DeVos & DeSantis team up

[kadee79]

To destroy public schools....

Donald Trump may not pay his debts, but the man vying to replace him as standard-bearer for Republican grievance politics apparently does.

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has received close to $500,000 in campaign contributions from the family of Betsy DeVos over the last four years, returned the favor, appearing on a "tele-townhall" with Trump's former education secretary to promote her campaign to privatize Michigan's public schools.

Just days after DeSantis made national headlines by seeking to punish the Walt Disney Company for opposing his "Don't Say Gay" law and rejecting dozens of K-12 textbooks on fictitious ideological grounds, DeVos opened their conversation by telling viewers, "With your signature on the Let Michigan Kids Learn petition, we can bring some of that Florida success here to Michigan."

Since late last year, DeVos has been pushing a petition drive for a ballot initiative, "Let MI Kids Learn," which critics have described as a thinly-veiled effort to enact a school voucher system in Michigan through "an end-run around the normal legislative process," as State Sen. Erika Geiss, chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, told Salon earlier this month. According to campaign finance reports filed this week by Let MI Kids Learn, the group has paid more than $1 million for professional petition circulating services alone since the start of the year.

www.salon.com/2022/04/26/betsy-devos-and-ron-desantis-dynamic-duo-team-up-to-defund-public-schools/

[busymom]

Why can I imagine them running together as pres/vice pres in 2024?  They both spew the same garbage.  Sadly, they'd probably make a perfect team.  

[happyhoix]

Ever notice what they call laws is the opposite of what the law will do?

[djAdvocate]

of all of Trump's dubious appointments, DeVoss is perhaps the one i loathe the most.

[Tiny]

I don't have children. I have to admit as a person Betty DeVos invokes almost as much loathing as trump does. And I loathe trump as a person (even before he became president.) I strongly suspect she looks down on most Americans -especially the "dirty" ones.

Unfortunately, she represents the Republican "platform" pretty well and is seen as being instrumental in moving the agenda forward.   

[happyhoix]

May 5, 2022 12:39:44 GMT -5 Tiny said:

I don't have children. I have to admit as a person Betty DeVos invokes almost as much loathing as trump does. And I loathe trump as a person (even before he became president.) I strongly suspect she looks down on most Americans -especially the "dirty" ones.

Unfortunately, she represents the Republican "platform" pretty well and is seen as being instrumental in moving the agenda forward.   

You should check out her brother, Erik Prince - he’s even more loathesome if you can believe it.