Liberal Forum

For the second straight debate, Republican candidates attacked teacher unions as part of their plan for improving education, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie again leading the charge, as he discussed dropping literacy scores in America.Although the conversation pivoted away to other right-wing educational concerns, such as trans students, when the conversation pivoted to former Vice President Mike Pence, he steered the conversation back so he could land a zinger about his wife being a teacher."By way of full disclosure, my wife isn't a member of the teacher's union, but I've gotta admit, I've been sleeping with a teacher for 38 years," Pence said, through a clearly pained grimace, as the devout Christian decided to crack a sex joke on the national stage.