Betsy DeVos angers shooting survivors at Parkland high school visit, walks out of press conference

[riversedge]

Source: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS






Jessica Schladebeck

Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 3:46 PM

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a contentious visit to the site of last month’s Florida school shooting Wednesday, in which she was criticized by survivors and abruptly walked out of her own press conference.
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"Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke to me and only a handful of students. She did not properly answer my only question," Kyra Parrow tweeted. "She did not sit down with any students and asked what we wanted. Douglas has 3,000 students. None of them were invited."

Members of the media received similar treatment from DeVos during a press conference later in the morning that lasted only 10 minutes or so. When pressed by reporters on the issue of arming school staff, with questions surrounding training standards and student opposition, DeVos suddenly walked away from her podium.

Taking only a handful of questions before she abruptly ended the brief press conference, DeVos did not discuss the specifics of her conversations with students nor the policies she believes need to be implemented to keep schools safe.......................



Read more: Betsy DeVos angers shooting survivors at Parkland high school visit, walks out of press conference Tweet email X BY Jessica Schladebeck NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 3:46 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a

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What did she do there all morning??? The article said she spent the morning at the school. The article mainly focuses on the students responses.

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Aly Sheehy 🦅 @Aly_Sheehy

🦅 Retweeted Betsy DeVos

Do something unexpected: answer our questions. You came to our school just for publicity and avoided our questions for the 90 minutes you were actually here. How about you actually do your job? #neveragain #DoYourJob

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The Hummingbird 🐦 @SaysHummingbird

Let's honor the 17 #StonemanDouglas victims on each of the 17 days left till #MarchForOurLives

Today we honor Amazing Alyssa who was 14 years old when her life was taken — she was a star soccer player.

We miss you.

#NeverAgain

(Credit to @LeighHelberg for this inspiring idea)

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos leaves a news conference following a visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the aftermath of a Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

[Fritz Walter]

1. Weather bulletin: massive snowflake lands in south Florida

...and quickly melts.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. DeVos is a horrible woman.

[Hassler]

19. Deplorable runs in her family...

Brother Erik Prince is a grifter and a traitor.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Richie Ain't No Prize Either

He's a total piece of work, in bed with Chuckie and Davie Koch.

[ffr]

41. Then you probably won't want to know about this.

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http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:385516/mmsi:319302000/vessel:SEAQUEST

[Eliot Rosewater]

47. Drain the swamp, right

Disgusting...the people who should be the angriest are the ones supporting her

[BlancheSplanchnik]

48. Hey Betsy:🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕&

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and

[flibbitygiblets]

3. It's almost as if this administration is TRYING to make everyone in America hate them

...keep trying, assholes, there's a couple of deplorables who still believe in you!

[RKP5637]

8. And not only America, just about the entire world hates them! n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. The only ones who don't hate Trump and his minions is a colony that hasn't met them.

This is because they weren't even known to exist until a short time ago.

And, oh, yeah, they're penguins, and penguins are known for keeping their opinions to themselves.

[slumcamper]

9. They don't have to try!

But yeah, I also agree with your point!

[NastyRiffraff]

4. One student, on hearing the news that DeVos would visit:

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[slumcamper]

5. Indeed, what could possibly go wrong???

[marble falls]

6. What did Betsy Devoss do there at Parkland all morning? Only the barest barest of the minimum....

She was there.

[Cha]

7. ..

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. she is simply another trumpian asshole.

[Angry Dragon]

11. what a worthless woman

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Fortunately, NBA star Dwyane Wade also came by. . .

. . .and got rid of her stench. . .

[riversedge]

15. Glad to see this. thanks for post

[Skittles]

33. that is so cool

[magicarpet]

13. These Team tRump people....

..... are so mean, so shallow, so hateful, and so incapable of expressing heartfelt empathy, compassion, or understanding they can not even fake it when it is appropriate to express those human emotions. They are totally devoid of those human feelings - thus their inability to express them. The concept of compassion is so foreign to them they could not possibly pull it off genuinely in public.

[MyOwnPeace]

30. Well said!!

Even having a "cheat sheet" in front of them can't help them see the real world that suffers from their lack of compassion, empathy, or understanding!

[ehrnst]

14. So much winning....

[BigmanPigman]

16. Why the hell did she go there?

My school board invited her right after the election and I heard about it (former teacher and union rep) and went to the Ed Center to voice my opinion and found out I wasn't alone. So many people complained that the invitation was rescinded.

She should not be in her position in the first place...like the rest of the Cabinet. Going to FL and acting this way is typical and expected behavior. No surprises here! #ENOUGH
Attend the Nationwide Walkout March 14th and the international March For Our Lives rallies March 24th.

#ENOUGH National School Walkout: Wed. March 14
The Women's March is organizing a National School Walkout on Wednesday, March 14. At 10am in each time zone, students, administrators, teachers, parents, and community members are encouraged to walk out of schools for 17 minutes, in honor of the 17 victims of last week's shooting in Parkland, FL.
Follow @USSchoolWalkout on Twitter for details.
https://www.womensmarch.com/enough/
https://www.change.org/p/u-s-senate-national-high-school-walk-out-for-anti-gun-violence

March For Our Lives March 24 in DC and sister cities.
School safety is not a political issue. There cannot be two sides to doing everything in our power to ensure the lives and futures of children who are at risk of dying when they should be learning, playing, and growing. The mission and focus of March For Our Lives is to demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues.

Participants are also coming together to register voters at various marches, to ensure that outrage today will translate to high turnout during November’s midterm elections.
https://marchforourlives.com/
https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/march-for-our-lives-for-gun-control-will-be-on-march-24.html
https://www.facebook.com/marchforourlives/events

[mountain grammy]

17. Shes completely incompetent and unable to do her job..

[subterranean]

29. That's precisely why she was appointed.

Being incompetent and unqualified is a prerequisite for a job in the Trump administration.

[jberryhill]

18. One might think that they would have improved security there - instead of letting in deranged adults

[ProfessorGAC]

45. +1 (nt)

[LittleGirl]

20. Cowards - every last one of those cabinet members

fuck her.

[bitterross]

21. Silly peasants. She was just there to tell you to eat ammo

It's not as if she really cares about all the little people in public schools.

[czarjak]

22. Feel the love of Jesus...

Huh, Betsy?

[TeamPooka]

23. If you can't stand the heat get out of the public classroom betsy.

[DFW]

24. I can tell you exactly what she did there all morning

She pranced around, completely clueless as to why she was there, and demonstrated to all present why she had no business whatsoever being Secretary of Education.

[steve2470]

38. Yep

If President Obama had appointed someone as incompetent as her, the Republicans would have made a huge stink about it.

[callous taoboy]

25. Queen Billionaire can't be bothered.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Queen Billionaire, Who Actually Earned. . .

. . .0.0% of what she has. Another silverspoon moron.

[callous taoboy]

49. Right on!

[drray23]

26. I could have written that headline a day before.nt.

[Doodley]

27. In any normal administration, she would resign after that performance, but this is the new normal.

[wcmagumba]

28. She so sad...

her bro Erik maybe in big trouble with Mueller...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-gathers-evidence-that-2016-seychelles-meeting-was-effort-to-establish-back-channel-to-kremlin/2018/03/07/b6a5fb8c-224b-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term=.e75663847abd

[dalton99a]

32. +1

[yurbud]

34. instead of using despicable mercenaries like Prince, we should just pay our troops enough so they

stay in longer.

and use them more judiciously so they don't burn out with PTSD because they had to kill innocent people to make the already very rich even richer.

[SergeStorms]

35. If you can't stand the heat.........

resign from the Education Department, Betsy. You have no business being there in the first place.

[CRK7376]

36. This retired Army officer,

combat vet and current high school history teacher will never carry a gun into my highschool or any other school. Stupid idea to say the least....My high school has 1600 kids, half the size of Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS and the thought of trying to engage a shooter and not hit a kid or faculty member with the panic and stampede to get out of the school or away from a gunman as classrooms lock down is terrifying. Then there is the high possibility of being shot by law enforcement, hitting a student or faculty member instead of the gunman, ricochets or being sued by family of a shot victim etc....HELL NO ON GUNS IN SCHOOLS save the school SRO.

[meadowlander]

37. To be fair, her brother is about to go to prison for a very long time.

Here's hoping it's haunting her every waking moment along with the thought of whether or not she is next.

[ffr]

39. She does not speak for the students she's supposed to support and encourage.

Not surprisingly, with tRump's swamp, it seems her family was part of the Russian back channel network, Spectrum Health, owned by Michigan’s powerful Devos family.

[cp]

40. Coward

and stupid.

[IronLionZion]

42. Why do people like DeVos want these types of government leadership jobs?

they clearly don't want to do it and don't like dealing with the students or their own constituents.

[Hekate]

51. Power. In her case, she hates ungodly public schools and has worked for years to replace them...

...with Christian charter schools. Right, no more tax funded public education -- everybody no matter how poor should pay upfront to educate their kids as Christians. Or homeschool them.

So naturally Trump put her in charge of public schools.

[smirkymonkey]

43. Repulsive, useless woman!

[Hekate]

50. Sweet Betsy fled from the public school cooties

Snowflake indeed