WASHINGTON, D.C. – The hypocrisy of union officials is remarkable.

Yesterday, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, American Federation of Teachers President Rhonda Weingarten unloaded a mouthful of union propaganda about wealthy campaign contributors, according to an AFT news release.

“With this ruling, the voices of everyday Americans have gotten squashed again. We once had rules that allowed everyone a fair shot at the American dream and access to democracy, but now access to government is reserved for the most powerful and influential with millions and millions of dollars to buy elections,” Weingarten said.

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“The avalanche of money spent on elections would be better spent creating jobs, improving our neighborhood public schools, fixing our disintegrating infrastructure and building a better future for our children.”

As if the teachers unions have never purchased any elections, or the loyalty of elected officials, with huge campaign contributions. Give us a break, Rhonda.

In McCutcheon v. FEC, the Supreme Court struck down a decades old cap on the number of candidates and political party committees a single donor can help fund in any given election cycle, but “it keeps in place the federal campaign limits that restrict how much a donor can give to any one candidate or to any one party committee,” the Washington Post reports.

The fact that Weingarten assailed the ruling is preposterous. It’s actually great news for teachers unions, who are among the biggest political donors (and purchasers of influence) in the nation.

The National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers contributed a combined $8 million directly to federal candidates, parties and committees in 2013-14, according to OpenSecrets.org.

Teachers unions in general spent an estimated $19 million on politics in 2012, with 95 percent of the money going to help elect Democrats, according to the site.

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Why isn’t the AFT using that “avalanche of money” to create jobs, improve schools or fix infrastructure?

Teachers union officials, particularly Weingarten, love to harp on any perceived injustice to “everyday Americans,” while simultaneously pick-pocketing those “everyday Americans” through forced dues deductions that fund their political agenda.

And those “everyday Americans” are also helping to provide Weingarten and her peers the type of cushy lifestyle that is common to corporate executives.

Weingarten, for example, takes home $396,304 in gross salary, plus an additional $160,677 in benefits and other pay, which comes to a total compensation of $556,981, records show.

In other words, Weingarten is one of the nation’s “most powerful and influential” people, with access to “millions and millions of dollars to buy elections.”

Instead of whining, she should write a “thank you” note to the justices of the Supreme Court