American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten released an excerpt of her new book in which she calls conservatives “fascists” and compares Republicans to Nazis, just days after the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
Weingarten previewed her book, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy,” in Rolling Stone on Tuesday.
“Democracy is people power. But fascists want one leader or a small group of elites to have all the power. And that is what’s happening in the United States right now — with billionaire [President Donald] Trump having enabled his shadow governing partner Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, to act as his co-president,” reads a section of her book.
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