Randi Weingarten Roasted for Claim About DeSantis and His Opponents: ‘Oh, Honey’

The head of a major teachers union is facing mockery for a claim she made about what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is doing to his opponents. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)…

Bradley CortrightApr 4, 20232 min read

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“Oh, honey,” Redfern wrote.

A community note was also added to Weingarten’s tweet, which stated, “Tallahassee Police Department is an agency controlled by the City of Tallahassee. The city commission has a Democratic Party majority and the mayor is a member of the Democratic Party.”

One user named Jason Jones tweeted, “Wait until you find out what your fellow democrats are doing to Trump.”

Meanwhile, the Florida Republican Party wrote, “Thank you for reminding us that are NOT the party of law order. The press release from the City of Tallahassee (run by Democrats) outlines how Democrats were warned multiple times that they must comply with local laws.”

Conservative commentator Abby Libby tweeted, “Are you stupid or are you just lying? The mayor of Tallahassee is a Democrat, actually.”

School Choice Now Senior Fellow Corey DeAngelis wrote, “The local police are controlled by the mayor, a Democrat.”

Radio host Casey Hendrickson joked, “Not only is she lying, she misspelled ‘BIDEN.'”

John Miltimore, the managing editor of the Foundation for Economic Education, wrote, “It really is a good thing Biden’s Ministry of Truth never got off the ground. Because this whopper would have Randi in Room 101.”