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usaf-vet

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11. She wants to hire her brother's mercenaries (Blackwater)

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 02:08 PM

Mar 2018

This is the direction that this has been heading. DeVos and Eric Prince (brother and sister).

Yet another intentional way to bleed money from taxpayers to further enrich themselves.

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DeVos: Trump's plan to arm teachers 'mischaracterized' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

Betsy DeVos is every bit as much of a non-caring oligarch as drumpf is. lark Mar 2018 #1

So the gun packing teachers will have more training then the police? Botany Mar 2018 #2

Mischaracterized HOW? DFW Mar 2018 #3

New Teacher training school Botany Mar 2018 #5

is this the second public school she has visited? I am sure they were just thrilled to niyad Mar 2018 #4

Betsy DeVos Visits Parkland Students, Some Didn't Want Her There appalachiablue Mar 2018 #13

what in the F****** hell was she smiling about???? niyad Mar 2018 #17

It's what she does. And why did she show up the very day students returned appalachiablue Mar 2018 #18

No! We understood it clearly. You are pushing off your responsibility to get a handle on guns... Frustratedlady Mar 2018 #6

This is the first thing I thought about. murielm99 Mar 2018 #10

The one and only time I ever shot a gun was when I was probably 14. Frustratedlady Mar 2018 #12

They are "required and requested." Well, which one is it? Demit Mar 2018 #7

Who will underwrite the liability for the teachers, schools, and taxpayers? bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #8

Oh come on Betsy, there aren't any grizzlies in Florida, why do teachers need guns there? ET Awful Mar 2018 #9

She wants to hire her brother's mercenaries (Blackwater) usaf-vet Mar 2018 #11

A lucrative job creator/business opportunity with ample contracts & supplies. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #14

Toons From Europe: (credit syringis) appalachiablue Mar 2018 #15

Hmmmm still sounds to me like "arming teachers" - whether or not training required. What a Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2018 #16