{"id":1717413,"date":"2022-10-30T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717413"},"modified":"2022-10-30T18:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:48:26","slug":"running-on-their-record-of-lockdowns-gretchen-whitmer-dragged-for-campaign-event-ft-randi-weingarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/running-on-their-record-of-lockdowns-gretchen-whitmer-dragged-for-campaign-event-ft-randi-weingarten\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Running On Their Record Of Lockdowns\u2019: Gretchen Whitmer Dragged For Campaign Event Ft. Randi Weingarten"},"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\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frunning-on-their-record-of-lockdowns-gretchen-whitmer-dragged-for-campaign-event-ft-randi-weingarten%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gretchen-whitmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D) took some heat over the weekend for hosting a campaign event with America Federation of Teachers President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/randi-weingarten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randi Weingarten<\/a> \u2014 and critics suggested that she was running on her record of lockdowns and school closures.<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten, who defended the unions even as they kept kids out of school months longer than the science suggested was necessary, spoke on Whitmer\u2019s behalf, arguing that the Michigan Governor \u2014 whose <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/i-need-to-survive-michigan-restaurant-bucks-whitmers-new-lockdown-opens-in-person-dining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID lockdown policies<\/a> were among the most draconian in the nation \u2014 was a \u201cproblem solver\u201d rather than a \u201cproblem maker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese elections come down to whose side we\u2019re on,\u201d Weingarten said. \u201cAnd I want you to think of problem solvers versus problem makers. Who\u2019s tackling the issues that keep families up at night? Who\u2019s investing in schools? Who\u2019s protecting democracy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a>: On the other side, who\u2019s stirring up fear, banning books, rolling back rights, and gouging consumers at the pump while they make massive profits. Big Oil is giving to Republican lawmakers who allow them to keep price gouging. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFTvotes?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFTvotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFT (@AFTunion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFTunion\/status\/1586401281811386368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other, who\u2019s stirring up fear, banning books, rolling back right, and gouging consumers at the pump while they make massive profits,\u201d she continued. \u201cBig Oil is giving to Republican lawmakers who allow them to keep price gouging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten went on to declare Whitmer a \u201cproblem solver,\u201d claiming that the only thing anyone knew about Republican challenger Tudor Dixon was that she was \u201cbesties\u201d with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a>: This race is too close. And this is where you all come in. I see the determination in this crowd to have the life you deserve, that our communities deserve. So Michigan, will you vote? Will you get out the vote? Yes we can. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFTvotes?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFTvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JDtFL4Qe9B\">pic.twitter.com\/JDtFL4Qe9B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFT (@AFTunion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFTunion\/status\/1586401300966785028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis race is too close,\u201d Weingarten concluded, calling on the crowd to get out and vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow Michigan Dems brought out Randi Weingarten to open for Gretchen Whitmer,\u201d Matt Whitlock responded. \u201cThey are actually running on their record of lockdowns and historic learning loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine how gigantic the teachers union campaign contributions have to be for these Dems to share a stage with the grim reaper of school closures,\u201d Whitlock continued. \u201cAn entire generation of kids is suffering through learning loss and mental health challenges in part due to\u00a0@rweingarten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine how gigantic the teachers union campaign contributions have to be for these Dems to share a stage with the grim reaper of school closures. <\/p>\n<p>An entire generation of kids is suffering through learning loss and mental health challenges in part due to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1586542704036552707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>USA Today columnist Ingrid Jacques agreed, adding, \u201cIf this doesn\u2019t make you want to vote for Tudor Dixon, I don\u2019t know what would. This is the same teachers union president who advocated and lobbied for keeping schools closed far longer than they needed to be. Baffling that Gov. Whitmer thinks the AFT will help her, but $ talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this doesn\u2019t make you want to vote for Tudor Dixon, I don\u2019t know what would. This is the same teachers union president who advocated and lobbied for keeping schools closed far longer than they needed to be. Baffling that Gov. Whitmer thinks the AFT will help her, but $ talks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwHwAAKjxC\">https:\/\/t.co\/xwHwAAKjxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ingrid Jacques (@Ingrid_Jacques) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ingrid_Jacques\/status\/1586783974411669508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Tommy Schultz noticed a possible correlation, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tommy_USA\/status\/1586706354592530432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointing out<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cRandi also gave the closing argument for Terry McAuliffe in the final days of the campaign \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) took some heat over the weekend for hosting a campaign event with America Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten \u2014 and critics suggested that she was running on her record of lockdowns and school closures. Weingarten, who defended the unions even as they kept kids out of school months longer &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1717416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1717413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1717416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}