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Related: About this forumTrump throws @BetsyDeVosED under his stinking Swamp Bus.....
On Thursday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said she was not involved in the decision to propose eliminating funding for the Special Olympics. Hours later, President Trump said that he had "overridden" DeVos' plans https://cnn.it/2JNXk92
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Trump disavows Special Olympics cuts after DeVos spends a third day defending them
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Washington (CNN)Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told senators on Thursday morning that she was not personally involved in the decision to propose eliminating funding for the Special Olympics, but continued to defend the cut included in her department's budget.
Hours later, as the controversy continued to escalate, President Donald Trump himself stepped in, saying that he had "overridden" DeVos' plans.
"The Special Olympics will be funded. I just told my people, I want to fund the Special Olympics and I just authorized a funding of the Special Olympics," Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for a rally in Michigan.
He continued, "I've been to the Special Olympics. I think it's incredible and I just authorized a funding. I heard about it this morning. I have overridden my people. We're funding the Special Olympics."
Shortly after Trump's comments, DeVos issued a statement saying that she and the President agree.
"I am pleased and grateful the President and I see eye-to-eye on this issue and that he has decided to fund our Special Olympics grant. This is funding I have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years," DeVos said.............................
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Trump throws @BetsyDeVosED under his stinking Swamp Bus..... (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2019
OP
Cold dead eyes of a sociopath that knows she's untouchable. Probably really high on
Chin music
Mar 2019
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Chin music
(23,002 posts)1. Cold dead eyes of a sociopath that knows she's untouchable. Probably really high on
pain meds too....ergo...the cane and the meager limp.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)2. Where is this "authorization" ?
I think hes full of shit. As ever.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. Everyone in his cabinet, administration, family are
unqualified. They are rich spoiled, ungrateful, non compassionate, no morals SOBs. Same for the GOPs. They do not care.
The "Mueller" report will be exposed one way or another. We know shithole supporters don't care, but the rest of us do.
If he fires her so what. Asshole will get someone else who will be probably the worst or the same.
As the investigations continues, one of the Democrats main goal is to take the senate, WH and keep the house.