What’s behind Republican Matt Salmon’s venomous attack on Arizona teachers?

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Opinion: The candidate for governor, who used to be a rock solid but rational conservative, has drowned his common sense in the Kari Lake.

By EJ Montini | Arizona Republic

Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon once urged people to work together.

Why do Arizona Republicans hate teachers?

It’s like they’re having spitting contests with venom.

On Monday, Republican state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita called teachers “educational terrorists.”

Jeez.

I attended a Catholic grammar school where the nuns were merciless and physically punitive, but even those of us with visible welts never called the good sisters “terrorists.”

Then, last week, GOP gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon called the teachers union “a scourge on our society.”

He also sent a press release announcing his response to a questionnaire from the Arizona Education Association, saying, “I hope that this statement answers the final item in your questionnaire asking what kind of ‘relationship’ I anticipate having with the AEA as Arizona’s next governor: A confrontational one.”

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