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Add another Trump appointee to the LONG list of 'em who have seen the light (at least to some degree). But she was still horrible as education secretary.
On the same day Trump was holding a campaign rally in Georgia, DeVos told attendees at the biennial conference on Mackinac Island she worries that principles have been overtaken by personalities in todays political environment, as reported by the Detroit Free Press. Though personalities can be important to point the party toward its policies, ours is not a movement dependent on any one person, DeVos said.
Education is about students, not systems, DeVos said. Education funding should be tied to students, not systems and buildings.
DeVos, who served as education secretary under Trump, compared her time in Washington, D.C., to a trip to the dentist, saying it was useful but she was glad when it was over. But one of the bright points, DeVos said, was that she didnt have to live under the thumb of that woman from Michigan, a reference to Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and her mind-boggling actions during the pandemic that closed schools and businesses according to DeVos. DeVos served as Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000 and from 2003 to 2004.
https://hillreporter.com/betsy-devos-criticizes-gops-infatuation-with-trump-113647
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)I don't want to hear from Betsy fucking DeVos even when she is right. And she was glad when her tenure was over? NOT HALF AS GLAD AS WE WERE.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)I'd say she'll never wash his stench off, but you can't really tell where his ends and hers begins.
ZonkerHarris
(24,223 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)My Republican cousins in Michigan who don't live far from her house despise the DeVos family.
Diamond_Dog
(31,989 posts)During her tenure as Education Secy. she happily sucked up to him. Add her to the long list of people who could have spoken up but didnt.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)Useless effing quitter.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)Shut up DeVos, you asshole. And Gretchen Whitmer is a much better person than you could ever hope to be.
Nictuku
(3,607 posts)haele
(12,650 posts)Trump is such a gauche plebe. She also probably wants to travel internationally without having any Trump stench on her.
Too late.
Haele
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)He's all yours. Enjoy the party.
IcyPeas
(21,865 posts)True Dough
(17,304 posts)And while I realize she's vile, disgustingly rich and protected, at least she was willing to speak out even though the radical wingnuts who support Trump will likely try to make her life hell.
Deuxcents
(16,197 posts)When she could have made a difference, she didnt. She actually didnt do anything for the advancement of education. Meanwhile, her commando brother gets to suck us dry, too. A horrible family of millionaire grifters. I have no..no respect for her. .