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Leghorn21

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4. FWIW, she's getting eviscerated on twitter - "Special Olympics" is trending at #1, "Betsy DeVos", #2

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:36 PM

Mar 2019

Betsy DeVos, on cutting funding to the Special Olympics:

"We had to make some difficult decisions."

The Special Olympics cost around $18 million, or about the same as five of Trump's golf trips to Mar-a-Lago.

It's not a difficult decision. It's an evil one.

Link to tweet

MF45 ain’t gonna like how this is playing out
Hope he agonizes over how to fix this

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Betsy DeVos calls Special Olympics "awesome" after proposed $18 millions in budget cuts. [View all] Miles Archer Mar 2019 OP

She is old fashioned stupid. madaboutharry Mar 2019 #1

These people ard the lowest of the low. CentralMass Mar 2019 #2

" ... well supported by the philanthropic sector as well" lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #3

FWIW, she's getting eviscerated on twitter - "Special Olympics" is trending at #1, "Betsy DeVos", #2 Leghorn21 Mar 2019 #4

some fun math Takket Mar 2019 #5

+1 Chin music Mar 2019 #7

She's so special Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 #6

Guess she was pissed she wasn't invited malaise Mar 2019 #8

not just Special Olympics - cuts to special education too - watch the exchange here [5 min VIDEO] IcyPeas Mar 2019 #9