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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 12:28 PM Jun 2022

DeVos says she talked 25th Amendment, resigned after Trump crossed 'line in the sand' on Jan. 6

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was the final straw for her in standing by former President Trump, confirming that she was open to using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

DeVos, who writes in a new book about turning in her resignation letter to Trump the day after the Capitol insurrection, blames the former president’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election for blocking her efforts to pass her last piece of school choice agenda legislation through Congress.

She was the second Trump Cabinet member to step down on Jan. 7, following Education Secretary Elaine Chao.

“To me, there was a line in the sand,” DeVos writes in “Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child,” which comes out June 21. “It wasn’t about the election results. It was about the values and image of the United States. It was about public service rising above self. The president had lost sight of that.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/devos-says-she-talked-25th-amendment-resigned-after-trump-crossed-line-in-the-sand-on-jan-6/ar-AAYgL1v

Another Trumper who speaks out after the fact.

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DeVos says she talked 25th Amendment, resigned after Trump crossed 'line in the sand' on Jan. 6 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
K and R...Thanks for posting.. Stuart G Jun 2022 #1
Nice try Betsy dflprincess Jun 2022 #2
Her line in the sand was her school choice agenda not getting passed. The end. chowder66 Jun 2022 #3
Ummmm .... TRANSPORTATION Secretary Elaine Chao. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 #4
Skunk cabbage trying to smell like a rose 🌹 peacefreak2.0 Jun 2022 #5
Ha ha ha. Right. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #6
So Betsy DeVos did her damndest to agingdem Jun 2022 #7
What's her brother up to malaise Jun 2022 #8
Don't believe a word of it Novara Jun 2022 #9
Cruella DeVos, just be quiet. callous taoboy Jun 2022 #10
Was this before or after you and your family provided material support for the insurrectionists? pecosbob Jun 2022 #11
You got any info in your book about the Trump Org, Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health tanyev Jun 2022 #12
Ripped a sour fart in the elevator, and now Betsy wants to run away from it gratuitous Jun 2022 #13

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
7. So Betsy DeVos did her damndest to
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 12:50 PM
Jun 2022

destroy the Department of Education, tolerated separating families, babies in cages, the muslim ban, good people on both sides, withhold aid to Ukraine, ignored the coming of a pandemic, "disappeared" 400,000 covid dead, suggested shooting peaceful protestors, legitimized racism/antisemitism/xenophobia ..all that was okay with Betsy but January 6 was a bridge too far?? Betsy, take your garbage book and shove it!

Novara

(5,842 posts)
9. Don't believe a word of it
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 01:03 PM
Jun 2022

She ruined public schooling in Michigan and tried her damnedest to do the same nationwide.

To her, "education freedom" means defunding public schools and sending tax money to religious indoctrination schools for white kids. The result is that the poor and brown kids are "stuck" in shitty, poor-performing schools with bottom-of-the-barrel education. These kids don't go to college, furthering the divide between poor uneducated kids of color versus white educated kids who have opportunities. When poor kids don't have opportunities, they're the ones who work in factories, service industries, and low-paying jobs, and their kids are stuck in shitty public schools, and the cycle continues, keeping the class divide.

I hate that woman with the heat of a thousand suns.

tanyev

(42,558 posts)
12. You got any info in your book about the Trump Org, Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 01:15 PM
Jun 2022

computer servers communicating with each other, Betsy?

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