Teacher Union President Says Republicans Are “Fascists”

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:05pm- Cliff Maloney—Citizens Alliance CEO & PA CHASE Founder—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the loss of his friend Charlie Kirk. Maloney says Kirk was a “great man” and a “great messenger.” 4:30pm- Corey DeAngelis— Senior Fellow at the American Culture Project & Author of the book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools.”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the title of President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten’s new book, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers.” Why is Weingarten ratcheting up the vitriolic political rhetoric less than one week after Charlie Kirk was murdered for his beliefs? Plus, DeAngelis reacts to Weingarten baselessly calling him “weird” and a “stalker” simply for advocating for school choice. She also accuses DeAngelis of being “obsessed.” He hilariously responds: “No, Randi Weingarten! I don’t want to date you!!” 4:50pm- On Monday, October 13th at 7:30pm—Rich will host New York Times best-selling author Jack Carr at the Zlock Performing Arts Center (at Bucks County Community College) in Newtown, PA. They’ll sit down for an engaging discussion about Jack’s latest thriller, Cry Havoc—the newest installment in his acclaimed James Reece series. Known for his real-world military experience and gripping, action-packed storytelling, Jack Carr brings an unmatched authenticity to the world of political and military thrillers. For tickets visit: 1210wpht.com.

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr.
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0:15.8	Cliff Maloney lost one of his best friends last week, one week ago today.
0:22.1	And I'm very glad to have him join us right now.
0:24.9	Welcome back to the show.
0:25.8	Glad you're here today on this, what is now, a very gloomy, gloomy Wednesday.
0:31.8	Cliff, I'm very sorry for your loss.
0:34.4	I know Charlie was one of your best friends.
0:36.9	I'm grateful you made time today to call into the show. Founder, of course, of P.A. Chase. You guys worked very hard to win Pennsylvania together. So thank you for coming on. Appreciate you. I mean, Rich, as always. I know you're going out to Arizona on Friday. It looks like it's going to be a very powerful and impactful event in Charlie's memory.
1:00.0	Can you tell us a little about it?
1:02.0	Yeah, look, I mean, it's been a horrific week.
1:04.6	I always like to start by, you know, not trying to be positive and jump past it.
1:08.2	I mean, that's typically how I grieve as a Delco kid, try to find some joke or laugh about something. It's a wild time in America. For all of us, you know, I'll take you back. I mean, I was actually in Florida when it happened. I was with a couple people from Turning Point. And the first news came in that, hey, Charlie's been shot. And your mind just races, you're like, okay, well, you know, did they hit him in the foot? Where did they hit him? Is he alive? Is he not? And the next 30 minutes were probably the most gruesome 30 minutes of my life where you start to see the video. And then you see the video and you're searching for, you know, well, is there any chance that he's still alive?
1:45.6	You know, what reports are out there?
1:52.5	It was just gut-wrenching for so many of us that knew him, that worked with him, that appreciated him, that called him a mentor.
1:54.3	And so this event in Arizona on Sunday, you're going to have President Trump there,
1:59.9	J.D. Vance, a bunch of the cabinet members.
2:03.1	Erica will obviously be there to speak.
2:06.4	But, you know, Rich, I love Charlie Kirk.
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