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She really did have problems trying to answer questions. tsk tsk
Revealed: White House officials watched in dismay as Betsy DeVos went down in flames on 60 Minutes
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/revealed-white-house-officials-watched-dismay-betsy-devos-went-flames-60-minutes/
Sarah K. Burris
12 Mar 2018 at 10:53 ET
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (L) meet with parents and teachers at Saint Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Florida, U.S. March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
According to a Monday CNN report, the White House wasnt pleased with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during her interview with 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl.
She gave a performance that has not received stellar reviews. Ill try to be polite here, host John Berman said to Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). Were just getting some information from our White House team that the White House White House officials watched in dismay as Betsy DeVos struggled to answer basic questions about the nations schools.
DeVos has been blasted most of the morning by political pundits for everything from not knowing anything about her panel for school safety to not visiting at-risk schools. DeVos has been visiting with religious and nontraditional private and charter schools since being confirmed.
Watch the commentary between Berman and Lieu below: .....................................................
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)Her purpose is the same as everyone appointed by TrumPutin -- to destroy the system that places limits on their parasitic profiteering. Destroying the education system benefits the party that needs voters to be ignorant and easily manipulated by "alternative facts".
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)Such schools would discriminate against anybody who isn't white, wealthy, Christian and straight.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)Heaven to Betsy, can't have that! Just think of yourself, remain selfish, get all you can and to heck with others.
About her goals for students, she said "to bring them into God's Kingdom."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)The.Best.People.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)cheeto probably didn't--punce / kochs did.
And she doesn't have to be smart to just act on the agenda handed to her by the American Taliban, aka fake xtian fundies.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Trump:The art of the deal page 31
Your are right but the CEO owns it.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)handing off to vicious financial predators and crackpot fake xtians the critical decisions on stocking his cabinet doesn't absolve donnie in the least. That he had neither the knowledge nor interest in informing himself to make or oversee good picks reflects even more poorly on his abysmal "abilities."
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)but Republicans went and confirmed her anyway- even (if I remember correctly) having to get Pence out there to break a tie in the Republican-controlled Senate. She needs to go- but will just get replaced by somebody just as bad/ignorant. The only thing that will probably change is that she will refuse to go on any media outlet other than Fox in the future.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)She couldn't answer basic questions! I'm beyond disgusted that the GOP confirmed this woman as ed. secretary.
Link to tweet
pangaia
(24,324 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)Im sure that if other appointees were subjected to a rigorous interview, they too would go down in flames (such as Ben Carson, Scott Pruitt, Rex Tillerson).
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)He's the worst SOS in my 70 years on this planet.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Tillerson would probably have been a good Secretary of Energy or Secretary of Commerce.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)I would never want him to operate on my brain!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)If you're an amateur who does something for a hobby, like playing the guitar or painting, you don't have to be good at it. If you're the head of an important government agency you'd damn well better be good at it.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)I guess it's time for old Betsy to pony up another donation. Or maybe she'll get fired anyway.
Cheeto loves to fire people, as we've all noticed.
montanacowboy
(6,101 posts)spend their lives in prison
They scammed the public with their big Amway shit for years, made a fortune on their ponzi scheme but that is what they are - scam artists - con men -Know nothings
They are good at stealing other people's money and lie lie lie
She destroyed the Michigan public school system
Fuck that family to hell and back
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)joke of a Twitler appointee.
And your brother's in big trouble, sister.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)when you hire incompetant cronies.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Reading through some of the comments about Arne Duncan, in old threads.
Thankfully, many of those posting the most deplorable comments no long post here.
Sid
poboy2
(2,078 posts)does not absolve him of his excremental nature.
Corporate privatizer vs. Fundy fuck-up corporate privatizer.
It is like a spiral of how low we can go.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)I still don't get it. But DeVos is ten times worse.
Farmer-Rick
(10,207 posts)Hurricane Katrina was the best thing to happen to the education system in New Orleans. Check out the Nation's story on him.
Let's not go canonizing every Dem before the horrors of Trump. Obama was not a saint and all his picks were not perfect. Still Obama was 1000% better than Anything Trump has or will do.
Arne was a huge advocate of for profit eduction. He was just a more educated and sophistcated version of the rich spoiled brat in charge now.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Is the lowest possible bar to be Secretary of Education.
Remember when we vilified Dubya at DU? Same thing. Just because the current president is stupider doesnt improve George Bush.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Except that daddy and others made her filthy rich..........
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)To her defense, she didnt need to know about Amway. Her job was to be ready to put on nice clothes and fresh makeup at any time of the night so shed be presentable to her husband when he walked in the door after a long night of showing the plan. (No, Im not kidding...there is a very fine book titled Merchants of Deception, written by a man whos posted on DU at least once, that explains Amway wives are taught to be in costume and makeup - and it damn well better be the very expensive Amway brand, because your upline will invade your house and haul off the products you wore before as you are required to use nothing but Amway products when you sell Amway - so their husbands eyes will be pleased when they finally get home.)
When the history of this long nightmare is finally written, Mitch McConnell will have to take at least some of the blame for not going to the White House after Trump made his picks and telling him, Mr. President, the Senate is not going to approve any of your nominees. Send us people who are at least slightly familiar with the departments you want to put them in.
RainCaster
(10,914 posts)How could she go on that show? She had to know these folks would pick her apart! She was so stupid, I thought that the late Sunday night farm weather dude was smarter.
3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)She is completely devoid of any of the skills needed for the job she holds.
She is not even smart enough to bullshit well.
bluestateboomer
(505 posts)Whatever her lack of skills, she is accomplishing what they sent her for. De Vos wants to destroy public education and is working very hard toward that goal. Her incompetence will metaphorically drive the school bus into the ditch. Then just watch as they tell us how our system is failing our children.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)but Leslie Stahl was great...the utter disbelief she showed at DeVos' stupidity.
BTW, I hate DeVos' vapid, insincere smile almost as much as her idiotic answers.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)I dont have the link, it is out there.
We should not be surprised if gop voters love this woman BECAUSE she is stupid and BECAUSE she wants to harm our schools.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)A staggeringly high number.
pamdb
(1,332 posts)As someone from West Michigan, I could have told the WH that you are
getting what you paid for. Or rather what the DeVos and Prince family have paid for. They are of the Christian Reformed Church faith, or as it is known here
CRC holier than thou right wing republicans. This is the religion that was responsible for apartheid in South Africa. They were the original Afrikaaners.
They believe that only they know the right way to live. She wants to make schools "god based" whatever the hell than means. She came from money. the Prince fortune, and married into Amway money.
I would cite from politico. How Betsey DeVos used God and Amway to take over Michigan politics. January 15, 2017.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)Or fail to take note that a couple of Republicans couldn't even vote for her?
groundloop
(11,522 posts)That right there tells us (once again) where she and 45* want to take our school systems. If you can't afford a private school for your child, well, too bad.
maxrandb
(15,351 posts)they don't give a shit that she doesn't know a fucking thing about education, other than having a plan to destroy it and give the funds to fundies and fucked up corrupt institutions like "Donnie Shit for Brains University"
They don't give a fuck that she is completely unqualified to be a fucking crossing guard at a fucking elementary school.
They don't give a fuck that she doesn't give a shit about improving education.
ALL THEY FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS THAT SHE GOT BAD REVIEWS.
In Donnie Short Fingers world, Bad Reviews = Bad Ratings.
She better pull in some fucking Nielsen's, or she won't make the fall replacement schedule.
I fucking live in Bizarro World!!!!!
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)And is doing one hell of a job.
The WH is probably celebrating behind closed doors while leaking that they give a damn.
mgardener
(1,819 posts)Is because of what her brother, Eric Prince, did for Trump last year.
This woman has not teaching credentials, no degree in education, she doesnt even have a Master's degree.
She did not get the job because she was qualified. Just like Ben Carson.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)She didn't know anything during her confirmation hearings. She doesn't care about the public education system in this country and couldn't be bothered to learn anything about it.
Scalded Nun
(1,239 posts)She does not make a profit off of them.
May her world turn completely to shit.
And then she should wind up in the lake of fire along with her scumbag brother.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)amway.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This video needs an update
onecent
(6,096 posts)White eyes, and of course his mouth is always saying something.....one eye won't decide
where it wants to go...
I figured you could see Trumps face when he was with that woman that doesn't know anything.
Grins
(7,228 posts)"DeVos struggled to answer basic questions about the nations schools"
How is that different from her confirmation hearings?
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)I guess the only surprise is that shes had a year to bone up on what her job entails and hasnt given two shits enough to even do that. She is disgusting.
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)They're quite happy with her, I'm sure.
They want all schools to appear as stupid as she is.
Takket
(21,625 posts)shocking!