AFT’s Weingarten Says It’s Anti-Semitic and Homophobic to Criticize Her Work
‘I happen to be married to a rabbi’
Nov 13, 2023 5:00 PM
By Grabien Staff
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WEINGARTEN: “if I let them bully me, what about every educator? What about every worker? What about every vulnerable student? And the other thing I've come to learn is if you're a member of a minority group -- look, there's lots of anti-Semitism, I happen to be a very -- you know, I happen to be married to a rabbi, and I happen to really believe in my faith, and there's a lot of homophobia. And I happen to be the first out lesbian as a labor leader in the country ever. And so this kind of attack of identity that's all rolled into it too.”
