{"id":1924570,"date":"2023-05-04T20:57:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T00:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-fact-check-of-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-gets-fact-checked\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T21:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T01:02:46","slug":"liberal-fact-check-of-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-gets-fact-checked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-fact-check-of-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-gets-fact-checked\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers&#8217; Union Boss Randi Weingarten Fact-Checked by Liberals."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fliberal-fact-check-of-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-gets-fact-checked%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=1924570&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--><h2>PolitiFact Misrepresents Facts in Defense of Teachers&#8217; Union Boss<\/h2>\n<p>The liberal website PolitiFact recently published a fact check defending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-ny-democrats-teachers-union-boss-partied-maskless-in-puerto-rico\/\" title=\"ALERT: NY Democrats, Teachers\u2019 Union Boss Partied Maskless in Puerto Rico\">teachers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">union boss<\/a><\/a> Randi Weingarten, who has been criticized for opposing efforts to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Twitter&#8217;s fact-checking team found that PolitiFact was misrepresenting Weingarten&#8217;s positions on reopening schools.<\/p>\n<h3>What Happened?<\/h3>\n<p>Community fact-checkers on Twitter determined that PolitiFact was misrepresenting Weingarten&#8217;s positions on reopening schools. They noted that the union boss &#8220;consistently tweeted her support for the closure of schools well into fall of 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PolitiFact argued that Weingarten &#8220;advocated for reopening schools&#8221; and suggested it was &#8220;misleading to claim that she opposed reopening at all.&#8221; However, Twitter&#8217;s fact-checking team argued\u2014more accurately and backed by evidence\u2014that Weingarten and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">teachers&#8217; unions<\/a> under her control &#8220;pushed aggressively&#8221; at the state and local level to keep schools closed, even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">public health experts<\/a> said it was safe for students to return to the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The community fact-checkers posted a link to comments Weingarten made in July 2020, when she denounced the Trump administration&#8217;s plan to reopen schools in the fall as &#8220;reckless,&#8221; &#8220;callous,&#8221; and &#8220;cruel.&#8221; The union opposition &#8220;continued in 2022,&#8221; the Twitter experts correctly pointed out, especially in areas controlled by Democratic politicians. In Chicago, for example, teachers&#8217; unions threatened to strike when local leaders announced a plan to reopen schools.<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>The liberal media have long sought to exert monopoly control over &#8220;the truth&#8221; by publishing &#8220;fact checks&#8221; that (in almost every case) accuse Republicans of lying and defend Democrats accused of lying. Twitter&#8217;s community notes feature drives them crazy because it undermines this monopoly by harnessing the power of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Students&#8217; test scores have dropped significantly as a result of the union-driven effort to keep schools closed for so long against the advice of health experts. The detrimental social and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-fact-check-of-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-gets-fact-checked\/\" title=\"Teachers' Union Boss Randi Weingarten Fact-Checked by Liberals.\">behavioral effects\u2014including increased stress<\/a>, anxiety, and depression\u2014will be felt for years to come.<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>Teachers&#8217; unions are the worst. Watch this video of a conservative dad torching Randi Weingarten over school closures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZJvGzJvJz0\">WATCH: No, Randi Weingarten Wasn&#8217;t Fighting To Open Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZJvGzJvJz0\">BEASTMODE: Conservative Dad Torches Randi Weingarten Over School Closures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PolitiFact slammed for misrepresenting the facts What happened: The liberal website PolitiFact published a so-called fact check defending teachers&#8217; union boss Randi Weingarten, who has been criticized for aggressively opposing efforts to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PolitiFact fact check was subsequently fact-checked via the &#8220;community notes&#8221; feature on Twitter. 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