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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,500 posts)
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 06:41 PM Mar 2018

"rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/congressman-trump-betsy-devos-rich-161854595.html

Huffman, who represents Northern California, tweeted the insult from his personal account and directed it at Trump.

"Dear President Trump, if you want to meet someone who has an actual IQ problem (as opposed to just being black), meet your Education Secretary Betsy DeVos," Huffman tweeted. "Rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers."

The tweet linked to a viral clip of DeVos' much-pilloried Sunday interview on "60 Minutes." In the segment, DeVos, a devout believer in charter schools, struggles to answer questions about the quality of public education in her home state of Michigan.

In the tense exchange, correspondent Lesley Stahl questioned whether it's wise to remove funds from public schools and inject them into charter schools, as DeVos had a hand in doing in Michigan. DeVos avoided answering the critique directly and pivoted by saying she "avoids talking about all schools in general, because schools are made up of individual students attending them."
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"rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers." (Original Post) Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2018 OP
Betsy DeVoid, New poster child for Dunning-Kruger effect. njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #1
Devostating interview underpants Mar 2018 #7
Betsy oozes white privilege. jalan48 Mar 2018 #2
More like Wealth Privilege.. whathehell Mar 2018 #6
Good point. Maybe it's more about class than race or gender. jalan48 Mar 2018 #8
Thanks.. whathehell Mar 2018 #10
Doesn't just apply to DeVos. TheSmarterDog Mar 2018 #3
And a vacuum chamber inside her skull. magicarpet Mar 2018 #4
I'm sure Trump is very disappointed in Lesley Stahl gratuitous Mar 2018 #5
DeVos has a stealth job. lpbk2713 Mar 2018 #9
Kick dalton99a Mar 2018 #11

whathehell

(29,053 posts)
6. More like Wealth Privilege..
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 06:56 PM
Mar 2018

..I'm a white woman and share nothing with her beyond a gender and a skin tone.

 

TheSmarterDog

(794 posts)
3. Doesn't just apply to DeVos.
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 06:55 PM
Mar 2018

Seems "rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers" is a prerequisite for the tiny fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret wearing shitgibbon's appointees.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. I'm sure Trump is very disappointed in Lesley Stahl
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 06:55 PM
Mar 2018

Real journalists just listen to the answers proffered by their betters. Where does Stahl get off, using the actual real-world results of DeVos' activities instead of just taking DeVos' word for it? If Betsy says all the schools are doing better, why's Lesley gotta go looking? Doesn't she believe Betsy? Terrible!

lpbk2713

(42,751 posts)
9. DeVos has a stealth job.
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 07:24 PM
Mar 2018



If she told Lesley anything about it she would have to kill her.

Even if it is a matter of public record.



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