American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently resigned with great fanfare from the Democratic National Committee, part of a public rift with DNC Chair Ken Martin. Democratic leaders should thank Weingarten for her service, then lock the door behind her as she makes her way out.

As one of the most powerful labor leaders in America, Weingarten was a key architect of the disastrous Biden-Harris pandemic school closures. Those closures managed to simultaneously erase two decades of learning progress for an entire generation of American children, while also eliminating Democrats’ massive electoral advantage on the issue of education dating back to Bill Clinton.

As a party leader, Weingarten gaslit Democrats into believing that the best response to the Republican free market smorgasbord of school choice with loosely regulated vouchers is to make sure there is no choice of any kind.

To be clear, I am a former SEIU Local 721 member who strongly supports unions. I have worked in a Democratic White House and on five Democratic presidential campaigns. I am a big-government liberal. I just happen to believe that the purpose of government should be to serve people, not public employee unions like teachers unions, administrators unions, police........

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