░░░░░ they have been dealing ░░░░░░░░ all the anxieties and ░░░░░░░░ aftershocks and after effects ░░░░░░░░ Covid for children including ░░░░░░░░ mental health crisis They ░░░░░░░░ been teaching kids to ░░░░░░░░ for years We teach ░░░░░░░░ we teach CTE I ░░░░░░░░ go through all the ░░░░░░░░ But what he s ░░░░░░░░ is making it harder ░░░░░░░░ teachers all across America ░░░░░░░░ teach kids to bring ░░░░░░░░ and teachers together That ░░░░░░░░ what is pathetic about ░░░░░░░░ he s doing He ░░░░░░░░ better He s a ░░░░░░░░ Point boy He knows ░░░░░░░░ But he s doing ░░░░░░░░ to try to win ░░░░░░░░ Republican primary And he ░░░░░░░░ hurting kids and the ░░░░░░░░ of teachers to bring ░░░░░░░░ country back together SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ I mean it s ░░░░░░░░ that you have somebody ░░░░░░░░ graduated from West Point ░░░░░░░░ and and the values ░░░░░░░░ are taught there the ░░░░░░░░ values And then he ░░░░░░░░ on the Harvard Law ░░░░░░░░ knows exactly what he ░░░░░░░░ doing Weingarten Exactly SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ the stupidity the the ░░░░░░░░ the the hyperbole catastrophization ░░░░░░░░ puts teachers on the ░░░░░░░░ line and and they ░░░░░░░░ already on the front ░░░░░░░░ right now We re ░░░░░░░░ we talk all the ░░░░░░░░ about the fact that ░░░░░░░░ re having trouble finding ░░░░░░░░ cops to stay on ░░░░░░░░ job to keep our ░░░░░░░░ our our our city ░░░░░░░░ We re having trouble ░░░░░░░░ nurses to to to ░░░░░░░░ just stay in the ░░░░░░░░ because of all the ░░░░░░░░ they took from extremists ░░░░░░░░ the two years of ░░░░░░░░ regardless of their own ░░░░░░░░ own beliefs about masks ░░░░░░░░ anything else And it ░░░░░░░░ the same thing with ░░░░░░░░ Weingarten Yeah SCARBOROUGH It ░░░░░░░░ same thing with teachers ░░░░░░░░