FAILING UPWARD: Teachers Union Leader Lands Homeland Security Role
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Randi Weingarten, a major proponent of school lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, was appointed to the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council on Wednesday.
“Leaders of our academic institutions and campus life have a great deal to offer in helping us counter the evolving and emerging threats to the homeland,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement announcing the decision.
The council’s specific tasks include advising Mayorkas on research, career development, and partnership opportunities that will help the department “safeguard the American people, and help our country think through and prepare for whatever threats lie ahead,” Mayorkas said.
Weingarten serves as the president of the American Federations of Teachers, the nation’s second-largest teachers union. Emails between AFT officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Weingarten’s direct influence on COVID-19 procedures in schools, as reported by the New York Post. The AFT provided suggestions and edits to operational strategies for the CDC.
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