Teachers union president to Chris Christie: Apologize for bullying teacher

[kpete]

It didn’t slow his triumphal march to reelection. But the image of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jabbing his finger at a teacher who asked him a question on the campaign trail infuriated educators in the state and across the nation.

This afternoon, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called on Christie to apologize for acting like a “bully” and turning on public school teacher Melissa Tomlinson “in such a hostile and intimidating way.

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...........she asked Christie to call Tomlinson to apologize and requested that he “open up a dialogue with teachers around New Jersey,” perhaps through a series of town hall meetings. “We should be partners,” she wrote, “not enemies.”

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[MADem]

1. I am so glad CC did that, though....

It's great video.

There are other instances of this guy "getting in peoples' faces" and being a real "Incognito."

[pnwmom]

4. Is it on video? I couldn't find it. n/t

[MADem]

11. There HAS to be. I sure hope there is!

If there wasn't an oppo gatherer in the crowd, there had to be someone there w/a smartphone.

I hope someone in the DNC has a copy and saves it for 2016. I haven't seen any footage online or on TV yet, but that doesn't mean it's not out there. It would have been too late for it to do any good for this race, and people don't usually react well to "October Surprises" especially ones that happen in November...!

[AmBlue]

2. The contrast between Christie and his wife's faces is astounding.

You can see she's quiet the enabler. WHAT A BULLY!!!

[rhett o rick]

5. That's a typical Republican female attitude. "I just love it when he is so forceful." nm

[AmBlue]

8. Can't wait to see "Crank-Ass Christie's" Greatest Finger-Wagging Hits commercial...

That's bound to hit the airwaves the minute he announces. Not. At. All. Presidential.

[rhett o rick]

9. I think he will resonate with the conservatives. "See Gov Christie put a female in her place" as his

Stepford wife grins on.

[pnwmom]

12. Definitely one of the "mean girls." Yuk. nt

[whathehell]

3. Yeah, that shit's not going to play very well in Iowa and other places in the country

when he attempts to go "national".

Imagine him trying that with Hillary Clinton?

[libdem4life]

6. Like the Republican jerk yelling at the female park ranger. Misogynists. Those tapes should roll

over and over like they did to Howard Dean. And at the very least, we must make him apologize. Shameful behavior for a Presidential Wannabe.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Yeah,

that's the guy I want with his hand on the big red button.

[LittleBlue]

10. Look at that picture. No way is he ready for prime time

He's got to learn to control his emotions before he'll even have a chance in a national election.

[whttevrr]

13. His wife's face is chilling...

It looks like she is gleeful to see him put that woman in her place... bleah...