Randi Weingarten, the head of the largest teacher union in the country, has resigned from a longtime position she held at the Democratic National Committee and people have questions. Specifically, why did the head of the largest teacher union have a position at the DNC?
For years now, conservatives have complained that teacher unions seemed to be in bed with the Democratic party. Now we learn that the most powerful figure in teacher unions had an official job with the party.
Funny how this went unmentioned by the party and the media for years now.
The Hill reports:
Teachers union head Randi Weingarten resigns from DNC
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is departing the Democratic National Committee (DNC), citing disagreements with DNC Chair Ken Martin.
Weingarten told Martin in a letter dated June 5 and obtained by The Hill on Sunday that she was declining to be reappointed as an at-large member of the committee.
“While I am a proud Democrat, I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging, and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more and more of our community,” wrote Weingarten, who has served as a DNC member for 23 years.
Weingarten backed then-Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler to serve as DNC chair during elections earlier this year. Weingarten was later removed by Martin from the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee.
How curious…
Why did the teachers union president have a position at the Democratic National Committee in the first place? pic.twitter.com/rkV0KMiUvP
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) June 15, 2025
campaign contributions from the American Federation of Teachers to Democrats:
1994: 99.4%
1996: 99.1%
1998: 98.9%
2000: 99.2%
2002: 99.3%
2004: 98.0%
2006: 99.1%
2008: 99.1%
2010: 99.4%
2012: 99.4%
2014: 99.0%
2016: 99.7%
2018: 99.8%
2020: 99.6%
2022: 99.97%money laundering.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) June 15, 2025
“Why did the teachers union president have a position at the Democratic National Committee in the first place?”
Because she paid for it.
— Jack Bauer after dark (@JackBauerAD) June 15, 2025
Isn’t it time to place the focus of education back on American students rather than teacher unions?
