AFT president walks back her claim that DeSantis would kill "millions" in Florida

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, whose salary, according to Fox News, is over $560,000, is walking back her bizarre claim that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) would cause "millions" to die in his state. Just because Weingarten makes over 9 times the average salary of the teachers who send her their dues, is no reason to believe she knows what of she speaks.

Weingarten said in an evidence-free tweet that "millions of Floridians are going to die for Ron DeSants' ignorance" in response to an article from The Washington Post pointing out anti-Dr. Anthony Fauci merchandise on the Republican governor's official website.

After receiving some criticism for her Biden-like hyperbole, the American Federation of Teachers president backtracked the claim on Thursday.

"You are all probably right… I shouldn’t have said millions," Weingarten tweeted. "I should have just said DeSantis was wrong to do this.. Fauci is an amazing public servant. He shouldn’t be mocked. But I shouldn’t engage in that kind of hyperbole either. My bad…"

Wow, she said 'my bad.' How cool is that?

Yes, Dr. Fauci is amazing. It's amazing he still has a job after giving mixed messages about masks and making Michael Avenatti's tv appearances look trivial in comparison to his. The guy doesn't seem to know what he's talking about and he first proved that with the AIDS epidemic when he insisted that it was an airborne disease.

Christina Pushaw, DeSantis' press secretary, had shot back at Weingarten's hyperbole, touting the governor's record during the pandemic.

"Florida’s COVID death rate is lower than the national average, and unlike the Governor of New York, we don’t fudge the numbers," Pushaw wrote in a tweet. "Meanwhile, Randi Weingarten ruined the education of millions of kids by keeping them out of school for more than a year based on a conspiracy theory."

Brilliant response and very true.

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