Weingarten blasted for claiming her critics are focusing ‘on 2020’, while she’s moving on: 'Full of s---'

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten was forced to defend herself Thursday after she was pressed on her support for school lockdowns.this week after she claimed her critics were fixating on positions she held in 2020 and ignoring her current work to make America’s education system better.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during the American Federation of Government Employees Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2020.blasted the American Federation of Teachers president to her face for her pro-lockdown policies during the pandemic.

On Twitter, Weingarten attempted a new line of deflection against critics making these and similar points – saying they were stuck in the past, while she and her colleagues were blazing ahead and making strides for public education. Twitter users did not hold back in their criticism of Weingarten. Some even called her a"child abuser."

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PolitiFact - Here's what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19Teachers union President Randi Weingarten advocated for reopening schools with pandemic safety measures. She criticized the Trump administration’s 2020 calls to reopen schools fully, but it’s misleading to claim that she opposed reopening at all.
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