{"id":1555739,"date":"2022-07-15T07:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1555739"},"modified":"2022-07-15T07:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:20:16","slug":"gop-senators-call-out-nea-for-creating-enemies-list-that-may-target-concerned-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-call-out-nea-for-creating-enemies-list-that-may-target-concerned-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators Call Out NEA for Creating \u2018Enemies List\u2019 That May Target Concerned Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-senators\">Senators<\/a> called out the president of the National Education Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nea\">NEA<\/a>), the largest teacher\u2019s union in the United States, this week over alleged plans to spend thousands of dollars\u00a0to create a\u00a0so-called \u201cenemies list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/download\/71422-nea-letter\">letter<\/a> NEA President Becky Pringle on July 13 demanding answers on the NEA\u2019s alleged plan to spend $140,000 to research opposition groups, which may include concerned parents.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawmakers, the union\u2019s list of \u201cenemies\u201d would consist of individuals who have been\u00a0identified as \u201cactively working to diminish a student\u2019s right to honesty in education, freedom of sexual and gender identity, and teacher autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The measure allowing the teachers union to create such a list was reportedly passed at the NEA 2022 Representative Assembly in Chicago last week, the senators said.<\/p>\n<p>NEA, which has over 3 million members working in public education, approved the resolution for\u00a0$140,625 and the fact sheets will be distributed to NEA state affiliates, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/abortion-anti-lgbtq-bills-and-safe-schools-5-things-to-know-from-neas-annual-assembly\/2022\/07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Education Week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the\u00a0NEA will research and create fact sheets on at least 25 organizations, according to a convention business item seen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/13\/largest-teachers-union-plans-to-compile-list-of-opposition-groups-to-target\/\">Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lists will include \u201cinformation about the organization\u2019s funding sources, their leaders within the organizations and connections to known entities that are seeking to dismantle public education,\u201d according to the business item cited by reports, while the fact sheets to be sent out will help affiliates \u201cbe armed with information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Advancing a \u2018Social Justice Agenda\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>In their letter to\u00a0Pringle, the Senators noted how the COVID-19 pandemic had drastically impacted learning for millions of children, and that the need to focus on children and their education was now more \u201ccritical\u201d than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gop\">GOP<\/a> lawmakers said they were \u201cdisturbed\u201d to know that 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