Randi Weingarten Calls Elon Musk and DOGE Cruel for Wanting to Audit Department of Education

BROWN So for more ░░░░░░░░ this Randi Weingarten joins ░░░░░░░░ now She s the ░░░░░░░░ of the American Federation ░░░░░░░░ Teachers one of the ░░░░░░░░ teachers unions in the ░░░░░░░░ What are you hearing ░░░░░░░░ from your members who ░░░░░░░░ woken up to these ░░░░░░░░ Weingarten So you know ░░░░░░░░ members work in the ░░░░░░░░ in schools We don ░░░░░░░░ have members that actually ░░░░░░░░ at the Department of ░░░░░░░░ but we have people ░░░░░░░░ for example the head ░░░░░░░░ all of CareerTechEd at ░░░░░░░░ Department of Education This ░░░░░░░░ CareerTechEd month so we ░░░░░░░░ talking to her when ░░░░░░░░ was put on leave ░░░░░░░░ she s the one ░░░░░░░░ actually makes sure that ░░░░░░░░ school districts all across ░░░░░░░░ have the money that ░░░░░░░░ need for kids to ░░░░░░░░ welders and for kids ░░░░░░░░ have apprentice programs or ░░░░░░░░ things like that So ░░░░░░░░ we re hearing is ░░░░░░░░ complete chaos and frankly ░░░░░░░░ whole bunch of cruelty ░░░░░░░░ at the end of ░░░░░░░░ day you can make ░░░░░░░░ more efficient and I ░░░░░░░░ not a big believer ░░░░░░░░ bureaucracy but this feels ░░░░░░░░ as Elon Musk said ░░░░░░░░ you evisceration So here ░░░░░░░░ a guy who has ░░░░░░░░ of millions of dollars ░░░░░░░░ contracts from these departments ░░░░░░░░ he s not touching ░░░░░░░░ but what he s ░░░░░░░░ is really taking money ░░░░░░░░ kids who really need ░░░░░░░░ in the field and ░░░░░░░░ departments Yes they can ░░░░░░░░ much more efficient but ░░░░░░░░ s what the Education ░░░░░░░░ does It gives out ░░░░░░░░ to kids so you ░░░░░░░░ feed them a decent ░░░░░░░░ so we can have ░░░░░░░░ know tutors for reading ░░░░░░░░ you can actually help ░░░░░░░░ with math problems That ░░░░░░░░ what s going on ░░░░░░░░ now BROWN And to ░░░░░░░░ clear on Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ really don t know ░░░░░░░░ scope of what exactly ░░░░░░░░ s doing He s ░░░░░░░░ involved with 19 agencies ░░░░░░░░ does have some contracts ░░░░░░░░ front of those agencies ░░░░░░░░ there s not transparency ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ funds the Trump Administration ░░░░░░░░ that it s going ░░░░░░░░ go to locals that ░░░░░░░░ local officials know what ░░░░░░░░ best for their community ░░░░░░░░ the Education Department is ░░░░░░░░ longer needed That is ░░░░░░░░ they say Why why ░░░░░░░░ that an issue Weingarten ░░░░░░░░ BROWN for you Weingarten ░░░░░░░░ look spoiler alert that ░░░░░░░░ what happens now I ░░░░░░░░ education if I can ░░░░░░░░ I can make one ░░░░░░░░ to your listeners or ░░░░░░░░ education is run by ░░░░░░░░ and localities It s ░░░░░░░░ been run by states ░░░░░░░░ localities but about 50 ░░░░░░░░ 60 years ago you ░░░░░░░░ Lyndon Johnson who was ░░░░░░░░ of those local teachers ░░░░░░░░ kids would come into ░░░░░░░░ classroom without shoes on ░░░░░░░░ were really poor And ░░░░░░░░ when he became president ░░░░░░░░ said look let s ░░░░░░░░ level up Instead of ░░░░░░░░ you know instead of ░░░░░░░░ trying to say to ░░░░░░░░ and localities you got ░░░░░░░░ spend more which you ░░░░░░░░ they should let s ░░░░░░░░ have federal dollars that ░░░░░░░░ kids who are poor ░░░░░░░░ s actually have federal ░░░░░░░░ that help kids who ░░░░░░░░ disabled Let s actually ░░░░░░░░ federal dollars if CareerTechEd ░░░░░░░░ important for that kind ░░░░░░░░ things So what the ░░░░░░░░ of Education does is ░░░░░░░░ s a supplement that ░░░░░░░░ really helps kids And ░░░░░░░░ you ask any teacher ░░░░░░░░ America and you say ░░░░░░░░ them Title I they ░░░░░░░░ like oh my God ░░░░░░░░ need those funds to ░░░░░░░░ kids.’”