Andrew Cuomo under investigation over allegedly lying about COVID decisions

"Mr. Cuomo, do you have anything that will poke me, hurt me, or stick me?"

The Justice Department’s got former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in its crosshairs, and it’s a wild ride. 

Word on the street is that the DOJ’s sniffing around Cuomo for allegedly pulling a fast one on Congress about his COVID-19 decisions while he was running the Empire State. This has been confirmed by Fox News.

The New York Times dropped the bombshell that the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. kicked off this probe about a month ago, right after top DOJ brass told prosecutors to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams like a hot potato.

The DOJ’s keeping its lips sealed, declining to comment to Fox News. 

Now, here’s where it gets spicy. The Trump administration is in a weird spot, closing the book on Adams’ case while cracking open a fresh one on Cuomo, Adams’ big rival, just months apart. Talk about a political soap opera. Cuomo’s gunning for the Big Apple’s mayor spot in the Democratic primary, while Adams is fighting to keep his seat as an independent. 

Cuomo’s camp isn’t taking this lying down. His spokesperson, Rich Azzopardi, came out swinging: “We have never been informed of any such matter, so why would someone leak it now? The answer is obvious: This is lawfare and election interference plain and simple—something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against. Governor Cuomo testified truthfully to the best of his recollection about events from four years earlier, and he offered to address any follow-up questions from the Subcommittee — but from the beginning this was all transparently political.” Shots fired.

Last year, Republican lawmakers grilled Cuomo like a cheap steak over his handling of the COVID-19 clusterfrack. House Republicans didn’t hold back, urging the DOJ to slap him with criminal charges for allegedly lying through his teeth during the House Oversight Committee’s probe into the sky-high nursing home death toll. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, (R-KY), personally handed Cuomo’s case to Trump’s DOJ for prosecution.

Cuomo, the Democratic golden boy and current frontrunner in NYC’s mayoral primary, was first referred to the Biden DOJ for criminal charges back in October 2024. Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then head of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, didn’t mince words, accusing Cuomo of making “multiple criminally false statements” to Congress about the 2020 nursing home death scandal.

Rewind to March 2020. Cuomo, then governor, issued a directive that stopped nursing homes from turning away COVID-positive patients, all in the name of freeing up hospital beds. That move backfired big time—over 9,000 recovering COVID patients were sent to nursing homes, and many say it poured gas on the outbreak fire. The directive got scrapped after the damage was done.

Eight plaintiffs in a lawsuit claimed their loved ones caught COVID in nursing homes and died because of Cuomo’s call. They’re pointing fingers at him and his crew, saying they’re civilly liable for the deaths and for fudging the nursing home death count. A March 2022 New York state comptroller report backed that up, slamming Cuomo’s Health Department for being “not transparent in its reporting of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes” and understating deaths by as much as 50% at times. Ouch.

Cuomo’s defense? He says he was just following CDC and CMS guidance at the time. Classic pass-the-buck move from a liar.

Fast forward to last month, Comer sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, griping that the Biden crew ignored his earlier referral despite “clear facts and evidence.” He’s now begging Bondi to take a hard look and “take appropriate action.”

Comer didn’t hold back in a Monday statement, tearing into Cuomo: “Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York. This wasn’t a slip-up – it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from responsibility for the devastating loss of life in New York’s nursing homes. 

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Let’s be clear, lying to Congress is a federal crime. Andrew Cuomo must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The House Oversight Committee is prepared to fully cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation into Andrew Cuomo’s actions and ensure he’s held to account.”

So, there you have it—a political cage match with Cuomo in the hot seat. Will he dodge this bullet, or is the DOJ about to land a knockout punch? Stay tuned, because this one’s gonna get messy.

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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky resigns

Finally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is stepping down from her role as a government puppet. She will be out the door by the end of June, she announced Friday.

The White House thanked Walensky for the work she did for them, and Joe Biden thanked her too.

"The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency marks a tremendous transition for our country, for public health, and in my tenure as CDC Director," Walensky wrote in her resignation letter to President Biden. "I took on this role, at your request, with the goal of leaving behind the dark days of the pandemic and moving CDC – and public health – forward into a much better and more trusted place."

"Dr. Walensky has saved lives with her steadfast and unwavering focus on the health of every American. As Director of the CDC, she led a complex organization on the frontlines of a once-in-a-generation pandemic with honesty and integrity. She marshalled our finest scientists and public health experts to turn the tide on the urgent crisis we’ve faced," President Biden mumbled. "Dr. Walensky leaves CDC a stronger institution, better positioned to confront health threats and protect Americans. We have all benefited from her service and dedication to public health, and I wish her the best in her next chapter," the president read from a piece of paper he was handed.

More to come as we follow this remarkable scientist who has made inroads and outroads on COVID-19.

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COVID studies have begun regarding link to myocarditis

Finally, studies have begun to determine the long-term impact of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in order to determine if there is a causal link between the vaccines [which in itself is a misnomer since it does not do what vaccinations are intended to do] and myocarditis. 

The Food and Drug Administration had required Pfizer and BioNTech to conduct the studies when it approved the companies’ drug for use in August 2021 and required one study to be completed by the next presidential election. Another longer five-year study is to be completed by 2026 if the Democrats have not made the country a China possession by then.

The FDA sent a similar letter to Moderna in January that called for one study to be completed by 2023 and the longer-term study by 2028.

Moderna has begun two trials, according to NBC News. Pfizer, the outlet reported, will be starting its trials soon and early results could be released early 2023.

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle, while pericarditis is an inflammation of the heart’s outer lining. There have been ongoing debates over the link between the vaccines and heart issues.

A study by Canadian researchers in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that there is an elevated risk of heart issues within a boat three weeks of the second dose of the vaccine, eh.

“Some rare, but serious, side effects have been observed after both [the Moderna and Pfizer] vaccines, mainly myocarditis,” according to a news release from the American College of Cardiology.

Researchers found that the incidence of myocarditis within 21 days of the second dose was 35.6 cases per million. In 2018, the incidence of myocarditis in the general population was around two per million, so there's that.

A study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine also noted a connection, although it said the risk is low, especially if you don't take the vaccine.

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“We found that myocarditis/pericarditis 0 to 7 days after mRNA vaccination in persons aged 5 to 39 years occurred in approximately 1 in 200 000 doses after the first dose and 1 in 30 000 doses after second dose of the primary series, and 1 in 50 000 doses after the first booster,” the study said. 

Both studies noted that young men were at the highest risk of developing myocarditis after receiving the vaccine, so Joe Biden is probably safe.

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NIH and CDC hemorrhaging top staff too embarrassed to work for them

It isn't the janitors and secretaries who are leaving the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in droves, it's their top health experts. They are leaving precisely because they are experts and are embarrassed by the "bad science" to which they are having to give a stamp of approval, including the COVID vaccinating of children under the age of 5 to make their advice acceptable to the current shysters in the White House.

The morale among the scientists in these agencies understandably suck. 

Both agencies are suffering due to poor decisions the leadership has made, says Dr. Marty Makary, a top health expert at Johns Hopkins University [Go Beaker Boilers!] in Common Sense.

These unscientific decisions include such things as masking in schools, closures in schools during the pandemic, and authorization of the COVID-19 vaccines for kids four and younger, when it is statistically known that children are the least at risk for contracting the disease, spreading it, and being in danger from it.

Both agencies, along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been up to their lips in controversy throughout the pandemic for inconsistent messaging and for decision making that did not seen to line up with available science. [See also Drs. Anthony Fauci and Jill Biden.]

Dr. Marty Makary

'They have no leadership right now. Suddenly there's an enormous number of jobs opening up at the highest level positions,' an NIH scientist who asked to remain anonymous due to their worry over being doxxed, "peacefully" protested against, and fired,  told the Substack publication run by former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss.

Schools, and the cowardly, useless, National Teachers Union became the first real battleground of the COVID-19 pandemic in America. The terrible effects shutdowns created for the nation's children and others were, and still are, horrific. It has reached a point where even teachers, lawyers, and even some Supreme Court justices cannot define the word "woman," and many have become so confused from the shutdowns that they believe men can have babies.

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We are going to have to wait and see what happens next with these institutions. If it was up to the current administration, they would close them down and have the US fall under the governance of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Federal judge blocks Biden admin mask mandate on public transportation

Masks are also useful for catching drool

A federal judge voided the Biden-Harris-Klain-Obama administration's mask mandate for people using public transportation such as buses, trains and planes.

The unscientific mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention applies to people as young as 2 years old, for no particular reason as there is more danger for a 2-year-old from the flu than there is from Covid-19 and any of its mutations. 

The mandate had been slated to expire several times but PINO Biden mumbled something about it extending to May 3rd, as if the virus has a calendar or a smart phone. Monday's ruling put a kibosh on the lunacy.

The ruling came from U.S.. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, emanating from a case brought in Florida federal court by Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc. and frequent air travelers Ana Daza and Sarah Pope against the alleged Biden administration. 

Judge Mizelle determined that the mandate violated the Administrative Procedure Act by being outside the scope of the CDC's authority, was "arbitrary" and "capricious" and not going through the required notice and comment period for federal rule-making. 

That cool and sexy "mask-on-ear" move

In other words, the CDC makes crap up as they go along to do what the White House tells them to do.

Judge Mizelle examined the section of the Public Health Services Act of 1944 that was the basis for the mandate. That law allows the CDC "to make and enforce such regulations" deemed "necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States[.]" To this end, the law says that CDC can utilize "inspection, fumigation disinfection sanitation, pest extermination, destruction of animals or articles found to be so infect or contaminated as to be sources of dangerous infection to human beings, and other measures[.]" The administration, the judge noted, has claimed that the mask mandate falls under "sanitation."

Well, the one thing they got right was that the masks have created a sanitation problem. If someone could come up with a way to completely sanitize discarded masks found all over the place, as Trump might phrase it, they would become a millionaire, or else be stuck with millions of cleaned up masks.

The judge noted that one could view "sanitation" as being an active measure to clean or as a preventative measure to keep something from getting dirty or infected, but through an examination of the statutory language, she determined it was the former.

"The context of [the statute] indicates that ‘sanitation’ and ‘other measures’ refer to measures that clean something, not ones that keep something clean," Mizelle wrote. "Wearing a mask cleans nothing." 

It certainly doesn't clean Hunter Biden's mind nor laptop.

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Immediately following the announcement, United Airlines told employees that the mandate will remain in effect until they receive guidance from the federal government on how to proceed, convincing many of us who are sick and tired of this nonsense to fly Delta.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden's brain continues to erode.

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Texas ENT Doctor accused of spreading 'misinformation' and suspended, sues the hospital

Houston, Texas ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Mary Bowden, runs a private practice and announced Monday that she is suiting Houston Methodist Hospital after they accused her of spreading "misinformation" about COVID-19, FOX 26 Houston reported.

Who does she think she is anyway--Anthony Fauci or the CDC?

Her lawsuit seeks data from the hospital detailing the effects of the vaccines and financial reports.

Dr. Bowden held provisional privileges at Houston Methodist prior to she resigned in mid-November of last year after a public dispute with the hospital.

Houston Methodist Hospital posted a series of tweets in November that Bowden had been using her social media to express political opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine and treatments, the FOX 26 reports. The hospital powers that be accused her of "spreading dangerous misinformation which is not based in science" [aka Dr. Fauci].

Bowden said, "Vaccine mandates are wrong" and highlighted her attempts to prescribe patients Ivermectin, a controversial drug hailed as a coronavirus treatment option by some, but apparently shows some efficacy as witnessed by Joe Rogan's recovery and perhaps those of myriad Indians.

Methodist hospital said Bowden had never admitted a patient at the hospital.

Bowden held a press conference in November and said the way Methodist hospital handled the situation led to her name being "vilified" and people calling her "the sister of the devil." She said her focus was on treating the unvaccinated and she wanted to "eliminate the mandates" and let "people have a choice."

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How horrible is that--people actually having a choice as if it's their body and choice and not Big Pharma's.

Don't be surprised gentle reader, to discover, perhaps years from now, that those who touted the vaccines and boosters, and more boosters, had lined their pockets with incredible wealth of insatiable proportion.

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The Love n' Lost Cruise Ship Industry and Biden's Middle Finger

"Oh my God! It's COVID dead ahead1"

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the cruise ship industry like an iceberg, especially since much of their sinking numbers are self-inflicted. The problem stems from their robotic lockstep with federal dictates and suggestions from politicians with dysfunctional cerebral cortexes, with some names that rhyme with Blow Hidin' and Phony Grouchy, for example. Politicians and fake experts that want to impose "vaccine passports" on travelers so that they can magically not pass along the coronavirus even though vaccines do not stop its spread.

The only thing vaccine passports accomplish is to add a piece of memorabilia to our future scrapbooks under: "Stupid Things We Did In Days of Covid."

Cities such as New York, have not only vaccine passports, but also a vaccine mandate, the results of which have New York leading the entire freaking country in new coronavirus case at present. Again, vaccines help assuage the worst symptoms and may save your life when you contract Covid, but it does nothing for the spread. 

Former idiot Mayor de Blasio (C) called for young children to get the vaccine, in spite of all the evidence pointing to the fact that kids aren't at risk like adults, especially older adults with pre-existing conditions like obesity and diabetes. The Communist former mayor also wanted children to wear masks in school because a teacher's pink pussy hat does not protect her from the virus.

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) fought against mask and vaccine mandates, the cruise ship industry symbolically flipped him off and even actively opposed him in court. Carnival and Royal Caribbean knelt at the alter of Dementia Joe, and they had no legal reason to do so.

But now the seagulls have come ashore to roost.

The CDC is currently recommending that people do not take cruise ships while the variant known as Omicron is spreading faster than Kamala Harris at a Willie Brown birthday bash. It's killing everyone in its path and will soon destroy mankind as we know it. Wait! I'm wrong--it appears to be no worse than a runny nose. 

It turns out that more people die from falling out of bed than Omicron. But the media tries to scare us by giving us the infection numbers rather than hospitalizations and deaths. 

The Washington Post tweeted:

CDC warns against cruising after 5,000 new coronavirus cases in past 2 weeks https://t.co/JMn0rH91mR

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 30, 2021

Of these 5,000 cases, 0.0 people have died.

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The cruise ship companies could have taken Florida's and Texas' side in the Covid pandemic but they chose to be woke even when there was no data to support their decision. 

So let those cruise ship companies take the CDC's and Biden's side and let the executives go down with their ships. They deserve it and really, it's wonderful to see.

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Biden restarts Afghan infiltration of Pennsylvania after measles outbreak at US bases

President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., has restarted flying in thousands of Afghans to the United States in spite of the measles outbreak they bring along with them. The flights are headed to Philadelphia International Airport, in Pennsylvania and were originally stopped due to the measles found on multiple U.S. military bases.

The Afghan refugees will be resettled across 46 states and the flights will exclusively land in Philadelphia.

Currently, there are about 53,000 Afghans living on U.S. bases in Wisconsin, Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, New Jersey, and Virginia. The administration hopes to bring at least 95,000 Afghan Democrats to the U.S. in total over the next 12 months.

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Late last month, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that some Afghans on the U.S. bases had spurred outbreaks of measles, varicella, mumps, tuberculosis, malaria, leishmaniasis, hepatitis A, and the Chinese coronavirus. 

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had completed its nationwide vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella for Afghan arrivals and thus stated that flights would “resume this week.” It isn't clear whether the Biden administration will attempt to repatriate Americans and our Afghan allies left stranded in Afghanistan, but that doesn't seem to be a priority.

There continues to be no requirement for newly arrived Afghans to receive one of the three available coronavirus vaccines, in spite of U.S. citizens having their freedom taken from them if they refuse the Fauci Ouchie. Ironically, the Afghans will also be receiving better care than homeless U.S veterans.

The unpopular Biden administration claims that about 84 percent of Afghans arriving in the U.S. and still overseas awaiting resettlement have received a coronavirus vaccine.

Last week, as part of a government funding bill, 49 House Republicans and Senate Republicans voted with the Democrats to pass a plan that opens an “unlimited” flow of Afghan refugee resettlement to the U.S. and funds taxpayer-funded welfare for the new arrivals. 

[See lists below. H/T Breitbart News.]

One provision of the bill giving driver’s licenses to Afghans actually allows the new arrivals to skirt national security requirements imposed by the REAL ID Act that American citizens and all other legal immigrants must follow.

What could go wrong? I mean, has Joe Biden ever been wrong about foreign or domestic policy?

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CDC still hiding COVID data regarding mask reversal

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention [an oxymoron when it comes to COVID-19] issued new guidance that fully vaccinated people from the coronavirus should wear masks indoors in spite of the conflicting messages Pope Fauci had previously made public. 

If the vaccine protects us from the virus, then why should masks be worn? After all, if vaccinated people choose not to wear a mask and are willing to take the chance they might get reinfected with less chance of dying from coronavirus, then what is the problem?

Also, if you choose to take your chances with not getting vaccinated, that should be your right. And if you don't want your child getting the shot because they have a better chance of dying from the flu or suicide, that should be a parent's right, not a government mandate.

But the CDC is mandating a new guidance and refusing to show their work as to how they came to that conclusion. Their lack of clarity and obvious political inclinations as to how they base their decisions seems more likely to emanate from a totalitarian ideology than a scientific one. 

I had the jabs, I will not wear a mask because I cannot infect you and you cannot infect me. If you don't want the jabs, that's on you and I respect your decision even if I disagree with it. Why doesn't the government do the same?

And what's with Speaker Pelosi (D) with her cloth designer masks? The CDC says that cloth masks are basically useless, much like the Speaker herself. 

The idea that masks must be worn practically at all times is a deterrent for those who may have been weighing on whether to get vaccinated. What's the point if nothing changes?

"While the CDC issued their guidance yesterday at about 3 p.m., they have not yet released their scientific reports on the data that underlies their recommendation," New York City Health and Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz said at a Wednesday press conference with Comrade Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the top worst Democratic mayors of major US cities.

Supported the Sandinista cause

"I think we owe it to New Yorkers to very carefully, as you say, review that information and understand its implications," Katz added. "Our focus has to be on getting people vaccinated."

"We're assessing the information. What really is important is to assess the research behind it. Which is what our team is doing," de Blasio said when asked why the city is delaying any action to mandate mask-wearing for vaccinated folks. "We've got to make sure we understand the ramifications and what makes sense to do."

For de Blasio, it would be to resign and take up blow-painting with Hunter Biden.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, a Harvard graduate, explained that the reason for the CDC's reversal on indoor masking for vaccinated people is because "in rare occasions, some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious and pass the virus to others."

[In rate occasions sober people driving within the speed limit get into fatal accidents. Does that mean we should prevent people from driving altogether, or perhaps make a federal speed limit of 5 miles per hour to prevent deaths? Harvard has become a joke.] 

They "may be contagious," Walensky said, because "the amount of virus" in vaccinated people infected by the delta variant "is pretty similar to the amount of virus in unvaccinated people."

But what's the mortality rate? If the symptoms are mild and practically nobody dies, who gives a crap? Should we wear masks forever because, you know, the flu, the common cold, the Democrats?

"The vast majority of transmission is occurring through unvaccinated individuals," Walensky said Tuesday. But, she added, "we thought it was important for [vaccinated] people to understand that they could pass the disease onto someone else." 

Yes, someone who decided to not get vaccinated because they have the right not to put something into their body. Whatever happened to "my body, my choice?" It's only true for the left when it's convenient.

Lastly, want to fight the COVID crisis in the United States? Stop undiagnosed illegal aliens from coming into the country with their high percentage of the virus.

If the GOP can't win back both Houses, they are useless and we will deserve what we get.

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Teacher's Union leader blasted for her anti-Semitic comments

I recall once seeing teacher's union president Randi Weingarten on television in which she was listening to a speech, possibly by Ed Koch, the Democratic New York City mayor at the time. [This was obviously prior to her position as UFT. and later the AFT president.] As she sat there, here eyes glazed over like Krispy Kreme donuts and eventually closed. She slept.

I didn't know much about her at the time, but I knew that I wouldn't want her in my foxhole, and not even as a coworker. As a young women back then, she seemed to have the energy of a solar panel at the North Pole in winter.

Weingarten, a Jew, is being condemned by civil rights groups and others for accusing Jewish Americans of depriving others of the chance in their bid to reopen schools amid the coronavirus that virtually causes almost zero harm to children and poses little to no danger to teachers in the classroom.

Sleepy Randi, who heads the American Federation of Teachers, is currently in the middle of several fights over school reopening and it seems if she could have her way, the schools would remain closed, at least until the proverbial cows come home. She has pushed back on Center for Disease Control guidance about physical distancing guidelines in school.

Weingarten's comments about American Jews unleashed a firestorm of condemnations from groups that accused Weingarten of trafficking in anti-Semitic tropes.

Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of the Conference of Jewish Affairs, accused her of "denouncing her own people and inciting others against Jews in order to be the darling of the Left."

"She took legitimate criticism of her union’s refusal to go back to work as a way to demonize the Jewish community. Historically this was labeled ‘scapegoating,'" Spero said. "She understands that today power is achieved by those who scapegoat Jews."

Or by calling everyone you don't like a "racist."

Weingarten made the comments in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency where she responded to a question about the perception that teachers' unions are trying to keep schools closed. She pivoted to criticizing American Jews as part of the "ownership class" who "want to take that ladder of opportunity away from those who do not have it."

Huh? That's a non sequitur. 

Weingarten defended herself against accusations of anti-Semitism by pointing to her marriage to another woman who happens to be a rabbi. [It's the old "some of my best friends are Jews" defense.]

"My entire life is dedicated to promoting Jewish values like tikkun olam (repairing a broken world)," she wrote on Twitter. 

But her defense was not sufficient for groups that fight anti-Semitism.

Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, blasted Weingarten for using "identity politics" to target a religious minority.

"Weingarten's comments represent a growing anti-Semitism within the progressive Left – which spends its days seeking out fictional ideas weaved in identity politics such as ‘ownership class,'" Romirowsky explained. "Anti-Semitism is a form of racism. Until racism in all of its varieties is no longer tolerated, it will flourish."

"We are nauseated the head of the Teachers' Union has the audacity to spread century-old antisemitic tropes of Jewish dominance and power," Liora Rez, executive director of Stop Antisemitism, said. "While Ms. Weingarten herself is collecting a hefty six-figure salary, the majority of Jewish Americans do not. Her dangerous rhetoric does nothing but provide white supremacists and other anti-Semites more verbal weaponry to use against Jews at a time when anti-Semitism is spreading like wildfire in America."

$451,973 is the number of dollars Randi Weingarten makes annually. That should keep us all up at night and Weingarten awake all day.


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