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Backroom dealings? American Federation Of Teachers Endorsement May Hurt Hillary Clinton
By Calvin Wolf, July 16, 2015 The-NewsHub
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has secured the biggest endorsement in the 2016 campaign so far by landing the official thumbs-up of the American Federation of Teachers. The AFT, which represents some 1.6 million educators, is the first national union
to endorse a presidential candidate during this cycle.
While Clinton essentially had a lock on the union's endorsement, she may actually end up in hot water over it.
You see, the AFT was not supposed to endorse until July 30 at the earliest. According to Politico, the AFT is a member of the ALF-CIO organization of 56 national and international unions and was part of an unambiguous understanding to wait until July 30 to endorse. By jumping the gun, the AFT puts scrutiny on Clinton. Additional controversy comes from the fact that the AFT's president, Randi Weingarten, is a longtime close friend of Hillary Clinton. Even more controversy arrives due to the timing of the early endorsement: It comes as Bernie Sanders is surging in popularity...especially among labor unions.
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