Special-ed teacher threatens Trump voters on video: 'Don't test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher'



A Connecticut teacher — who reportedly is assigned to special education at a public elementary school — has been placed on leave after a video circulated showing her threatening people who voted for President-elect Donald Trump.

In the video, she claims that "people of color and poor people and gay people and all the people that I care about aren't gonna be safe in America — neither the f*** are you guys. Just because you won doesn't mean we don't remember who the f*** you voted for. You're not in the clear."

'I can't unsee the video ... and I can't walk into that school. ... I’m literally shaking, I can't walk into that school and hand my kid off to that person.'

She adds, "Please don't test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher. Gone. Forever. So serious. Nobody f***in' talk to me unless you wanna swing. If you wanna fight, text me, call me, whatever. Anybody else stay the f*** outta my face."

The clip ends with her saying, "And if you voted for Trump, literally please delete me, block me, get rid of everything of me — or step to me, so that I know what’s up, and I can handle you how I see fit. Please, just come forward, we f***in' know. Just tell me. Or leave."

Cheshire Public School’s Superintendent Jeff Solan said he was made aware of the Snapchat video over the weekend and that the teacher — whom the district has not identified — was placed on leave until the outcome of an investigation, WFSB-TV reported.

Solan told the station that the district received a large number of calls — mostly from people outside the Cheshire community — and that business couldn't be conducted as usual with the teacher on campus.

A police presence was put in place out of an abundance of caution, WFSB said, adding Cheshire police stated that they've launched their own investigation.

WTIC-TV reported that it learned the teacher is assigned to special education at Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire.

Solan told WFSB the teacher intended the video as a private message to her Snapchat group and that she expressed her personal opinion, not the opinion of Cheshire Public Schools.

WFSB added that Kate Dias, president of the Connecticut Education Association, released a statement about the teacher’s video in regard to respecting free speech:

CEA values the right to free speech and respects the diverse opinions of our members. We know that emotions can run high after an election, and we encourage everyone to engage in respectful conversations as part of our democratic process. Keeping our discussions civil and focused is important in maintaining a positive environment in our schools. We must continue to share our views constructively while prioritizing respect, unity, and our shared commitment to educating and caring for our students.

WTIC said the Cheshire Town Council held a meeting Tuesday night, and some parents said they weren't happy with what was expressed in the video.

WTIC reported that Amy Bourdon — a Cheshire mom whose son with special needs attends school in the district — said, "I saw a woman in crisis, and then when I replayed it a couple of times, I got up from my table and went and locked my front door."

Bourdon — who is a Republican, WTIC said — added that "we are the targets. Our lives have been targeted by an individual that cashes a paycheck from the town of Cheshire every week."

Lorie Barnes told WTIC that “I'm tired of being a Trump supporter and whispering."

Barnes, who's lived in Cheshire all her life, added to WTIC that her grandson will be moving from England and entering the Cheshire school district — and now that terrifies her.

"I can't unsee the video ... and I can't walk into that school. ... I’m literally shaking, I can't walk into that school and hand my kid off to that person," Barnes told WTIC.

You can view a news station video report here about the controversy.

The hits just keep on coming

As Blaze News has previously reported this week, a Southern California high school teacher on the day after the election lashed out in a classroom at a student who was wearing a Trump hat.

Blaze News this week also noted that a teacher at a different Southern California public high school went on a profane rant in his Advanced Placement world history class against Trump the day after the election and was placed on administrative leave.

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'This s**t is not a f***ing game': Anti-Trump teacher's profane, post-election rant in AP history class costs him bigly



A southern California public high school teacher went on a profane rant in his Advanced Placement world history class against President-elect Donald Trump the day after the election — and that teacher has been placed on administrative leave.

KABC-TV reported that the teacher from Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, which is in Riverside County, used profanity and "made fervent anti-Trump remarks during a discussion with students."

The station said the unnamed teacher's comments were recorded and have gone viral on social media.

"This s**t is not a f***ing game!" the teacher told students. "Does that make sense, everybody? I can't emphasize this enough. Can you end up in a concentration camp in your lifetime? Yes. Can you end up with no human rights? Yes. Will it happen to you? Most likely not, which is a good thing. But has Donald Trump quoted Hitler? Yes. Does he embody some of Hitler's ideas? Yes."

The teacher also seemed incredulous that Trump handily beat Vice President Kamala Harris: "Why did he win the election? A rapist, draft-dodging coward. Treasonous scum. Why would he win?"

He also said, "God, I f***ing hate the patriarchy. If you're a young man right now in front of me, I hope you hate it, too. Because it's not hurting you; it's hurting everyone you love. You get the privilege of not being born with a uterus, so it doesn't affect you; it's affecting everyone else. I'm so f***ing sorry, guys. You deserve better. Look at me! You! Deserve! Better!"

Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Project, posted numerous snippets of the teacher's rant on X.

Now what?

A Moreno Valley Unified School District spokesperson told KABC the teacher will be on administrative leave pending the outcome of a review.

"We were recently made aware of an incident at one of our high schools, in which a staff member's discussion about the election results turned unprofessional," the district said in a statement, according to the station. "We do not condone the behavior that occurred, and an immediate investigation has been launched."

Student walkout planned

Students told KABC they're planning a school walkout Tuesday in support of the teacher; the station added that more than a thousand people have signed an online petition urging the district to allow him to return to Valley View High.

"It's just devastating to know that they're trying to get him out all because of his opinion," student Sarah Ghawi told KABC.

Mykael James, who was in the class Wednesday, added to the station, "I think they're trying to make him seem like a bad guy because of what he said. I know it was very strong-toned, but that's how he gives his lecture as a professor."

James also told KABC she believes her teacher's words were "appropriate. I didn't take it the wrong way." She also told the station he was "offering up a one-on-one apology after class."

You can view KABC's video report here about the teacher's remarks.

Not the only incident

The Valley View High School teacher's outbursts were not the only recent cases of Trump derangement syndrome exhibited by America's educators.

  • An Ohio high school English teacher reportedly was placed on administrative leave over a TikTok video in which she encourages men who voted for Democrats to identify themselves so that women will know who the “safe men” are.
  • A Florida high school teacher reportedly was suspended and is under investigation after telling students, "If you are not white, you are going to be in trouble over the next four years as far as the living situation of the United States, and I'm not kidding."
  • An Idaho high school teacher reportedly is under fire after allegedly telling a Trump supporter on social media, "I hope your mistress or daughter have an unwanted pregnancy, wait, I looked at your picture, you don’t have a mistress…and probably never got anyone to have a daughter by you unless it was by force."

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Teacher who's a leftist political candidate tells all his classes that Elon Musk buying Twitter is bad; now public school district is investigating



A Rhode Island public school teacher who's a "leftist candidate" for state representative made the mistake of tweeting that he told all of his classes that Elon Musk buying Twitter is a bad thing. Now the Providence Public School District is investigating, WJAR-TV reported.

What are the details?

Enrique Sanchez — a long-term substitute teacher at Central High School, the station said — on Monday tweeted that he told "students in all five of my classes today why Elon Musk buying off Twitter is the worse [sic] thing that could have happened. No individual and especially wealthy elites should be given these types of opportunities to buy off social media platforms."

Of course I explained to my students in all five of my classes today why Elon Musk buying off Twitter is the worse thing that could have happened. \n\nNo individual and especially wealthy elites should be given these types of opportunities to buy off social media platforms.
— Enrique Sanchez for RI State Representative (@Enrique Sanchez for RI State Representative) 1650922052

Sanchez’s Twitter bio indicates that in addition to teaching he's a "Leftist Candidate for Rhode Island State Representative."

A school district spokesman told WJAR that the human resources department now is investigating Sanchez.

What did the teacher have to say afterward?

Sanchez spoke to the station about the controversy surrounding his tweet, and he told WJAR he believes it "was a mistake to share that publicly."

“It’s my job as an educator to work on the curriculum, teach them, but also to give them an opportunity to explore their knowledge," Sanchez added to the station.

WJAR said his tweet has received more than 1,000 comments, such as:

  • "What you did today was awful and proof you're not fit for the classroom."
  • "Why not teach the curriculum instead of telling kids your personal feelings??"
  • "Why are you bringing politics into the classroom?"

Another Twitter user told Sanchez that Musk is far from the only billionaire who's purchased a media empire and that he should talk about all of them:

Please tell me you didn\u2019t just single out Elon Musk with your students and didn\u2019t bring up other examples. Arguments should be made from multiple perspectives\u2026.pic.twitter.com/BYPKZ8PDa6
— Holland Landy (@Holland Landy) 1650945093

“I understand where they’re coming from, their perspective,” Sanchez added to the station. “In no way was this trying to promote any side of the political spectrum. Kids actually pushed back against this."

He also admitted to WJAR that, "I did post my personal view. I should have gone more into detail with the tweets, explaining that there was support, pushback, curiosity. But I’m aware that when it comes to teaching, when it comes to working in the classroom with youth, our job is to educate our kids on the curriculum, on the topics, not share political opinions.”

Sanchez during the interview added to the station that administrators haven't spoken to him yet.

Ohio substitute teacher fired after handing out 'Pride' bracelets to students



Last week, a homosexual substitute teacher in Chillicothe, Ohio, was fired after handing out “Pride bracelets” to high school students. The incident occurred in the Huntington Local Schools district high school.

Jay Bowman, who has been a teacher for 30 years, was reportedly working as a substitute teacher when several girls in his classroom asked him about a “rainbow-colored First Capital PRIDE bracelet” he was wearing, reported WSYX, a local ABC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio.

Bowman’s employment was reportedly terminated after he gave similar gay pride bracelets to his students and explained to them what the bands symbolized.

To which Bowman said, “If a kid has questions. If a kid wants honesty, I don’t think I should be forbidden from providing that.”

Suggesting that his termination indicates the school’s willingness to violate the human rights of LGBT people, Bowman said, “I think the reaction to my violation when compared to other instances in the school where certain things are tolerated, was unfair, Bowman said. “Huntington Township is by in large a conservative area, and human rights are not a foreign entity at all, but it is outside the comfort level of a lot of people.”

Bowman insisted that him giving the students gay pride paraphernalia and explaining what the items symbolized from his perspective should not be considered recruitment. He also insisted that he was not responsible for the children he was supervising in the classroom.

“I don’t try to recruit anyone,” he said. “The parents are responsible for their kids. The parents are the ones who need to teach their kids right and wrong.”

Peter Ruby, the district’s superintendent, refused to answer questions about the incident on camera but issued a statement through the district saying that Bowman’s termination was because he violated school policy, not because of his sexual orientation.

“It is important for you to know that our Board policies restrict staff from discussing with students certain subjects, including political, religious, and personal beliefs. This past week, we received reports with specific concerns about possible violations of those policies by a substitute teacher in the district. After a brief investigation, we confirmed, by the substitute’s own admission, that he violated board policies by speaking to students about political and religious topics, as well as distributing bracelets.”

Despite Bowman clearly being terminated for his refusal to adhere to school policy, CNN said that his firing was “the latest example of LGBTQ discussion in schools sparking controversy.”

Public school science teacher caught ranting to students: 'No godd**n way' armed Kyle Rittenhouse walks past cops with hands up 'if he was black'



A public school science teacher in the Seattle area was recorded ranting to students that there was "no goddamn way" an armed Kyle Rittenhouse would have walked past police with his "hands up" on the night of the Kenosha shootings "if he was black."

What are the details?

Radio host Jason Rantz reported for KTTH-AM that a student recorded the teacher — who's from Bothell High School, which is in the Northshore School District — on cellphone video discussing the Rittenhouse case during a Nov. 18 sophomore science class. The teacher was not named since he's not charged with a crime, the story noted.

Rantz said the teacher stopped a lesson on magnets to give students his point of view about the Rittenhouse case. The teacher's rant took place while the Rittenhouse jury was still deliberating.

The student who hit record did so after sensing the teacher was speaking inappropriately, Rantz wrote, adding that the student’s father shared the video with Rantz's radio show.

What did the teacher say?

“You can argue back and forth about ... what happened … and did [Rittenhouse] feel like he was really in danger and what the hell was he doing there in the first place. Where were his parents? That’s what I want to know, OK?” the teacher is heard saying. “So, that’s arguable. That’s what the trial is about. Was he acting in self-defense when he shot those people? That’s for the jury to figure out. That’s not for me to figure out.”

Fairly even-handed so far — but then things got racial.

“But for me, what’s the most appalling thing about this is [Rittenhouse] ran toward the police with his hands up, with a weapon right here, and the police did this — they waved him through," the teacher said in a decidedly exasperated tone. "Seriously, if he was black, would he have been waved through? No goddamn way.”

The teacher continued: “That’s what this is about ... it’s about people seeing people differently. There's no way he would've been waved through the police line with a semiautomatic weapon if he was a different race."

'Put your hand down — it’s my turn'

Then it appears that the student who's recording the teacher's rant puts his hand up to ask a question or make a point.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

But the teacher rebuffs him: "Put your hand down. It’s my turn, OK?”

The teacher added that Rittenhouse walking past cops was "an example of racism being used as a weapon — not weaponizing racism. OK? Racism exists. White guys like me don’t see it because it’s not part of my experience."

By the end of the clip, the teacher thanks students for listening to him take the lesson "sideways" before apparently returning to academics.

Here's cellphone video that captures the teacher's rant; the camera is pointed toward the classroom ceiling almost the entire time.

Content warning: language

Seattle-area teacher recorded during vulgar, anti-police Kyle Rittenhouse rantyoutu.be

Investigation underway

A district spokesperson told "The Jason Rantz Show" that officials are investigating what happened in the class but didn't respond to questions regarding whether the district encourages such teacher-to-student commentary. Rantz added that the teacher didn't respond to a request for comment.

The parent who sent the video to Rantz told the host that his son has complained about this teacher inserting progressive views into the classroom on previous occasions — and that teachers in general implement “equity and inclusion” instruction throughout the week.

“My son didn’t even mention Kyle Rittenhouse, nor did any other students," the parent said, according to Rantz. "The teacher raised it entirely on his own as an example of racism."

Teacher is a 'threat to those students'

Rantz added that the teacher is a "threat to those students."

"The teacher believes in white privilege, thus it must be true," he added. "There’s no room for nuance or another explanation. Is that the kind of thinking a parent would want in front of their kids? A teacher who chooses to indoctrinate and tell students how to think rather than giving them the tools to think for themselves?"

Rantz also said that "there’s no sign that level of overt indoctrination will end. The student deserves praise for documenting this kind of egregious overstepping of boundaries."

The following news report aired just after the shootings in August 2020:

Attorneys representing Kyle Rittenhouse say he was wrongfully charged after 'acting in self-defense'youtu.be

Bisexual middle school teacher resigns rather than take down classroom Pride flag; says he won't be 'complicit in suppressing' or 'marginalizing' LGBTQ students



A Michigan public school teacher resigned last week after refusing to take down a rainbow Pride flag in his classroom, MLive reported.

What are the details?

Russell Ball (43) was a physical education and health teacher at Three Rivers Middle School before he resigned last week, the outlet said. Three Rivers is about 40 minutes south of Kalamazoo in the southwest corner of the state.

He told WXMI-TV that a parental complaint led to higher ups ordering the Pride flag removal.

“To me, the flag stands for love and inclusion for everybody, not just for members of the LGBTQ community,” Ball — who identifies as bisexual — told MLive. “Removing the flag kind of felt like I was being complicit in suppressing and continuously marginalizing the students that have already been significantly marginalized, and I wasn’t gonna take a part in that.”

Ball explained to the outlet that administrators emailed staff on Friday saying attorneys for the district advised that teachers should remove Pride flags until further notice. A second email last Monday advised the school to remove all flags and said teachers weren’t allowed to have any flags hanging up, he added to MLive.

Ball noted to the outlet that he kept his Pride flag hanging in his classroom Monday despite the order — and soon got a text from the assistant principal stating he must remove the flag by the start of fourth period.

Instead, Ball packed up his things and handed in his resignation, MLive said.

“It is something that’s so important to me — that that my students have that safe space — that I wasn’t willing to continue in education without it,” he noted to the outlet.

Ball also claimed to WXMI that he wasn't the only school employee to have a Pride flag hanging in a classroom — but that he was the final holdout.

"I had students that were happy to see the flag and in the room that were telling me, 'Thank you for being here,'" he added to the station.

MLive said Ball announced his resignation in a Monday Tik Tok video that was shared on Facebook:

Michigan Teacher Resigns over Pride Flagyoutu.be

More from the outlet:

“After 10 plus years in education, I tendered my resignation today, drove home for the last time and won’t be returning,” Ball said in the video of him sitting in his parked car and talking into the camera.

“I was already feeling a high level of teacher burnout and struggling to meet the day-to-day demands of the education field. But when administration came around and told me I had to take down my Pride flag, I told them no, I was not going to be an active participant in the suppression and oppression of an already marginalized group that I’m a part of.”

Ball said in the video that he kept a Pride flag in his classroom as a symbol of love, inclusion and equality – “something that should be present in every single classroom across the country,” he said.

“By removing it, I feel like I’m being told I am invalidated, that I don’t belong,” he said. “And that’s not a message I want to send to myself, or to any of my students, because regardless of sexual orientation and sexual identity, you belong, you matter. You always have a place in this world.”

Anything else?

The removal of Pride flags from the classrooms will be a discussion topic at the district's Dec. 6 school board meeting, MLive said, citing a Wednesday statement from interim Superintendent Nikki Nash and Three Rivers Middle School Principal Jason Bingaman.

And while Ball told the outlet he hasn't tried to fight for his job and will be a stay-at-home dad for now, WXMI — citing Ball — reported that he and others plan to protest the flag removal decision at the school board meeting.

Three Rivers teacher quits job after refusing to remove Pride flagyoutu.be

San Francisco public school teacher: Bernie Sanders in mittens at inauguration embodies 'white privilege, male privilege, and class privilege'



A San Francisco public school teacher just penned an op-ed stating that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wearing mittens at President Joe Biden's inauguration — the popular image so many people had fun with recently — embodies "white privilege, male privilege and class privilege."

Um, okay...

The author of the piece is Ingrid Seyer-Ochi — who's also a former UC Berkeley and Mills College professor and ex-Oakland Unified School District principal. She began her piece for the San Francisco Chronicle by saying a few weeks back she "processed the Capitol insurrection" with her students — notably "images of white men storming through the Capitol, fearless and with no forces to stop them."

Seyer-Ochi recalled she told her students at the time: "This is white supremacy, this is white privilege. It can be hard to pinpoint, but when we see, it, we know it."

Then she said she and her high schoolers "analyzed images from the inauguration."

The question again was, "What do we see?"

Seyer-Ochi's answer was that, "We saw diversity, creativity and humanity, and a nation embracing all of this and more."

And while she acknowledged that Sanders "was barely on our radar" on Inauguration Day, the following day "he was everywhere."

Mittens of 'white privilege'

"What do we see?" Seyer-Ochi recalled in her op-ed asking her students once more. The answer?

"They saw a white man in a puffy jacket and huge mittens, distant not only in his social distancing, but in his demeanor and attire."

More from her op-ed:

We talked about gender and the possible meanings of the attire chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden, the Biden grandchildren, Michelle Obama, Amanda Gorman and others. We referenced the female warriors inspiring these women, the colors of their educational degrees and their monochromatic ensembles of pure power.

And there, across all of our news and social media feeds, was Bernie: Bernie memes, Bernie sweatshirts, endless love for Bernie. I puzzled and fumed as an individual as I strove to be my best possible teacher. What did I see? What did I think my students should see? A wealthy, incredibly well-educated and -privileged white man, showing up for perhaps the most important ritual of the decade, in a puffy jacket and huge mittens.

I mean in no way to overstate the parallels. Sen. Sanders is no white supremacist insurrectionist. But he manifests privilege, white privilege, male privilege and class privilege, in ways that my students could see and feel.

Seyer-Ochi noted that when her students saw Sanders "manifesting privilege, when seemingly no one else did, I struggled to explain that disparity. I am beyond puzzled as to why so many are loving the images of Bernie and his gloves."

"I don't know many poor, or working class, or female, or struggling-to-be-taken-seriously folk who would show up at the inauguration of our 46th president dressed like Bernie," she added in her piece. "Unless those same folk had privilege. Which they don't."

What was the reaction?

When the Chronicle tweeted out Seyer-Ochi's op-ed Monday, it will come as no surprise that not everybody was on board with her perspective:

  • "It was literally almost 2 weeks ago. It's a pair of mittens. Seek help. Please," one commenter requested.
  • "When he turned around and used that moment to raise millions for charity that was also traumatizing for my students..." another commenter said.
  • "I cannot overstate how much I hate this and how damaging s**t like this is to the left," another user noted. "Did they want him to wear a dashiki!?! I mean what the f***!? He is an old man trying not to f***ing freeze to death in DC in January."

And one user made this observation:

Image source: Twitter