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LauraInLA

(2,189 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:54 PM Jun 15

Randi Weingarten stepping down as member of the DNC

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/15/weingarten-dnc-00407364

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Randi Weingarten stepping down as member of the DNC (Original Post) LauraInLA Jun 15 OP

"I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging," she wrote in a letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin. elleng Jun 15 #1

so she's a Hogg ally? LymphocyteLover Jun 15 #4

No, she supported someone else for DNC leader and... W_HAMILTON Jun 15 #6

Doesn't sound encouraging. Silent Type Jun 15 #2

sigh... hlthe2b Jun 15 #3

from bad to worse purple_haze Jun 15 #5

elleng

(139,837 posts)

1. "I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging," she wrote in a letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin.

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:56 PM

Jun 15

LymphocyteLover

(8,197 posts)

4. so she's a Hogg ally?

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:03 PM

Jun 15

the article if true, is pretty brutal for the DNC. The supposed Martin quotes are not good. Seems hard to believe.

W_HAMILTON

(9,148 posts)

6. No, she supported someone else for DNC leader and...

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:53 PM

Jun 15

...this move apparently didn't come as a surprise: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/teachers-union-head-quits-democratic-party-post-over-leadership-concerns-2025-06-16/

Silent Type

(10,103 posts)

2. Doesn't sound encouraging.

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:59 PM

Jun 15

hlthe2b

(110,352 posts)

3. sigh...

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:59 PM

Jun 15

What is there to say? Self-defeating moves being made right now, it seems...

purple_haze

(132 posts)

5. from bad to worse

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:18 PM

Jun 15

so it goes

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