Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: 'I wouldn't trust you to care for a house plant, let alone my child'

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https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/07/12/ayanna-pressley-betsy-devos-schools-reopening

Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos on schools reopening: ‘I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant, let alone my child’

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been pushing for all schools to reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.


By Arianna MacNeill, Boston.com Staff July 12, 2020 | 3:45 PM


In criticizing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s demand that all schools reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said, “you have no plan.”

“Teachers, kids and parents are fearing for their lives,” she wrote on Twitter Sunday afternoon. “You point to a private sector that has put profits over people and claimed the lives of thousands of essential workers. I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child.”

Pressley’s comments accompanied a retweet of a CNN Politics video of DeVos being interviewed about kids returning to school.

“What we’re saying is that kids need to be back in school and that school leaders across the country need to be making plans to do just that,” DeVos told CNN. “There’s going to be the exception to the rule, but the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. And where there are little flare ups or hot spots, that can be dealt with on a school-by-school or a case-by-case basis, and there’s ample opportunity to have kids in school.”

Ouch! Cruella DeVos will need some serious pain relief for *that* burn.

Well said, Rep. Pressley!

[sheshe2]

1. Dayum I 💕 this woman.

Ayanna!

[Srkdqltr]

2. DeVoss only has a word salad. She is useless.

[ariadne0614]

3. If rump cared about getting kids back to school in August,

. . .he would have taken science-based action at the federal level in January.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Exactly. The reality-deniers think they can tweet the virus into submission. . . . nt

[Chemisse]

11. Except he can't think beyond what is good. For him. Today.

If Trump really wanted kids in school (and of course they could all take a merry wagon ride into a raging inferno for all he cares), he would have resigned and let somebody capable take the job of president.

[TNNurse]

4. I would not trust Betsy with caring for my dog.

My dog died 7 years ago.

[lpbk2713]

5. Fair statement.

Makes perfect sense to me.

[iluvtennis]

7. Right On, Ayanna Pressley. nt

[DanieRains]

8. Who Wants To Die For Trump

[Red Mountain]

9. DeVos is an idiot bordering on criminal

1. Distance learning for all who can.

2. Distance learning + limited class time for all who #1 doesn't work out well.

3. Classroom instruction for any kid for whom #1 or #2 isn't a possibility or who might be at risk in some way.


It's going to be tough on the teachers. Funding would be a good place to start.

[Hortensis]

10. That's for sure. And I'm serious. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Did you go to the link?

The "Comments" section tell us: This ain't over yet...........

"I wouldn't trust Pressley to care for a Chia Pet." (Ms. Pressley does not have any hair)

"Has anyone ever seen Pressley and Steve Harvey together at the same time?" (see above)

To be honest, I really didn't expect this from any Boston news source.

[Upthevibe]

13. She horrific...

A low-life sorry excuse for a human being....

[Alliepoo]

14. Love her reply to Cruella!

I’m dismayed that the network news seems to be pushing the back to school thing. On the National news tonight they asked 5 or 6 pediatricians about sending kids back to school. Their answers were the same blather about distancing, washing hands, more harm done by keeping kids out of school, kids don’t seem to be as affected, blah blah. They were asked if they’ll send their own kids back to school and the answer was of course! Absolutely! Big cheesy smiles all around. Not once did they suggest it might be better to use virtual learning. The fact is that we don’t really know how kids are affected. They have been the most protected cohort. Their schools (and for a while playgrounds, movies, restaurants, activities etc) were closed and the kiddos haven’t really been out in the big old germy world very much. With covid raging thru the country and sending these kids to school I can’t help but believe that a lot of our kiddos are going to be harmed. I don’t understand why the news isn’t talking up virtual learning or a hybrid of a couple of days in class and the remainder of the week in virtual learning. Anyway-I just needed to rant a little. Thanks.