Thread by @ErikLoomis

I was unaware liberals hated teacher unions. Who are these liberals again? Joe Biden? No. Nancy Pelosi? No.

Did Menaker check with Randi Weingarten about this? Or does she hate teachers unions too?

Or is this just complete bullshit as per usual?

https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1361733353121206276

Yes, there are a few putative liberals like Chait or Rahm who feel this way. But it's not only ridiculous but utterly Fox News-esque to take from this that *liberals* hate teachers unions.

Moreover, who is it that is making fun of Chait and Rahm all the time for being anti-teacher union and charter school hacks? Most of the time, it's liberals!

And yes, Obama was not very good on these issues. Education policy was his most gigantic blindspot. But the leading liberals in power in 2021 simply do not hold these positions. I do recognize however that updating reality does not get people to listen to your coke-addled podcast

I will grant that there absolutely is an issue with your run on the mill upper middle class white Democratic voter who sends their kid to a private school rather than have them go to a public and then also puts a Black Lives Matter sign in the yard.

But...it's also ridiculous to extrapolate from that to "liberals" as if the teachers themselves or working class Black voters or many other parts of the Democratic coalition are not liberals.