Just Days After Assassination Attempt on President Trump, American Federation of Teachers Boss Randi Weingarten Amps Up the Vitriol, Calls Him an “Existential Threat to Democracy” (Video)
Randi Weingarten/Image: Video screenshot.
On Monday, American Federation of Teachers convention boss Randi Weingarten spoke at the organization’s 2024 convention.
Weingarten apparently did not get the memo to tone down the rhetoric after the failed assassination attempt against President Donald Trump on July 13, which injured the President, killed a rally goer, and left two others gravely wounded.
In her unhinged screed, replete with shouting, fist waving, and vitriol, her remarks made the event less a convention and more of an angry political rally.
“The November elections will determine which path we take as a nation. Progress is possible, but so is the eradication of the rights and freedoms we hold dear,” Weingarten said.
“It is seldom a dramatic event or attack that lets fascism in the door.