In an e-mail to supporters, the Green Party says the American Federation of Teachers “has joined Clinton’s royal court,” with its executive council voting to endorse Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Greens write, “No members were consulted. The endorsement was made based on a poll, and secret interviews that were not released to the rank and file. No choice. No debate. Just another palace coup in what Hillary hopes is her inevitable coronation as the Democratic standard bearer.”
The Greens say “the inside-the-beltway good old girls network is working overtime for Hillary,” and that AFT President Randi Weingarten “has spent decades kissing up to Hillary” and could end up as education secretary in a Clinton administration. The party says “we need Greens at every level of the public school debate” and that Greens must “join teachers, parents and communities to unite and stand firm against the corporatization of public schools.”