Kendall Tietz, DCNF
The president of one of the largest teachers’ unions in America made a second social media faux pas in attempted support of Ukraine less than 24 hours after posting an image with an upside-down version of the country’s flag.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten misspelled “Ukraine” in a tweet Wednesday. “We #StandWithUkriane,” her since-deleted tweet read.
you also misspelled Ukraine https://t.co/0v2ga5vG1q pic.twitter.com/NExWOcW1kn
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) March 16, 2022
On Tuesday, Weingarten and AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus posted an image with an upside-down Ukrainian flag poster.
“AFT President [Randi Weingarten] and [AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus] stand with #Ukraine,” the AFT tweeted Tuesday, including a photo of the two holding a poster expressing support for Ukraine, with the blue and yellow colors of the flag flipped.
how odd the teachers union accidentally deleted this tweet pic.twitter.com/5tXpMXLO2X
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) March 16, 2022
The flag is upside down. My bad. So I am deleting the tweet
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) March 16, 2022
The AFT is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, which tweeted a picture of its executive council members posing with the same poster and incorrect color orientation for another #StandWithUkraine post, according to Republican communications official Matt Whitlock.
Hours later, the AFL-CIO posted a new image showing what appeared to be digitally altered posters showing the proper color orientation. Neither post remains available on the AFL-CIO’s Twitter account.
The @AFLCIO has now deleted their photoshopped “stand with Ukraine” photo.
Join me on a journey.
5 PM – post photo with “Stand with Ukraine” posters
Get dragged for upside down Ukrainian flags
10 PM – post new image with signs photoshopped (poorly)
9:30 AM delete pic.twitter.com/8D7B6hPN4R
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 16, 2022
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