In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, education reform advocate and public school teacher Rebecca Friedrichs addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 24, 2020. Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images
Two women from Orange County, California—Rebecca Friedrichs, an elementary school teacher, and Natalie Harp, a cancer survivor—both spoke Aug. 25 at the first night of the Republican National Convention.
Friedrichs, a vocal critic of teachers unions, used her platform to highlight what she called a “radical agenda” being pushed on teachers and schools.
