Overview

• During a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Randi Weingarten wore a paper clip alongside an American-flag pin and said Norwegian teachers and students used the clip under Nazi occupation to signal unity.
• Promoting her book Why Fascists Fear Teachers, she said the work describes fascistic and authoritarian behaviors and that she intentionally avoids labeling specific people as fascists.
• Conservative commentators and several Republican figures condemned her comments, accusing her of trivializing the Holocaust and calling for her resignation.
• White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called Weingarten a “nutjob” in a statement to Fox News Digital and faulted MSNBC for giving her a platform.
• Fox News linked the book’s Sept. 16 release to the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in Utah, a connection other reporting has described as disputed.