Chicago teachers’ union boss grilled
for sending son to private school after
calling school choice racist
Posted By: mc squared, 9/17/2023 12:19:12 PM
A Chicago teachers’ union boss stepped in it Tuesday during a CNN interview where she was grilled on hypocritically putting her son in a private school after calling school choice racist. You’ve likened in the past private schools of today to quote ‘segregation academies’ of the Jim Crow South,” CNN host Abby Phillip surprisingly told Chicago Teachers’ Union President Stacy Davis Gates. “Why then send your child to a private school after speaking out so publicly against them?” /snip/ she attempted to parse her words, asserting that she criticized school choice, not private schools. Which is a distinction without a difference.
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A Chicago teachers’ union boss stepped in it Tuesday during a CNN interview where she was grilled on hypocritically putting her son in a private school after calling school choice racist.
You’ve likened in the past private schools of today to quote ‘segregation academies’ of the Jim Crow South,” CNN host Abby Phillip surprisingly told Chicago Teachers’ Union President Stacy Davis Gates. “Why then send your child to a private school after speaking out so publicly against them?” /snip/
she attempted to parse her words, asserting that she criticized school choice, not private schools. Which is a distinction without a difference.
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“The climate crisis is a matter of life and death for countless people. We choose to physically stop fossil fuel infrastructure. We are reclaiming the future,” she reportedly said at the time.
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Leftist cyberbullies took to X,
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Here we go.
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Good Riddance to the Bush Regime
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Reagan was a principled conservative, an excellent communicator, and a generation leader. His two terms were highly successful, and he left office with high approval ratings and eight years of impressive accomplishments.
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Saying one thing and doing another? Must be a lib Democrat.
Note that her 2 other children attend public school to retain her bona fides.