DeVos confirmation hearing

[octoberlib]

Last edited Tue Jan 17, 2017, 08:56 PM - Edit history (4)

Yamiche Alcindor ?@Yamiche 2m2 minutes ago
Sen Franken on LGBT rights: Do you still believe in conversion therapy?

DeVos: I’ve never believed in that. I fully believe in equality

jeremy scahill ?@jeremyscahill 3m3 minutes ago
What needs to be abundantly clear: Betsy DeVos and her family have been central funders of the radical Christian right's hateful agenda


Allen McDuffeeVerified account ?@AllenMcDuffee 51m51 minutes ago
Did we get to the part when #BetsyDeVos discusses how she & her brother Erik Prince of Blackwater fame are preparing for the final crusade?

GLSENVerified account ?@GLSEN 6m6 minutes ago
Thank you @alfranken for asking #BetsyDeVos abt how she can support #LGBTQ students while funding anti-LGBTQ causes.

(((Mary Cathryn))) ?@mcricker 23m23 minutes ago
#BetsyDeVos won't commit to upholding the Dept. of Education guidance on ending campus sexual assault. That's shameful. #DeVosHearing

Progress Michigan ?@ProgressMich 1h1 hour ago
#BetsyDeVos hasn't disclosed her last 3 yrs of tax returns, says Sen. Murray. #education

Janice Holter Kittok ?@JanKittok 4m4 minutes ago
#DeVosHearing All Dem Senators requesting more time for questions. Denied. Silencing the voice of opposition-the current Rep admin protocol

Ann ZaniewskiVerified account ?@AnnZaniewski 5m5 minutes ago
Sen. Bennet: I wish we had a second round of questions, and her tax returns. #DeVosHearing #DeVos

Amanda Kramer ?@avkrambler 15m15 minutes ago
Oh my god, is @alfranken really having to explain to her the difference between proficiency and growth?! SERIOUSLY?! #DeVosHearing

Michael McAuliff ?@mmcauliff 2m2 minutes ago
#BetsyDeVos refuses to tell the senator from Sandy Hook, Conn.,Chris Murphy, that she opposes guns in schools.

Ben Miller ?@EduBenM 15m15 minutes ago
It's clear that DeVos is more prepared on contribution questions than any practical thing on education policy


Jeff Chu ?@jeffchu 17m17 minutes ago
Betsy DeVos won't say guns don't belong in schools. Cites Wyoming; guns, she says, may "protect from potential grizzlies." #DeVosHearing

Alex Kotch
?@alexkotch Alex Kotch Retweeted Every Voice
Tim Scott, big beneficiary of DeVos cash, throwing softballs at DeVos in Senate hearing from which he wouldn't recuse himself #DeVosHearing

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jeremy scahillVerified account
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Someone should ask Betsy DeVos how she envisions "advancing the kingdom of God" through public education & then read her the 1st Amendment

[skylucy]

1. Unbelievable.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Erik Prince (Blackwater) is her BROTHER?

Disqualified just on that.

[octoberlib]

3. Yep. The whole family's loony(and dangerous)

[Phoenix61]

5. Yeah,

Interesting isn't it? Nice warm, fuzzy little Christian family aren't they.

[someoneeelse]

8. ...

Well when money is involved the christian part doesnt matter so much.

To the right side money is God unless you are not part of the top 1%.

[maxrandb]

11. Like Napoleon said

Religion is what keeps the poor from eating the rich

[gademocrat7]

4. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

DeVos is evil and dangerous.

[superpatriotman]

6. Amway and right wing Jesus

That is all you need to know about these entitled charlatans.

[octoberlib]

7. She's doing horrible in the confirmation hearing and the Republicans

are trying to limit the questioning to limit her exposure.

[octoberlib]

9. Dems are demanding a second hearing. Good for them!

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/314715-schumer-hold-another-hearing-for-trumps-education-pick

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday evening that Democrats want a second hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Education Department.

The Senate minority leader warned that the fight over Betsy DeVos could gum up the works for getting Trump's other nominees cleared through the Senate.

"We feel very strongly there ought to be another hearing, and this will affect how the rest of the nominees will go forward because we need time on them," he said. "I've never heard anything like this."

[Bozvotros]

10. Dems were great.....

All of them really. Tim Kaine particularly nailed her with his questioning, as did Franken and of course Warren. She was evasive, smarmy and most of all ignorant. Her main strategy was to give a big phony smile and avoid committing to following law and precedent and giving states the most rights in how they use federal dollars or interpret federal mandates. In short she looked like a lying sneaky sack of shit. Exactly how you would expect someone on the top of a pyramid scheme would talk when they were trying to sell their rip-off to prospective marks.