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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, a billionaire Republican megadonor whose only qualification was lobbying for failed school privatization schemes in Michigan, has rapidly become the most hated member of Donald Trumps Cabinet.
And her infamy is not limited to the United States. Her unpopularity is such that she cannot even visit schools in other countries without facing protests.
This week, DeVos was scheduled to tour public schools in Toronto, sparking outrage and protests from Canadian teacher groups.
Chris Cowley, president of the Ontario Teachers Federation, furiously condemned the visit. DeVos represents everything a public education advocate opposes, Crowley said. She should keep her backwards ideas out of Ontario.
After the protests began, DeVos canceled the visit, citing scheduling conflicts a common explanation she uses when declining to meet people who might disagree with her.
https://shareblue.com/betsy-devos-hides-from-outraged-canadian-teachers-cancels-toronto-tour-after-backlash/
dhill926
(16,317 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,315 posts)Now for her next trick:
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Takket
(21,529 posts)Price told her so!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)NBachers
(17,083 posts)Demsrule86
(68,504 posts)God knows I can't think of a job dumb enough that she could actually do...so so stupid.
oasis
(49,338 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)She needs to go away.
Takket
(21,529 posts)And in a swamp filled cabinet full of billionaires with nothing but alt right principles in mind, that is saying something!
MyOwnPeace
(16,920 posts)we MUST persist and resist!!!
That her nomination was approved shows that it is not Orange Cheat-o alone responsible for this national disaster, but rather, an organized assault by the Republican Congress.
Again, we MUST persist and resist!!!!
2018 is the first battle. Fight the lies and get out the vote!