Teachers Union Head Blames COVID School Closures on Trump, Says Biden ‘Gets Reopening Done’

Teachers Union Head Blames COVID School Closures on Trump, Says Biden ‘Gets Reopening Done’
American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten addresses a 'Let's Finish the Job for the People' rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
|Updated:
0:00

Amid reports of severe learning loss suffered by American children during school closures, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten is trying to deflect the blame for the widespread school closures onto the Trump administration.

“While former President Donald Trump and his education secretary, Ms. [Betsy] DeVos, ranted and raved, their successors put the safety measures in place to get reopening done,” Weingarten claimed in a letter published Sunday in The Wall Street Journal.

Related Topics