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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/congressman-trump-betsy-devos-rich-161854595.htmlHuffman, 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
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njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)1. Betsy DeVoid, New poster child for Dunning-Kruger effect.
underpants
(182,734 posts)7. Devostating interview
One might even call it grizzly
jalan48
(13,853 posts)2. Betsy oozes white privilege.
whathehell
(29,053 posts)6. More like Wealth Privilege..
..I'm a white woman and share nothing with her beyond a gender and a skin tone.
jalan48
(13,853 posts)8. Good point. Maybe it's more about class than race or gender.
whathehell
(29,053 posts)10. Thanks..
They all intersect, but wealth is huge. :
TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)3. Doesn't just apply to DeVos.
Seems "rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers" is a prerequisite for the tiny fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret wearing shitgibbon's appointees.
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)4. And a vacuum chamber inside her skull.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. I'm sure Trump is very disappointed in Lesley Stahl
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.
If she told Lesley anything about it she would have to kill her.
Even if it is a matter of public record.
dalton99a
(81,428 posts)11. Kick