RJC Slams JDCA for Hosting AFT’s Union Boss Randi Weingarten

Washington, DC – The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement in response to the Jewish Democratic Council of America featuring Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, at an event in support of Kamala Harris. 

RJC CEO Matt Brooks said:

As one of the main union bosses responsible for the unprecedented student learning loss fiasco, a shield for bad teachers from professional consequences, and a vocal opponent of school choice, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is a total disgrace. 

We now know that schools stayed closed the longest wherever teachers unions were strongest - and Weingarten played a key role in ensuring they stayed closed, resulting in dramatic nosedives in student test scores. Weingarten has always put the interests of herself and her union bosses ahead of parents and students.

Jewish Americans support school choice and reject Randi Weingarten’s brand of union bossism.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, in 2018, Weingarten called antisemite Linda Sarsour a “warrior for justice” and a “friend”.

How can JDCA claim to stand with Jewish Americans while platforming someone who is hell-bent on destroying school choice and protecting bad teachers, while palling around with Linda Sarsour? What a joke.