Video: Local Union President Mocks Duncan's Lisp
It's been an ugly time in Chicago for the past few months, including verbal insults hurled between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTU president Karen Lewis and a new University of Chicago report showing that much of the progress touted over the past 20 years was a mirage. Add to the pile this speech from union president Lewis, who rails against how she's been treated in the media and mocks Arne Duncan's constant invocation of school reform as a civil rights issue -- and his lisp.
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She apologizes almost immediately. Does Duncan have a speech impediment? It's a question I've asked his
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