The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has endorsed Hillary Clinton a whopping 16 months before Election Day. The Wall Street Journal,
This counts in the fight for the Democratic Party nomination because the 1.6 million member union boasts it can make a million phone calls and knock on 500,000 doors. Bernie’s Birkenstock irregulars can’t match that political power and money.
The endorsement is even more notable as another sign of Hillary’s left political turn. Democrats in New York and elsewhere have been debating education reform, but by embracing the AFT Mrs. Clinton is choosing the union status quo that opposes school choice and teacher accountability.
Listen to AFT president Randi Weingarten’s endorsement: “Hillary understands that to reclaim the promise of public education, policy makers need to work with educators and their unions. She’s ready to work with us to confront the issues facing children and their families today, including poverty, wage stagnation, income inequality and lack of opportunity.” Translation: Mrs. Clinton will send unions more money without hassling them on tenure and charter schools.
It was Al Shanker of the AFT who essentially invented Charter Schools. Hillary and Randi Weingarten of the AFT have a relationship that goes back 15 years or more. The AFT hasn’t been nearly as anti-charter as the larger NEA.
I don’t expect ShifyWA to actually know any of these things, because they’re not the brightest luminaries of the conservative media, but all the same.