Teachers union president misspells Ukraine on Twitter after posing with upside down Ukrainian flag

The nation’s largest union was concerned in its third factually incorrect tweet of the week on Wednesday when the president of the American Federation of academics incorrectly spelled “Ukraine.”

“We #StandWithUkriane,” American Federation of Lecturers President Randi Weingarten tweeted on Wednesday morning earlier than deleting the tweet shortly after.

The American Federation of Lecturers is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.

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The spelling mistake got here a day after the AFT was slammed on social media for selling a tweet the place the Ukrainian flag was depicted the other way up in a publish that was additionally deleted.

“AFT President [Randi Weingarten] and [AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus] stand with #Ukraine,” the American Federation of Lecturers (AFT) Twitter account posted on Tuesday. The tweet included a photograph of Weingarten and DeJesus holding a poster supporting Ukraine.

Ukraine’s flag options blue on prime of yellow – symbolizing the blue sky over a bountiful area. Nonetheless, within the picture posted by the union, the colour yellow was above the colour blue.

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In line with Republican operative Matt Whitlock, the AFL-CIO additionally deleted a tweet Tuesday that Photoshopped the Ukraine flag posters held by members of its government council after they have been known as out for holding them the other way up.

That tweet was ultimately deleted, Whitlock stated.

Critics savaged the academics union leaders on Twitter.

Corey DeAngelis, nationwide director of analysis at College Alternative Now, called the tweet “free promoting for varsity alternative.”

“They did to that flag what they did to schooling these previous two years… fake they care, however actually, they only made it the other way up,” Reopen California Colleges tweeted.

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 21: Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Lecturers, together with members of Congress, dad and mom and caregiving advocates maintain a press convention supporting Construct Again Higher investments in house care, childcare, paid depart and expanded CTC funds in entrance of the U.S. Capitol Constructing on October 21, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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“That’s the flag of Ukraine alright, the other way up,” California State Senator Melissa Menendez tweeted. “Shout out to the academics union for this promotional piece on the significance of faculty alternative although.”

Fox Information’ Tyler O’Neill contributed to this report