{"id":31477,"date":"2024-08-28T03:56:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2024-08-28T03:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:56:29","slug":"in-resurfaced-remarks-vance-bashes-teachers-union-president-for-not-having-some-of-her-own-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31477","title":{"rendered":"In resurfaced remarks, Vance bashes teachers union president for not having ‘some of her own’ children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee<\/a>, attacked teachers who don\u2019t have children<\/a> in remarks in 2021 that resurfaced Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his public comments, he reserved specific criticism for Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know, so many of the leaders of the left, and I hate to be so personal about this, but they\u2019re people without kids, trying to brainwash the minds of our children,\u201d Vance said at a Center for Christian Virtue leadership forum moderated by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and the group\u2019s president, Aaron Baer, in October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance was joined by other Republican candidates in Ohio\u2019s Senate race for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the candidates were asked about handling problems with schools and making them more responsive to parents, Vance took aim at Weingarten, who has described herself as \u201ca mother by marriage,\u201d by saying she \u201cdoesn\u2019t have a single child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf she wants to brainwash and destroy the mind of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone,\u201d he said in a 30-second clip<\/a> the liberal news site Heartland Signal resurfaced Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign<\/a> later amplified the clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News reviewed the entirety of Vance\u2019s remarks<\/a> from the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance previously drew widespread criticism over other resurfaced remarks from 2021<\/a> in which he called Harris one of the \u201cchildless cat ladies\u201d who \u201cwant to make the rest of the country miserable, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weingarten, whose union endorsed Harris<\/a> last month, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last week in support of her presidential bid.Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Vance, said in a statement to NBC News on Tuesday that Vance \u201cwill continue to loudly call this crap out to defend our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no bigger threat to American children than the left wing indoctrination being peddled in our schools by radicals like Randi Weingarten, with the support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,\u201d Van Kirk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for the teachers union directed NBC News to Weingarten\u2019s comments on X about Vance\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGross! JD Vance\u2019s comments are sad and insulting to millions of modern families, and school teachers including Catholic nuns, none of whom should be targeted for their family decisions,\u201d Weingarten wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Education Association President Becky Pringle said in a statement to NBC News that former President Donald Trump and Vance lack respect for educators who \u201cdedicate their lives to serving students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead they choose to attack and demean us while pushing an extreme, unprecedented Project 2025 agenda on America that will fundamentally jeopardize our children\u2019s futures and give Trump unprecedented power over our daily lives,\u201d Pringle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance isn’t the first Republican who has disparaged Weingarten’s status as a parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Randi Weingarten is a joke. Randi Weingarten does not even have children of her own. What in the hell does she know about raising and teaching kids?” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a Fox News interview<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., made similar remarks<\/a> about Weingarten last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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