AFT's Weingarten Says Trump Drives Her to Vodka at 2026 Conference

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21

Randi Weingarten used the AFT conference in Washington to deliver a sharply anti-Trump keynote, joking that the president’s daily actions leave her reaching for vodka.
During a panel with former Attorney General Eric Holder, she cast Trump as authoritarian-adjacent and said the volume of political conflict is meant to make people give up.
Weingarten also mocked a White House Independence Day cage match, attacked school-choice conservatives including the Heritage Foundation and Christopher Rufo, and urged union members to organize and vote.
Her speech tied that political message to the 2026 midterms, arguing AFT members in swing states could help drive a leftward policy shift.