Weingarten tour can’t rewrite years of learning losses

Originally published at Broad + Liberty

The American Federation of Teachers’ get-out-the-vote bus tour began its Pennsylvania leg in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The tour, designed to bolster left-wing candidates, comes shortly after AFT President Randi Weingarten authored a divisive column, stating that “American democracy is under the gravest threat since the Civil War.” 

This rhetoric should come as no surprise. 

The AFT’s political action committee (PAC) has spent nearly $20 million this election cycle, with $5 million of that going to Democratic Congressional committees and 100 percent of their candidate donations going to Democrats.

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