The head of one of the nation’s largest teachers unions is whining about the “targeting” of teachers who are facing consequences for celebrating the brutal assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Randi Weingarten put out a press release on Thursday arguing that public schools teachers — individuals who are charged with influencing young minds and whose salaries are paid for by taxpayers — should not be fired “for their opinions” praising a political assassination. She also ironically called for finding ways to “de-escalate” despite promoting her book just days after 31-year-old Kirk’s assassination, in which she compares conservatives to “fascists,” “authoritarians,” and “Nazis.”
“Acts of violence and hate must