Teachers unions such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers are using dues to push a political agenda instead of “addressing the failed education system,” the head of Moms for Liberty told the Daily Signal in an interview. “The teachers unions are the reason public education is failing in America,” Descovich said, adding that they focus on “everything but education.” Intimidation Tactics and MoneyAccording to Descovich, unions take hundreds of millions of dollars out of hard-working teachers’ pockets, yet those same teachers “don’t even know that this is what they’re doing with their funding.” Teachers unions are legally allowed to donate to political candidates across the country. “Democrats are never going to go against what the teachers unions want because they are funded by them,” she continued, saying the situation ends up being a “money laundering scheme for political corruption.”