Two new American Federation of Teachers ads are urging Congress to pass a stimulus bill to provide funding for working families as well as schools and other essential services.
The 15-second and 30-second “Pause Button” videos are named for a cavalier comment made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The longer clip shows Education Secretary Betsy DeVos saying, “There’s not a national plan for reopening.”
“For more than two months, Mitch McConnell and the White House have been shouting that they want schools and the economy to reopen, while shamefully sitting on their hands and refusing to act on an actual relief package,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten. “As a result, millions more Americans are unemployed, unable to pay rent and relying on food banks to survive. Signing executive orders that don’t address our real needs, including support for schools and child care, while effectively cutting unemployment and threatening Social Security, is a cynical and cruel political ploy.”
The AL Media-produced ads are scheduled to run for a week in the Washington, D.C., market on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Starting Aug. 12, they will air nationally on CNN.
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