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For
Immediate Release
December 17, 2017
Contact:
Marcus Mrowka
202/531-0689
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AFT President
Randi Weingarten on the Trump Administration
Banning the CDC
from Using Certain Words
WASHINGTON—Statement of AFT President Randi
Weingarten on news that the Trump administration is banning the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention from using certain words:
“First came alternative facts, and
now the Trump government is banning words. Authoritarians limit speech and
attack knowledge. What’s next? Banning books? This is 2017: We value
diversity, care for the vulnerable, and believe in science and evidence;
entitlements offer a needed safety net; and no one should pretend fetuses or
transgender people don’t exist. This move to ban words is undemocratic,
violates the First Amendment, and flies in the face of scientific and
academic standards and research. We must fight it.”
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