“But it’s never been as bad as right now — where it’s not just political, it’s cultural. People had a different view of how to do education, but there was not this attack on people’s basic humanity. This is really new. Randi Weingarten
Another MAGA Republican just put a bullseye on the back of an innocent American citizen; this time, it is Randi Weingarten, the President of the American Federation of Teachers. Mike Pompeo, the former Secretary of State under Donald Trump, accused the teacher of being more dangerous than Kim Il Jong, XI, and even Putin, who is actively committing genocide in Ukraine and threatening nuclear warheads to be used in Europe.
You can bet right-wing media and politicians will not be satisfied until this woman dies. The echo chamber has only begun; violence is now an integral part of the GQP SOP.
In response to the Semafor interview, Weingarten posted a tweet.
I know that Mike Pompeo’s is running for president, and frankly I don’t know whether to characterize his characterization of me in the interview as ridiculous or dangerous.
Olafimihan Oshin writes in The Hill:
In an interview with Semafor, Pompeo, who is thought to be eyeing a potential 2024 White House bid, said that education is one of the central issues that Republicans should focus on, noting his criticism of Weingarten and the current teaching curriculum in U.S. school systems.
“I tell the story often — I get asked ‘Who’s the most dangerous person in the world? Is it Chairman Kim, is it Xi Jinping?’ The most dangerous person in the world is Randi Weingarten,” Pompeo said.
“It’s not a close call. If you ask, ‘Who’s the most likely to take this republic down?’ It would be the teacher’s unions, and the filth that they’re teaching our kids, and the fact that they don’t know math and reading or writing,” the former top U.S. diplomat added.
“These are the things that candidates should speak to in a way that says, ‘Here’s the problem. Here’s a proposal for how to solve it. And if given the opportunity, these are the things I will go work on to try and deliver that outcome that fixes that problem,'” Pompeo concluded. “Pretty straightforward stuff.”
I recommend reading the entire Interview at Semafor conducted by David Weigel and Shelby Talcott. It is full of maniacal crazy.
IMO, this unhinged rant on Randi Weingarten is not an oops moment. Pompeo was a former SoS, Harvard Graduate, Director of the CIA, and first in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point; he knows his words will rile up the violence and murderous wrath that the GQP thrives on.
He believes that education is his path to the Whitehouse. Not improving the education of students, mind you, but to scare the beejeebus out of parents about gay schoolchildren, critical race theory, and other demonizations of people he hates.
Recent threats by Republicans have put the lives of FBI officers, IRS accountants, local election officials and workers, LGBT people, Black people, intellectuals, Jewish people, health care workers, scientists, climate activists, women, Asians, and Hispanics at risk of violence and death. The list is endless, really.
We are in a civil war, and it’s best we recognize it and proceed with the caution and strategy the situation requires. Does anyone know why these groups and individuals have not been labeled terrorists by the DOJ?
I am still seething over what happened at Club Q. An attack against one of us is an attack on all of us.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller