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Randi Weingarten

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335 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Kids don't go through, you know, kindergarten twice or three times.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

They're not five years old three times.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

There's no do-overs for them.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

It has a real effect.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Just so pissed that this is an administration for the rich, not an administration for America.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And working people just want a chance.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Level the playing field.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

That's what the federal government's role in education was supposed to be.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

So Vin, I love the fact, and we should actually tell people this, that when we started seeing basically the federal government pull away from its commitment to getting people

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

accurate health information.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

When we started, when we said, can we do something together, particularly since the AFT is, you know, the second largest nurse union, we represent doctors now, and, you know, we represent, you know, people who work with kids all throughout America in public schools, in public services, in hospitals.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And we started this monthly, you know, work, vital lessons to try to get people accurate public health information.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And, you know, so I really have appreciated our partnership in this.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

I think what happens is that, you know, and maybe this is the social studies teacher in me, it could be the labor activist in me,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

When you have an administration that actually wants to change the rules of this country, to essentially undermine the freedom of people, wants to remake the country, that's what we have.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And Project 2025 told us this, but think about the lies of the administration, what Trump said.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Oh, no, I don't know anything about Project 2025.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And he has two people high in the administration who basically are the architects of Project 2025, Stephen Miller and Russell Voigt.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And so first he lied to the American people, but the American people bought what he was selling because of their anxiety, because of the fact that most people in America no longer feel like the promise of America applies to them.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

So part of what we've done as a union is