1/ She sent her son to private school... While helping kill the program that let poor kids do the same. That’s just one of many scandals that have plagued Stacy Davis Gates since heading the Chicago Teachers Union. Ahead of her election, here are some of her greatest hits. 🧵

2/ Davis Gates presides over the unpopular Chicago Teachers Union and its CORE caucus. CTU's upcoming isn’t just about internal politics. They wants you to pay $7.3 billion in new taxes.

3/ Let’s start with the hypocrisy heard around the world. 👇 Gates helped destroy Illinois’ only school choice program. But she enrolled her own son in a private school. She said it was for his “emotional needs” and soccer dreams. 15,000 low-income kids lost scholarships.

4/ Financial mismanagement? CTU didn’t release full audits for four years. When asked, Gates accused critics of using a “racist dog whistle.” Members sued the union.

5/ The union’s finances are in shambles: 👉first reported deficit under her leadership 👉$500K more spent than received in 2023 👉political spending nearly tripled And much of it is funded without member approval.

6/ Davis Gates owed Chicago over $5,000 in unpaid utility bills. She started a payment plan… Then defaulted. Only after a public records request did she pay in full—just days before the info became public.

7/ In Indiana, she claimed a homeowners tax break… For a home she didn’t live in. It lowered her property taxes by 75%. When caught, she was forced to pay 3 years’ worth of back taxes.

8/ Her leadership style? She: 👉compared CPS CEO to a “terrible” special ed student 👉told members a principal should be punched 👉called a journalist a “stalker” for asking questions 👉cursed out a senior union leader at a public event

9/ Her own members are fed up. 60% of Chicago voters disapprove of CTU. CTU allies are distancing themselves. Internal lawsuits are piling up. And her challenger says it plainly: “Our leadership is obsessed with politics.”

10/ Teachers vote. Taxpayers feel the effects. And Stacy Davis Gates has a lot to answer for.

Teachers Unions have become giant Super PACs for leftwing Democrats.