{"id":1757044,"date":"2022-11-30T12:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757044"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:48:28","slug":"pompeo-issues-fiery-challenge-to-teachers-union-prez-weingarten-debate-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-issues-fiery-challenge-to-teachers-union-prez-weingarten-debate-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo Issues Fiery Challenge To Teachers Union Prez Weingarten: Debate Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpompeo-issues-fiery-challenge-to-teachers-union-prez-weingarten-debate-me%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=1757044&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>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has thrown down the gauntlet to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten \u2014 whom he has described as \u201cthe most dangerous person in the world\u201d \u2014 challenging her to a debate.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Pompeo told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/mike-pompeo-slams-teachers-union-head-randi-weingarten-as-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semafor<\/a> that when he was asked who the most dangerous person in the world was, he named Weingarten, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s not a close call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fear America is on a path to disintegration due to persistent failures in our education system. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten and her fellow travelers have crippled our nation\u2019s schools,\u201d Pompeo wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/pompeo-yes-randi-weingarten-is-the-most-dangerous-person-in-america-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> in the New York Post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1363682689962901504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1363682689962901504%7Ctwgr%5Eaba3043602bc4aefbc4aabee2692d275670f3162%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D193194action%3Dedit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Axios<\/a>, Weingarten said in reference to children who had been out of school for months, \u201ckids are resilient and kids will recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axios\u2019 Dan Primack asked, \u201cIs there a point \u2014 and maybe you think we\u2019re already past it \u2014 is there a point in which kids have been out of in-person school for so long that the education that they\u2019ve lost isn\u2019t really recoverable, that the third grade, the fourth grade, the kindergarten they lost, they can take extra semesters in the summer; they can do [that], but it can\u2019t really be fixed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d said Weingarten, whose union was the second largest teachers union in America, representing 1.7 million teachers. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that. I believe that kids are resilient and kids will recover. But we as adults have to meet their needs. Their emotional needs, their social needs, their learning needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/mike-pompeo-is-right-randi-weingarten-is-a-danger-to-our-children\/\">danger she presents to our nation is clear and real<\/a>\u00a0and exceeds that of all the bad guys I battled abroad for four years as secretary of state and CIA director,\u201d Pompeo declared.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that Weingarten responded to his Semafor remarks by ranting that Pompeo was \u00a0\u201cextreme,\u201d \u201canti-LGBTQ,\u201d and \u201canti-Semitic,\u201d Pompeo charged, \u201cHer personal venom evidences an unwillingness to defend <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/01\/randi-weingarten-and-unions-own-the-tragedy-of-kids-learning-loss\/\">what she has wrought on our children and our nation<\/a>. I am prepared to debate her and to present to the American people my case for the risks she presents to our republic and our nation\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo quoted the Father of the Constitution and America\u2019s fourth president, James Madison: \u201cThe advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He quoted iconic historian Will Durant: \u201cA great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the future of our republic will not be written by our enemies,\u201d Pompeo opined. \u201cIndeed, America is more likely to be lost if we do not retake our schools from radical and progressive forces. \u2026 Failing to teach math, science, real history and civics and, importantly, to imprint America as the most exceptional nation in civilizational history on the hearts and minds of the next generation dooms America and the world that counts on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents in China now outscore our children across the board,\u201d Pompeo noted. \u201cAmerica\u2019s students are severely deficient in mathematics and science, vital in our technological age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that according to the Program for International Student Assessment, among 70 countries \u201cAmerican students ranked 35th in mathematics, 16th in science and 11th in reading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this on Weingarten\u2019s watch,\u201d Pompeo asserted. \u201cAnd it\u2019s now worse. That assessment was conducted before the school lockdowns Weingarten helped engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis focus on indoctrination over education is why Weingarten and the leftist establishment she represents are so dangerous; their malfeasance directly empowers Xi, Putin, and Ali Khamenei, who look to our schools to accelerate the decline upon which they build their global narrative,\u201d Pompeo theorized. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/08\/how-the-1619-project-slandered-america\/\">Critical race theory and the 1619 Project<\/a>\u00a0derive from Marxist precepts; they do not reflect the greatness and the power of the American experiment. Today, only 1 in 3 Americans could pass the citizenship test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s founding was a watershed in world history. Our nation is exceptional,\u201d Pompeo stated. \u201cPresident Biden should demand a renaissance in America\u2019s schools, but he is too indebted to Weingarten, her union and other special interests to do his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are the beneficiaries of Weingarten\u2019s vision of education?\u201d Pompeo asked rhetorically. \u201cUnion bosses. Bureaucrats who multiply beyond function \u2014 and our adversaries. What Xi, Putin and Khamenei could never accomplish on the battlefield they are reaping in our classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Weingarten and her ilk continue to control our schools and universities, we will lose our country, for it will become indefensible. She dissembles, knowing that an echoic media will front for her,\u201d Pompeo blasted.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cI look forward to the opportunity to defend our republic against the America-hating left that has occupied the commanding heights of our schools as opposed to the parents who so desperately need teachers to stay on mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, will you, Randi Weingarten, accept my challenge to debate?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has thrown down the gauntlet to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten \u2014 whom he has described as \u201cthe most dangerous person in the world\u201d \u2014 challenging her to a debate. 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