A group of Republican Senators called out the president of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teacher’s union in the United States, this week over alleged plans to spend thousands of dollars to create a so-called “enemies list.”
Lawmakers James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter NEA President Becky Pringle on July 13 demanding answers on the NEA’s alleged plan to spend $140,000 to research opposition groups, which may include concerned parents.
According to the lawmakers, the union’s list of “enemies” would consist of individuals who have been identified as “actively working to diminish a student’s right to honesty in education, freedom of sexual and gender identity, and teacher autonomy.”…