
MacCallum presses teachers union president over emails showing AFT lobbied CDC on school reopenings
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"The Story" host Martha MacCallum confronted American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten Monday with a new report showing that the AFT regularly communicated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House on school reopening plans.
"There have been $20 million that has gone to Democrats from teachers unions...so I guess that money seems to be working." Communication obtained by the New York Post showed numerous emails between top CDC officials and the union just days before the administration released school reopening guidelines in February. The CDC had been prepared to allow in-school instruction regardless of transmission rates. But at the suggestion of the union, the guidelines were adjusted to include a provision that said, "In the event of high community-transmission results from a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, a new update of these guidelines may be necessary."More Related News