Teachers union president calls Trump a ‘dictator’ on unearthed call with Antifa-linked group

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FIRST ON FOX: The president of the nation’s largest teachers union is facing backlash after calling former President Donald Trump a "dictator" during a far-left activist conference call that promoted mass disruption and political organizing. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association (NEA), appeared on a Zoom event last week hosted by the Sunrise Movement titled "Roadmap to Political Revolution," a mass organizing call aimed at opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), targeting Trump and phone-banking for a progressive congressional candidate. " I’m honored to now introduce President Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association. Look, there’s no way we’re going to be able to stop fascism without organized labor," Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement and a former member of Students for Justice in Palestine, said as she introduced Pringle on the call, obtained by Fox News Digital. During her remarks, Pringle told attendees that the NEA would leverage its 3 million members and thousands of local affiliates to "advocate," "mobilize," "litigate," and "elect people" aligned with its political goals. GOT A SCOOP ON CAMPUS? SEND US A TIP HERE "NEA is one of this administration’s top targets," Pringle said on the call, going on to label Trump a "dictator." "Dictators always come for educators," she said, adding that teachers help students "question and analyze" and "fight and make this world a better place." Pringle added, "Together, we will demand that this administration stop scapegoating immigrants just so they can implement cruel and callous policies and occupy our communities." Pringle claimed that ICE is attempting to bring "fear and trauma into our schools" by "traveling through neighborhoods, wandering past schools, and following school buses." "They've even assaulted and detained educators and students on school grounds. Educators are seeing this damage every day." The Sunrise Movement is a far…