The head of the influential American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, endorsed an Atlantic demand for an “amnesty” for individuals who fought for detrimental COVID-19 regulations on Monday.
As economist Emily Oster puts it, “Given the degree of uncertainty, practically every perspective was accepted on every issue,” therefore, conditions weren’t ideal for making sound policy decisions. Regardless of the subject matter, there was always a winner and a loser.
When the federal government refused to gather data on the link between schools and the pandemic, Oster did it on her own, giving her a unique authority on the topic.
In the last days before an election in which voters would decide in part whether or not to back the Democratic Party’s severe position on the opioid epidemic, many went to social media to voice their disgust and shame her for pushing amnesty.
But Weingarten concurred, saying she fully backs moving on from poor policy decisions of the past.
Weingarten agreed with Democratic lawmakers who wanted to make vaccines mandatory, close schools, and allow parents to disguise their children.
Despite the fact that 57% of educators identify as Republicans or independents, a whopping $575 million in dues paid to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) was channeled into far-left politics, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).
Voters had turned their ire on the educational system as a whole in response to the Democrats’ insistence on imposing Critical Race Theory and transgender ideology on children, as well as the unexpectedly big drop in children’s test performance when schools were closed.