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January 8, 2008
Chuck Porcari
202/879-4458
cporcari@aft.org
Statement by Edward J. McElroy,
President, American Federation of Teachers
On Jan. 8th, Thomas Edsall of The Huffington Post—a political Web site—posted an item claiming the American Federation of Teachers was considering a plan to form an independent "527" organization, purportedly to criticize Sen. Barack Obama. AFT President Edward J. McElroy issued the following statement in response:
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Tom Edsall is wrong. His posting on the "Huffington Post" blog saying that the American Federation of Teachers is "exploring" the possibility of creating an anti-Sen. Barack Obama organization is a fabrication. Mr. Edsall does a disservice to the AFT and its members by suggesting that we would have any part of such an effort.
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The AFT represents 1.4 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers, paraprofessionals and other school support employees, higher education faculty, nurses and other healthcare workers, and state and local government employees.
