Revealed: White House officials watched in dismay as Betsy DeVos went down in flames on 60 Min

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She really did have problems trying to answer questions. tsk tsk




Revealed: White House officials ‘watched in dismay’ as Betsy DeVos went down in flames on ’60 Minutes’
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/revealed-white-house-officials-watched-dismay-betsy-devos-went-flames-60-minutes/



Sarah K. Burris
12 Mar 2018 at 10:53 ET
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (L) meet with parents and teachers at Saint Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Florida, U.S. March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


According to a Monday CNN report, the White House wasn’t pleased with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during her interview with “60 Minutes” reporter Lesley Stahl.

“She gave a performance that has not received stellar reviews. I’ll try to be polite here,” host John Berman said to Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). “We’re just getting some information from our White House team that the White House — White House officials watched in dismay as Betsy DeVos struggled to answer basic questions about the nation’s schools.”


DeVos has been blasted most of the morning by political pundits for everything from not knowing anything about her panel for school safety to not visiting at-risk schools. DeVos has been visiting with religious and nontraditional private and charter schools since being confirmed.

Watch the commentary between Berman and Lieu below: .....................................................

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[dalton99a]

1. When rich white people run the government on the side as a personal hobby

[pangaia]

20. Make that rich, ignorant, mentally deficient, white, FAKE xtians....

[dalton99a]

27. +1

[pandr32]

46. +2

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. when rich white people run the government to destroy the government

Her purpose is the same as everyone appointed by TrumPutin -- to destroy the system that places limits on their parasitic profiteering. Destroying the education system benefits the party that needs voters to be ignorant and easily manipulated by "alternative facts".

[Freethinker65]

51. this. +100

[yardwork]

38. More than that - she wants to give our tax money to private for-profit "schools."

Such schools would discriminate against anybody who isn't white, wealthy, Christian and straight.

[Leghorn21]

2. Ha ha!!

Link to tweet

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“The struggle is real.”

Ha ha!!

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[chelsea0011]

10. "schools are made up of individual students attending them".....brilliant!

[Bluepinky]

14. She sounds like she flunked out of the elite private school her parents sent her to.

[poboy2]

25. That was one of the more brilliant lines, lulz-nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Her job qualification IS that she is stupid, that is the desired person for the GOP on education

[Freethinker65]

52. Yep

[appalachiablue]

39. Thatcher-Reagan Libertarian clone, 'individuals' only. No group unity, solidarity

Heaven to Betsy, can't have that! Just think of yourself, remain selfish, get all you can and to heck with others.

About her goals for students, she said "to bring them into God's Kingdom."

[smirkymonkey]

56. Kicking for later viewing!

[underpants]

61. That was *ahem* Devostating

[MoonRiver]

4. Fire her ass, lol!

[bronxiteforever]

5. Cheeto picked her. Its his fault.

The.Best.People.

[not fooled]

57. To give him credit

cheeto probably didn't--punce / kochs did.

And she doesn't have to be smart to just act on the agenda handed to her by the American Taliban, aka fake xtian fundies.

[bronxiteforever]

64. My philosophy is always to hire the best from the best.

Trump:The art of the deal page 31

Your are right but the CEO owns it.

[not fooled]

68. Agree completely

handing off to vicious financial predators and crackpot fake xtians the critical decisions on stocking his cabinet doesn't absolve donnie in the least. That he had neither the knowledge nor interest in informing himself to make or oversee good picks reflects even more poorly on his abysmal "abilities."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. She's not qualified and (most of us) already knew it

but Republicans went and confirmed her anyway- even (if I remember correctly) having to get Pence out there to break a tie in the Republican-controlled Senate. She needs to go- but will just get replaced by somebody just as bad/ignorant. The only thing that will probably change is that she will refuse to go on any media outlet other than Fox in the future.

[DesertRat]

7. DeVos needs to go!

She couldn't answer basic questions! I'm beyond disgusted that the GOP confirmed this woman as ed. secretary.

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[pangaia]

21. Good one. :)))))))))

[smirkymonkey]

59. Touche!

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[Bluepinky]

8. Thats what happens when you put unqualified people in important positions.

I’m sure that if other appointees were subjected to a rigorous interview, they too would go down in flames (such as Ben Carson, Scott Pruitt, Rex Tillerson).

[comradebillyboy]

19. Thank you for calling out the incompetence of Tillerson too.

He's the worst SOS in my 70 years on this planet.

[jmowreader]

22. Its even worse if those people would have been good elsewhere

Tillerson would probably have been a good Secretary of Energy or Secretary of Commerce.

[GWC58]

62. Ben Carson - The less than stellar

brain surgeon. My respect for that man has evaporated! Of course this isn’t recent.

[Bluepinky]

66. I know, how did he ever get through medical school?

I would never want him to operate on my brain!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Government should not be a hobby for wealthy dilettantes.

If you're an amateur who does something for a hobby, like playing the guitar or painting, you don't have to be good at it. If you're the head of an important government agency you'd damn well better be good at it.

[FakeNoose]

48. All she had to do was donate $ to Trump's campaign

I guess it's time for old Betsy to pony up another donation. Or maybe she'll get fired anyway.
Cheeto loves to fire people, as we've all noticed.

[montanacowboy]

11. May her and her fucking traitorous brother

spend their lives in prison

They scammed the public with their big Amway shit for years, made a fortune on their ponzi scheme but that is what they are - scam artists - con men -Know nothings

They are good at stealing other people's money and lie lie lie

She destroyed the Michigan public school system

Fuck that family to hell and back

[Pepsidog]

23. I second that sentiment.

[poboy2]

26. I like the cut of your jib. -nt

[spanone]

12. trump hires the worse people.

[GallopingGhost]

13. Another f*cking

joke of a Twitler appointee.

And your brother's in big trouble, sister.

[C_U_L8R]

15. That's what happens

when you hire incompetant cronies.

[SidDithers]

16. Remember how much Obama's Education Secretary was vilified at DU?...

Reading through some of the comments about Arne Duncan, in old threads.

Thankfully, many of those posting the most deplorable comments no long post here.

Sid

[poboy2]

29. Arne Duncan is still a piece of shit. Simply because this POS stinks far worse

does not absolve him of his excremental nature.

Corporate privatizer vs. Fundy fuck-up corporate privatizer.

[d_r]

34. Yup.

It is like a spiral of how low we can go.

[LisaM]

42. I didn't like Arne Duncan, either. Terrible choice.

I still don't get it. But DeVos is ten times worse.

[Farmer-Rick]

37. Arne Duncan said

Hurricane Katrina was the best thing to happen to the education system in New Orleans. Check out the Nation's story on him.

Let's not go canonizing every Dem before the horrors of Trump. Obama was not a saint and all his picks were not perfect. Still Obama was 1000% better than Anything Trump has or will do.

Arne was a huge advocate of for profit eduction. He was just a more educated and sophistcated version of the rich spoiled brat in charge now.

[Nevernose]

67. Being better that Betsy DeVoss

Is the lowest possible bar to be Secretary of Education.

Remember when we vilified Dubya at DU? Same thing. Just because the current president is stupider doesn’t improve George Bush.

[Bengus81]

17. What'd they expect an expert on Public Education?! Hell,she probably knows little about Amway stuff

Except that daddy and others made her filthy rich..........

[jmowreader]

32. Youre exactly right

To her defense, she didn’t need to know about Amway. Her job was to be ready to put on nice clothes and fresh makeup at any time of the night so she’d be presentable to her husband when he walked in the door after a long night of showing the plan. (No, I’m not kidding...there is a very fine book titled Merchants of Deception, written by a man who’s posted on DU at least once, that explains Amway wives are taught to be in costume and makeup - and it damn well better be the very expensive Amway brand, because your upline will invade your house and haul off the products you wore before as you are required to use nothing but Amway products when you sell Amway - so their husbands’ eyes will be pleased when they finally get home.)

When the history of this long nightmare is finally written, Mitch McConnell will have to take at least some of the blame for not going to the White House after Trump made his picks and telling him, “Mr. President, the Senate is not going to approve any of your nominees. Send us people who are at least slightly familiar with the departments you want to put them in.”

[RainCaster]

18. Her IQ must be lower than her core temp

How could she go on that show? She had to know these folks would pick her apart! She was so stupid, I thought that the late Sunday night farm weather dude was smarter.

[3catwoman3]

24. I will henceforth refer to her as Betsy DeVoid.

She is completely devoid of any of the skills needed for the job she holds.

She is not even smart enough to bullshit well.

[bluestateboomer]

28. She is incompetent

Whatever her lack of skills, she is accomplishing what they sent her for. De Vos wants to destroy public education and is working very hard toward that goal. Her incompetence will metaphorically drive the school bus into the ditch. Then just watch as they tell us how our system is failing our children.

[NastyRiffraff]

31. That interview was painful

but Leslie Stahl was great...the utter disbelief she showed at DeVos' stupidity.

BTW, I hate DeVos' vapid, insincere smile almost as much as her idiotic answers.

[Eliot Rosewater]

33. Recent poll, 53% of republican voters think higher education is bad for the country

I dont have the link, it is out there.

We should not be surprised if gop voters love this woman BECAUSE she is stupid and BECAUSE she wants to harm our schools.

[ProfessorGAC]

53. I Remember It, Eliot

A staggeringly high number.

[pamdb]

36. blonde bimbo

As someone from West Michigan, I could have told the WH that you are
getting what you paid for. Or rather what the DeVos and Prince family have paid for. They are of the Christian Reformed Church faith, or as it is known here
CRC holier than thou right wing republicans. This is the religion that was responsible for apartheid in South Africa. They were the original Afrikaaners.
They believe that only they know the right way to live. She wants to make schools "god based" whatever the hell than means. She came from money. the Prince fortune, and married into Amway money.
I would cite from politico. How Betsey DeVos used God and Amway to take over Michigan politics. January 15, 2017.

[LisaM]

40. Did they somehow miss her similar performance at her confirmation hearing?

Or fail to take note that a couple of Republicans couldn't even vote for her?

[groundloop]

41. no visits to at-risk public schools but plenty of visits to religious, private and charter schools

That right there tells us (once again) where she and 45* want to take our school systems. If you can't afford a private school for your child, well, too bad.

[maxrandb]

43. In other words

they don't give a shit that she doesn't know a fucking thing about education, other than having a plan to destroy it and give the funds to fundies and fucked up corrupt institutions like "Donnie Shit for Brains University"

They don't give a fuck that she is completely unqualified to be a fucking crossing guard at a fucking elementary school.

They don't give a fuck that she doesn't give a shit about improving education.

ALL THEY FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS THAT SHE GOT BAD REVIEWS.

In Donnie Short Fingers world, Bad Reviews = Bad Ratings.

She better pull in some fucking Nielsen's, or she won't make the fall replacement schedule.

I fucking live in Bizarro World!!!!!

[Freethinker65]

54. I actually doubt the WH gives a fuck. Betsy got the job to destroy public ed

And is doing one hell of a job.

The WH is probably celebrating behind closed doors while leaking that they give a damn.

[mgardener]

44. Wonder if the reason Trump doesn't fire her...

Is because of what her brother, Eric Prince, did for Trump last year.
This woman has not teaching credentials, no degree in education, she doesnt even have a Master's degree.
She did not get the job because she was qualified. Just like Ben Carson.

[bettyellen]

55. Yep- its not just the money its the collusion connection.

[avebury]

45. What on earth did they expect?

She didn't know anything during her confirmation hearings. She doesn't care about the public education system in this country and couldn't be bothered to learn anything about it.

[Scalded Nun]

47. Why would they think she would visit public schools?

She does not make a profit off of them.

May her world turn completely to shit.

And then she should wind up in the lake of fire along with her scumbag brother.

[Javaman]

49. just remember, she comes from the family that basically reinvented the pyramid scheme...

amway.

[workinclasszero]

50. Twitler only hires the best! (PUKE)

This video needs an update

[onecent]

58. Well good lord, Look how funny trump looks in this picture??????????????

White eyes, and of course his mouth is always saying something.....one eye won't decide
where it wants to go...
I figured you could see Trumps face when he was with that woman that doesn't know anything.

[Grins]

60. "DeVos struggled to answer basic questions" How is that different from her confirmation hearings?

"DeVos struggled to answer basic questions about the nation’s schools"

How is that different from her confirmation hearings?

[MontanaMama]

63. Bingo.

I guess the only “surprise” is that she’s had a year to bone up on what her job entails and hasn’t given two shits enough to even do that. She is disgusting.

[lindysalsagal]

65. She was hired, like all 45 appointees, to destroy the institution she oversees. Doing great.

They're quite happy with her, I'm sure.

They want all schools to appear as stupid as she is.

[Takket]

69. an idiot with no education experience doesn't know anything about education.......

shocking!