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Randi Weingarten

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

Well, let me say this. And I've been a Democrat all my life, and I've had the honor for 25 years between a local leadership and now a national leadership to be the elected leader who champions educational opportunity and economic opportunity, equal opportunity, all every single day. All of us, we're not monolithic. We have

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

Well, let me say this. And I've been a Democrat all my life, and I've had the honor for 25 years between a local leadership and now a national leadership to be the elected leader who champions educational opportunity and economic opportunity, equal opportunity, all every single day. All of us, we're not monolithic. We have

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

a responsibility as labor leaders to serve our members and to help them get the best life they can get. And I would argue to help our communities have that as well. That's our job. And so there's a lot of people we all represent who are allured by and who like Trump's passion. They think it's, you know, they think he's authentic and he's a master salesman.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

a responsibility as labor leaders to serve our members and to help them get the best life they can get. And I would argue to help our communities have that as well. That's our job. And so there's a lot of people we all represent who are allured by and who like Trump's passion. They think it's, you know, they think he's authentic and he's a master salesman.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

a responsibility as labor leaders to serve our members and to help them get the best life they can get. And I would argue to help our communities have that as well. That's our job. And so there's a lot of people we all represent who are allured by and who like Trump's passion. They think it's, you know, they think he's authentic and he's a master salesman.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We may not believe a word that he's saying, but he's a master salesman. So our job is to actually really fight for and lift up who are the champions of the working class and how do we actually, and I'll use a teacher, I'll use something I learned as a school teacher. It's not, you meet people where they are and it's frankly not what you say, it's what people hear.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We may not believe a word that he's saying, but he's a master salesman. So our job is to actually really fight for and lift up who are the champions of the working class and how do we actually, and I'll use a teacher, I'll use something I learned as a school teacher. It's not, you meet people where they are and it's frankly not what you say, it's what people hear.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We may not believe a word that he's saying, but he's a master salesman. So our job is to actually really fight for and lift up who are the champions of the working class and how do we actually, and I'll use a teacher, I'll use something I learned as a school teacher. It's not, you meet people where they are and it's frankly not what you say, it's what people hear.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And so a lot of folks, you know, they are fighting for, every single day to get better wages, decent conditions for their members. And they see this strategy that they're using as a more efficacious one. And my job is to actually not be oppositional every single day to Donald Trump. I mean, I've said to Linda McMahon publicly that we could do work together on issues like career tech ed.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And so a lot of folks, you know, they are fighting for, every single day to get better wages, decent conditions for their members. And they see this strategy that they're using as a more efficacious one. And my job is to actually not be oppositional every single day to Donald Trump. I mean, I've said to Linda McMahon publicly that we could do work together on issues like career tech ed.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And so a lot of folks, you know, they are fighting for, every single day to get better wages, decent conditions for their members. And they see this strategy that they're using as a more efficacious one. And my job is to actually not be oppositional every single day to Donald Trump. I mean, I've said to Linda McMahon publicly that we could do work together on issues like career tech ed.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We shouldn't have college, we shouldn't have high school be only about college prep. High school should be about opening the aperture to do different kind of pathways. And if she's interested in that, she should be working with us on that. So I think that the real issue becomes what is the value system and what are the values that we believe in?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We shouldn't have college, we shouldn't have high school be only about college prep. High school should be about opening the aperture to do different kind of pathways. And if she's interested in that, she should be working with us on that. So I think that the real issue becomes what is the value system and what are the values that we believe in?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

We shouldn't have college, we shouldn't have high school be only about college prep. High school should be about opening the aperture to do different kind of pathways. And if she's interested in that, she should be working with us on that. So I think that the real issue becomes what is the value system and what are the values that we believe in?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And if we believe in our democracy and we believe in voice for people and we believe in fairness for people and we believe in opportunity for people, that is what I am driving to. And then you see whose side is Sue on. I don't think Donald Trump is on the side of workers. I think that's become more and more obvious every single day.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And if we believe in our democracy and we believe in voice for people and we believe in fairness for people and we believe in opportunity for people, that is what I am driving to. And then you see whose side is Sue on. I don't think Donald Trump is on the side of workers. I think that's become more and more obvious every single day.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And if we believe in our democracy and we believe in voice for people and we believe in fairness for people and we believe in opportunity for people, that is what I am driving to. And then you see whose side is Sue on. I don't think Donald Trump is on the side of workers. I think that's become more and more obvious every single day.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And I think you're seeing that in the polling that we just saw that you put up in terms of kids. But we have to prove that to people. People are cynical, and that's part of our job.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And I think you're seeing that in the polling that we just saw that you put up in terms of kids. But we have to prove that to people. People are cynical, and that's part of our job.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education

And I think you're seeing that in the polling that we just saw that you put up in terms of kids. But we have to prove that to people. People are cynical, and that's part of our job.