It was a bloodbath.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene finally got a chance to get testimony from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
You may remember the reports in 2020 and 2021 that the Biden administration allowed Wengarten to get involved with CDC recommendations and she staunchly fought to keep kids out of school.
Now it was time for Weingarten to appear before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, and Green unloaded.
Greene, “Miss Weingarten, are you a medical doctor?”
“I am not,” Weingarten responded.
Greene then asked, “Are you a mother?”
“I am a mother by marriage. And my wife is here with me, so I’m really glad that she’s here. Sharon Klein,” Weingarten said.
“By marriage. I see. Miss Weingarten and you haven’t taught school since the 90s, so you’re not a teacher anymore,” Greene asked.
“Representative, I’m actually on leave from my teaching position,” the communist teachers union boss replied.
Greene then went after Weingarten social media post affirming Greene’s Twitter suspension.
“It looks like you’re more a political activist by your tweet,” Greene said, then pointed out the emojis Weingarten had posted.
“I’m not sure what the black flex is. Is that digital blackface?” Greene asked.
Weingarten said, “No, it is about honoring Black history,” when Greene interrupted, “Miss Weingarten, I reclaim my time. I didn’t ask you a question.”
The look on Weingarten’s face at the end of the clip is priceless.
MTG TRIGGERS Teachers’ Union boss Randi Weingarten after grilling her over WOKE BLM, Ukraine emojis on her Twitter:
“Unfortunately you think Ukraine comes before the US. I’m not sure what the Black flex is. I mean, is that digital blackface?”????
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 27, 2023
Greene went on, “What I’d like to talk about is your recommendations to the CDC as not a medical doctor, not a biological mother, and really, not a teacher, either…
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) tried to interrupt Greene, but she held her ground.
“Excuse me, this is my time,” she shot back. She then accused Weingarten that “none of your advice was about stopping COVID-19, it was all about teachers staying home.”
“While kids were forced to stay home, and you approved of this, the number of youths with gender dysphoria surged,” Greene said while producing a chart.
“So kids were forced to stay home into so-called virtual learning, where they were spending a lot of time on social media and all of a sudden we see a direct result of this. And this is a major problem. But the other problem is, you had no business advising the CDC what the medical guidelines were for school closures. Because now we have a nation of schoolchildren who have suffered because of it,” Greene added.
“The problem is, people like you need to admit that you’re just a political activist. Not a teacher, not a doctor, and not a mother,” she concluded.
.@RepMTG Calling Out Left Wing Activist And President Of The American Federation Of Teachers Randi Weingarten@mtgreenee: “You had no business advising the CDC what the medical guidelines were for school closures. Because now we have a nation of school children who have suffered… pic.twitter.com/MEjrzzkDcI
— The Columbia Bugle ???????? (@ColumbiaBugle) April 26, 2023
Rep. Garcia then tried to censor MTG and remove the testimony from the record.
“Point of order, I just want to make a note that the decorum of the attacks on the witness were unacceptable, that the gentle lady from Georgia just did,” Garcia said.
“And so it would be nice if we didn’t attack the witnesses, particularly making the decision as whether or not she’s a mother,” Garcia argued.
The motion was denied.
.@RepMTG Highlights The Data Showing That Gender Dystrophia Surged During The COVID School Closures pic.twitter.com/eXUJ5azWqP
— The Columbia Bugle ???????? (@ColumbiaBugle) April 26, 2023
