
Randi Weingarten faces backlash for claiming AFT tried to reopen schools starting April 2020
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Randi Weingarten is facing backlash after claiming her union has been trying to reopen schools for in-person learning since April 2020.
"It makes me sick that the same people who are responsible for severely long and short-term harming kids by unnecessarily keeping them in isolation for almost 1.5 years are responsible for ‘reopening’ and ‘recovery,’" the anonymous Twitter user wrote Tuesday. Weingarten faced swift criticism for her claim. Florida State Board of Education member Ryan Petty pointed out that Weingarten warned against reopening on April 28, 2020. "Re-opening this soon will bring an even more powerful second wave of #COVID19. We have to be sure we are re-opening safely and not rushing things," Weingarten wrote on Twitter that day.More Related News