Critics slam Randi Weingarten’s bizarre No Kings ‘meltdown,’ activism in wake of abrupt DNC departure

Conservatives and critics connected societal media slammed American Federation of Teachers (AFT) main Randi Weingarten for her animated "No Kings Day" code targeting President Donald Trump successful the aftermath of her abrupt departure from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). 

"Randi Weingarten is erstwhile again connected signifier bouncing around, flailing her arms, and screeching similar a lunatic. Another advertisement for homeschooling!" fashionable blimpish X relationship Libs of TikTok posted Sunday, accompanied by footage of Weingarten astatine a "No Kings Day" protestation successful Philadelphia connected Saturday. 

Footage of Weingarten's code has since dispersed crossed societal media arsenic reports circulated Sunday evening into Monday greeting that the teachers national main declined the DNC's connection for her to enactment connected arsenic an at-large member. 

Fellow national authoritative Lee Saunders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees besides denied the DNC's connection to enactment on, Fox News Digital reported Monday. The pair's exit follows erstwhile Vice Chair David Hogg's exit from the DNC earlier successful June aft choosing not to tally for re-election. 

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Randi Weingarten is departing the DNC, telling Chair Ken Martin she is "out of measurement with the leadership." (AP/Reuters)

"I look to beryllium retired of measurement with the enactment you are forging, and I bash not privation to beryllium the 1 who keeps questioning wherefore we are not enlarging our structure and actively trying to prosecute much and much of our communities," Weingarten wrote successful a missive dated June 5 to DNC Chair Ken Martin explaining her departure. 

Conservatives and different critics slammed Weingarten and her enactment implicit AFT, portion besides resurrecting footage from Saturday of Weingarten's code slamming Trump portion jumping up and down successful an animated manner. 

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"You are the assemblage to this president's chaos, and unneurotic we physique a aboriginal of accidental and justness for all," Weingarten said during her "No Kings" remarks successful Philadelphia. "Hope implicit fear, aspiration implicit anger. The committedness of America for each and each American, that is what we are warring for today." 

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is exiting the DNC aft 23 years. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

Some connected societal media called footage of her Saturday code a "meltdown," portion others rehashed however Weingarten pushed to shutter schools during the pandemic. 

"DEMOCRATS: The Democrat Party conscionable mislaid the enactment of the nation's 2nd largest Teachers Union led by Randi Weingarten. The DNC committee subordinate and superdelegate resigned from the enactment the time aft she led the nationwide 'No King's protest. The Democrats are successful implicit disarray arsenic they can't determine who to enactment overmuch little what they basal for..." X relationship Amuse posted, accompanied by a clip of Weingarten's speech. 

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"Randi Weingarten has RESIGNED from the DNC aft 23 years of wrecking American education. This is the aforesaid pistillate who kept your kids masked, locked classrooms, and turned schools into activistic grooming camps. The harm she caused won’t beryllium forgotten but her exit is the archetypal motion the rot is being scraped out. One extremist down... a full enactment to go," different conservative X relationship posted. 

"JUST IN: Randi Weingarten steps down from the DNC. This comes aft her monolithic meltdown astatine the ‘No Kings’ protest," 1 professional posted to X, accompanied by the footage. 

Anti-ICE rioters and constabulary face-off successful Los Angeles connected Saturday, June 14, 2025. Demonstrations crossed the state are being held contiguous nether that banner of "No Kings." (Jamie Vera/Fox News)

"Randi Weingarten's resignation from the DNC post- ‘No Kings’ protestation meltdown reflects deepening divisions wrong the Democratic Party," different blimpish X relationship posted. 

"This was Randi Weingarten yesterday astatine the ‘No Kings’ protest. She conscionable retired. The trash is taking itself out," different blimpish commentator said successful reaction to the video. 

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Weingarten was among vocal Democrats pushing for Trump critics to instrumentality to the streets connected Saturday arsenic portion of the nationalist "No Kings Day" protests, including sharing a nexus connected X to the AFT's website promoting the protests. 

Demonstrators instrumentality portion successful the "No Kings" protestation connected Saturday, June 14, 2025 successful Portland, Oregon. (Jenny Kane/The Associated Press )

"On June 14, we’re coming together, peacefully and powerfully, to basal up against Presidents being Kings. It’s astir beardown nationalist schools, supporting  working families, and our cardinal freedoms . This time of enactment is astir making our ideology enactment for all. It’s astir we the radical not conscionable astir responding to what’s wrong—it’s astir gathering thing better," she posted to X June 10. 

Members of the U.S. Army transverse the Arlington Memorial Bridge to commencement the parade down Constitution Avenue marking the 250th day of the U.S. Army, June 14, 2025 successful Washington. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The "No Kings Day" protests were held connected the aforesaid time arsenic Trump's subject parade successful Washington, D.C., celebrating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, which besides fell connected the president's day and Flag Day. An estimated 1,500 "No Kings Day" protests unfolded crossed the nation, including successful Los Angeles, which has been rocked by convulsive anti-Trump and anti-ICE riots since June 6, erstwhile national instrumentality enforcement officials converged connected the metropolis to behaviour migration raids. 

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Protests successful Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, spiraled into unit Saturday. Four instrumentality enforcement officers were injured during a riot successful Portland, portion instrumentality enforcement successful Los Angeles were forced to deploy teardrop gas, flash-bangs and a dispersal order, with the LAPD citing "people successful the assemblage (were) throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and different objects" astatine officers. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the AFT for further remark from the national and Weingarten regarding the DNC departure and antagonistic blimpish reactions but did not instantly person a reply. 

Fox News Digital's Deirdre Heavey and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.