Teachers Union Leader Suggests Without Evidence That Trump Is Pulling Student Funding To Pay ‘Billionaires’

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten suggested without evidence Tuesday that President Donald Trump is snatching money away from funding public 🎓Education to give to “billionaires.”

The Trump administration has reportedly begun drafting an executive order to eliminate the Department of 🎓Education (DOE) and direct Congress to pass legislation to officially dissolve the agency, after having repeatedly stated that public 🎓Education should be managed by states. Weingarten claimed that Trump intends to use the money directed toward public schools and allocate it toward tax cuts for billionaires.

“Congress appropriates the money directly for these kids. Where’s the money going? Who’s taking it? Are they trying to take that money that kids get for tax cuts for billionaires? What’s going on? That’s why we have to see what they’re doing. It is illegal to take that money out of children’s mouths and give it to billionaires,” Weingarten said.

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The AFT president further said the Education