<p>Former Secretary of State&nbsp;<a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/mike-pompeo/" _mce_href="https://thehill.com/people/mike-pompeo/">Mike Pompeo&nbsp;</a>said in a Monday interview that he believes&nbsp;<a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/randi-weingarten/" _mce_href="https://thehill.com/people/randi-weingarten/">Randi Weingarten,</a>&nbsp;the head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union, is the “most dangerous person in the world.”&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.semafor.com/article/11/21/2022/mike-pompeo-2024-trump" _mce_href="https://www.semafor.com/article/11/21/2022/mike-pompeo-2024-trump" target="_blank">In an interview with Semafor</a>, Pompeo, who is thought to be eyeing a potential 2024 White House bid, said that education is one of the central issues that Republicans should focus on, noting his criticism of Weingarten and the current teaching curriculum in U.S. school systems.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I tell the story often — I get asked ‘Who’s the most dangerous person in the world? Is it Chairman Kim, is it Xi Jinping?’ The most dangerous person in the world is Randi Weingarten,” Pompeo said.&nbsp;</p> <p>“It’s not a close call. If you ask, ‘Who’s the most likely to take this republic down?’ It would be the teacher’s unions, and the filth that they’re teaching our kids, and the fact that they don’t know math and reading or writing,” the former top U.S. diplomat added.&nbsp;</p> <p>“These are the things that candidates should speak to in a way that says, ‘Here’s the problem. Here’s a proposal for how to solve it. And if given the opportunity, these are the things I will go work on to try and deliver that outcome that fixes that problem,'” Pompeo concluded. “Pretty straightforward stuff.”</p>