Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, fired back at claims from Republican Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan that she had “not said anything” about antisemitism.

The comments from Walberg came Tuesday morning during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Unmasking Union Antisemitism.”

In his testimony, labor union historian Joseph McCartin listed a series of prominent Jewish union leaders, including Weingarten, who he said have “helped to build inclusive, multiracial, pluralistic unions that have fought for American workers of every race, religion and color over decades and into the present.”

Following his remarks, Walberg, who is chairman of the committee, said that the mention of Weingarten filled him with “ire,” alleging that she had b

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