Mitt Romney criticized President Obama for not weighing in on the Chicago teachers strike, saying that Obama should “stand up and say that we ought to put the kids first in this country, and the teachers union goes behind” in an interview on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show Monday evening.
“Well, I think the President ought to stand up and say that we ought to put the kids first in this country, and the teachers union goes behind,” Romney said. “Look, I think we’ve got to help the kids, help their parents, help the teachers, but the teachers’ union is opposed to many of the reforms in education that we know are critical to the success of our kids… Look, we know what it takes to fix our schools, and this strike in Chicago is a setting where I think you need to stand up and say look, I’m with the kids, and I’m with their parents, and I’m not with the teachers’ union. We need to pick our side.”
