{"id":2307697,"date":"2024-07-25T03:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-to-address-major-teachers-union-as-it-pushes-transgender-theory-in-schools-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T03:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:37:53","slug":"kamala-harris-to-address-major-teachers-union-as-it-pushes-transgender-theory-in-schools-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-to-address-major-teachers-union-as-it-pushes-transgender-theory-in-schools-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris to address major teachers union as it pushes transgender theory in schools &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-to-address-major-teachers-union-as-it-pushes-transgender-theory-in-schools-washington-examiner%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=2307697&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>Pokesperson confirmed President Biden&rsquo;s \u200cendorsement for\u2064 Harris\u2063 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/01\/29\/statement-by-press-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a> released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u2064 convention\u200c has seen\u200b a contentious debate over a\u200d litany of resolutions, including one to teach\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"critical race theory\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a><\/a> and another calling for the United States to \u200cstop \u200csupporting the \u2062state of\u2063 Israel. An amendment calling for the union to divest from\u200c the\u2064 country failed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u200b the union passed a resolution to endorse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-lives-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> at School\u2062 Week of\u200b Action \u2063program, which includes teaching \u200dchildren \u200dabout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"critical race theory\">critical race theory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/systemic-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"systemic racism\">systemic racism<\/a>, and building &ldquo;radical movements that teach \u2063kids to advocate for themselves and envision \u2062a future that is different from the past.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The union also voted to\u2063 lobby Congress to pass a national health care program, expand the welfare state, and \u2062pass\u200b a \u200d$1.5 trillion infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<p>The rights of transgender\u2064 children have been a major focus\u200b at the \u200dconvention.<\/p>\n<p>The union \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/resolution\/support-transgender-students-and-educators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"passed a resolution\">passed a resolution<\/a> endorsing\u2063 the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"transgender\">transgender<\/a> theory \u200bof gender, a \u2064controversial belief that claims \u200da person&rsquo;s \u2062gender is not always determined by their biological sex. The resolution calls \u200dfor the union to create\u2063 an \u2062environment that supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"transgender\">transgender<\/a> students and staff,\u2062 implement \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"transgender\">transgender<\/a> policies in \u2063all schools,\u200c and provide bathroom and locker room access based on gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cresolution also calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teachers-unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"teachers unions\">teachers \u200cunions<\/a> and schools to\u2062 &ldquo;acknowledge and\u2062 celebrate&rdquo; transgender identities and provide &ldquo;trans-inclusive&rdquo; education\u200c for all students.<\/p>\n<p>As Harris\u2063 prepares to address the group, Weingarten said the union will continue to\u2062 push \u2063its far-left \u200bagenda,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-school-district-suspends-student-for-allegedly-reporting-leaking-classmates-swastika-flag-to-public-report\/\" title=\"Controversial School District Suspends Student for Allegedly Reporting, Leaking Classmate&#039;s Swastika Flag to Public: Report\">including transgender policies<\/a>, \u200deven as it faces backlash from conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This convention\u200d is about what unites us and where\u200c we need to go together in order to be stronger,&rdquo; Weingarten told\u2063 the assembly\u2062 Tuesday. &ldquo;It&#8217;s about what binds\u200b us and \u200bhow we will act together in the service of our kids, our communities, and \u2062our nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script><\/p>\n<p>    function showReadMore() {<\/p>\n<p>        var dots = document.getElementById(\"dots\");<\/p>\n<p>        var moreText = document.getElementById(\"more\");<\/p>\n<p>        var btnText = document.getElementById(\"readmorebtn\");<\/p>\n<p>        if (dots.style.display === \"none\") {<\/p>\n<p>            dots.style.display = \"inline\";<\/p>\n<p>            btnText.innerHTML = \"Read more...\";<\/p>\n<p>            moreText.style.display = \"none\";<\/p>\n<p>            document.getElementById(\"line\").style.display = \"none\";<\/p>\n<p>        } else {<\/p>\n<p>            dots.style.display = \"none\";<\/p>\n<p>            btnText.innerHTML = \"Read less\";<\/p>\n<p>            moreText.style.display = \"inline\";<\/p>\n<p>            document.getElementById(\"line\").style.display = \"block\";<\/p>\n<p>        }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kamala Harris to address major teachers union as it pushes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-college-takes-biden-to-court-over-trans-mandate\/\" title=\"Christian College Takes Biden to Court Over Trans Mandate\">transgender theory<\/a> in schools<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709762\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In one of her first addresses after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> is set to address the nation&rsquo;s second-largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teachers-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>teachers union<\/a> as the group plows through a laundry list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dem-controlled-house-approves-1-9-trillion-stimulus-biden-plans-to-sign-friday\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Dem-Controlled House Approves .9 Trillion Stimulus; Biden Plans To Sign Friday\">left-wing priorities<\/a> at its annual gathering, including promoting transgender policies for children.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is set to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/american-federation-of-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>American Federation of Teachers<\/a>, led by its controversial president, Randi Weingarten, on Thursday as the organization has been busy voting to pass a litany of far-left resolutions at its 88th annual convention in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/press-release\/aft-executive-council-unanimously-endorses-kamala-harris-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voted unanimously<\/a> to endorse Harris for president on Monday, becoming the first union to do so after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> bowed out of the race Sunday. &ldquo;She has a record of fighting for us&mdash;fighting to lower the costs we pay, for reproductive rights, for worker empowerment and to keep communities safe from gun violence. As President Biden said in his endorsement of Kamala Harris, she has his full support to be the Democratic nominee for president,&rdquo; Weingarten said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Harris&rsquo;s keynote address would be a &ldquo;continuation of her consistent efforts to fight for workers across America, including as Chair of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AFT members have been passing other resolutions condemning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">school choice<\/a>, which allows children primarily from low-income areas to get out of failing schools, calling such policies &ldquo;insidious,&rdquo; claiming they &ldquo;increase school segregation,&rdquo; and saying the schools &ldquo;discriminate&rdquo; against &ldquo;LGBTQIA+&rdquo; students for not all conforming to gender theory.<\/p>\n<p>The union also passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/resolution\/what-stake-2024-elections-democratic-republic-committed-liberty-and-justice-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resolution<\/a> with a litany of grievances against &ldquo;ultra-right MAGA&rdquo; Republicans because Republican-led states have prioritized policies such as parental rights and notification requirements regarding curriculum and claims of transgender identity among students, as well as school choice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Randi Weingarten says Trump is an &#8220;existential threat to democracy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The November elections will determine which path we take.. it is seldom a dramatic event or attack that lets fascism in the door. The violence comes later, after they are voted in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unhinged lunatic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/87K6mYDhKP\">pic.twitter.com\/87K6mYDhKP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1815456591682187465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The resolution also claims the Republican-led states have adopted policies that &ldquo;outlaw the teaching of history and concepts opposed by those in power&rdquo; despite the fact that the AFT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/news\/connecting-history-racism-today-teaching-1619-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed<\/a> teaching school children the pseudo-historical 1619 Project from Nikole Hannah-Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Another claim from the resolution states that Republicans &ldquo;enable the widespread banning of books in schools and libraries in their disfavor,&rdquo; although the books Republicans have attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3051134\/fauci-unmasked-consequences-school-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>remove<\/a> from schools are generally those with pornographic and even pedophilic material, including illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers union also condemned moves to restrict abortion and sex transitions for children in the resolution, claiming that restricting the irreversible medical interventions for children is &ldquo;discriminatory&rdquo; despite the large and growing body of evidence that the drugs and procedures are either not backed by scientific research or are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution from the teachers union also calls former President Donald Trump a &ldquo;Nazi&rdquo; and claims the Supreme Court granted him the right to conduct a coup d&rsquo;etat or assassinate his political rivals. Similar rhetoric has been widely condemned by conservatives, who have argued that the fearmongering about the Republican presidential nominee may have contributed to the attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the convention is not over, and not all the resolutions set to be brought to a vote have had a chance yet, the AFT&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/documents\/2024\/proposed_book_final_for_posting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>book of proposals<\/a> is also full of far-left priorities, such as &ldquo;stop enabling genocide: halt U.S. military aid to Israel&rdquo; and &ldquo;committing to end a &lsquo;lifetime on alert&rsquo; for physical and psychological violence against LGBTQIA+ youth and adults,&rdquo; which endorses a plethora of gender ideology priorities. The book of proposals includes one supporting the right for biological boys to play on girls&rsquo; sports teams. <\/p>\n<p>Another proposal would see the AFT endorse &ldquo;Black Lives Matter at School,&rdquo; which is a K-12 movement from supporters of the violent organization to push children to be social justice activists, as well as get rid of police officers in schools.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1709762\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709762\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pokesperson confirmed President Biden&rsquo;s \u200cendorsement for\u2064 Harris\u2063 in a statement released Monday. 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