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

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WEINGARTEN: "Look, you know, I guess he's running for president. I mean, he has all the extremist talking points down. But this is -- you know, in all seriousness, this is what really bothers me about what he did. The word 'filth.' He called what educators do in schools all across America, filthy. The people who every single day, get up, they never get paid enough for what they do, they have been dealing with all the anxieties, and the aftershocks and after effects of Covid for children, including the mental health crisis. They've been teaching kids to read for years. We teach AP, we teach CTE, I could go through all the mnemonics. But what he's doing is making it harder for teachers all across America to teach kids, to bring parents and teachers together. That's what is pathetic about what he's doing. He knows better. He's a West Point boy. He knows better. But he's doing this to try to win a Republican primary.”