Presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott bit back after American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten compared school choice and parental rights advocates to segregationists.
"Fox News @ Night" panelists Laura Zorc and Debra Tisler discuss American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten's attack on GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for his stance on education., a contender in the Republican race for the White House, took aim at American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on Wednesday after she likened school choice and parental rights advocates to segregationists who opposed the integration of schools.
During the interview, Weingarten likened school choice and parental rights advocates to segregationists in the 1950s who had taken issue with the Supreme Court's ruling on Brown v. Board of Education, which found it unconstitutional to separate children in public schools on the basis of race. Words like those, according to Weingarten, are used as an"attempt to divide parents versus teachers."since 2013, told Fox he took issue with that claim.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during the first Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News at Fiserv Forum on Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.
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