{"id":981015,"date":"2021-11-07T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=981015"},"modified":"2021-11-07T13:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:28:42","slug":"photo-teachers-union-president-slammed-for-removing-mask-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-teachers-union-president-slammed-for-removing-mask-at-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO: Teachers Union President Slammed for Removing Mask at Conference"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fphoto-teachers-union-president-slammed-for-removing-mask-at-conference%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=981015&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1340300215-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, who has pushed for masking in schools, is being criticized for removing her mask during the 2021 SOMOS conference in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>In a reply to a social media post from Adriana Aviles, a parent who shared pictures of the union president sitting maskless with others at the conference, Weingarten tried to defend her actions, noting, \u201cYou could not be [at] #Somos or the hotel or panel [without] proof of vaccination. I had also just done a rapid Covid test &amp; was negative,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/teachers-union-head-randi-weingarten-removes-mask-indoors\">reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8842729970326\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gotta love when school leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOEChancellor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DOEChancellor<\/a> mingle with others..in a packed room\u2026with no masks..yet\u2026I wonder if everyone needed proof of Vax to attend this &#8216;work vaca&#8217;\u2026they sure didn&#8217;t need masks\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AppletoZucchini?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AppletoZucchini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daniela127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@daniela127<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chalkbeat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Chalkbeat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tjr4dQsiu1\">pic.twitter.com\/Tjr4dQsiu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adriana Aviles (@nanalatinaAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanalatinaAA\/status\/1456750841482858497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3393393393393\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You could not be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Somos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Somos<\/a> or the hotel or panel w\/o proof of vaccination. I had also just done a rapid Covid test &amp; was negative.Frankly   I think you are right. If kids are wearing masks in schools to protect themselves &amp; others educators must wear masks inside as well. I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1457036506682597377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weingarten conceded that Aviles was correct in pointing out her hypocrisy and apologized.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think you are right,\u201d Weingarten said. \u201cIf kids are wearing masks in schools to protect themselves &amp; others educators must wear masks inside as well. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Weingarten was again criticized by Daniela Jampel, who is a founding member of the group Keep NYC Schools Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou enjoyed not having to wear a mask, right?\u201d Jampel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daniela127\/status\/1457040904322265090?s=20\">asked<\/a> her.&nbsp;\u201cWhile students in the city you live in \u2013 many of whom are vaccinated \u2013 have to wear their masks for 6+ hrs every day, even outdoors, while they\u2019re in school. If you claim to be pro-student, as you claim, it\u2019s time to take a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten replied and said she wears&nbsp;\u201ca mask most of the time indoors\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1457046685692174342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1457046685692174342%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fteachers-union-head-randi-weingarten-removes-mask-indoors\">claimed<\/a> her fellow panelists \u201ctook them off as people were having a hard time hearing us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0649350649351\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wear a mask most of the time indoors. We took them off as people were having a hard time hearing us<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1457046685692174342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During an interview on MSNBC\u2019s <em>MTP Daily<\/em> in July, Weingarten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/07\/28\/weingarten-masks-needed-if-we-want-to-keep-schools-open-doesnt-rule-out-strike-over-states-banning-mandates\/\">said<\/a> we need masks in schools \u201cif we want kids to be in school and we want everybody to be safe and we want to keep schools open,\u201d and did not rule out striking over states banning school mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Weingarten\u2019s response articulates what so many parents already know \u2013 masks are a hindrance to communication and to learning,\u201d Jampel recently told Fox News. \u201cBut unlike adults, when kids in school can\u2019t understand or hear their teacher, or can\u2019t be understood or heard themselves, they do not have the option of simply removing their masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten has argued in favor of school children being required to wear masks, claiming \u201cuniversal masking\u201d was the safest way to keep schools open during the fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Weingarten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/09\/06\/weingarten-it-is-morally-reprehensible-governors-are-fighting-mask-mandates-in-schools\/\">called<\/a> governors banning mask mandates in schools \u201cmorally reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, who has pushed for masking in schools, is being criticized for removing her mask during the 2021 SOMOS conference in Puerto Rico. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981015","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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}