Given that she thinks the government shouldnāt have anything to do with schools at all, I donāt see why sheād think the government should be protecting students in schools.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Tuesday whether schools receiving federal dollars were required to protect students from discrimination on the basis of their sexuality.
Iāll take that as a solid āNo.ā
āAs a Christian first and a Republican second,ā she said, āI can unequivocally state thereās just not enough hate in the world.ā
Of course they can
Whats the point if you canāt keep out the lesbians, queers, godless heathens and brown people you donāt like.
Itās the whole idea hidden behind āprivateā
More like āMis-Educationā Secretary DeVos.
She actually said āyes, they can.ā
If sheās going to leave clarification of federal law to the courts and congress, she is saying schools and states can do what they please in the interim.
Why wasnāt she pressed on this??
Not only is discrimination allowed, but this is now a core competency of the Department of Education. Yes, I am picking winners and losers. ā DeVos
The canāt answer that question answer seems to be in style.
Reminds me of thisā¦
Good, open up the schools which would discriminate to lawsuits from multiple angles, thereby costing the schools massive amounts of money in legal fees for doing that which they knew was discriminatory, put them out of business
She really canāt stand the fact that brown people are smarter than her in spite of what Mommy and Daddy assured her.
Iāll just note that exactly 125 years ago today, on June 7, 1892ā¦
Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in the āWhiteās Onlyā car of the East Louisiana Railroadā¦
Leading to the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Fergusonā¦
That legalized āseparate but equalā schools in Americaā¦
Until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
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Damn, sickneffintired, Iām three of those!
Just one more completely unqualified, worthless Trump appointee soiling the chair she sits in. Thanks, Senate GOP! Heckuva job!!
DeVos: Thats the wrong question. Federally funded schools Must Discriminate - That is a Fact.
Betsy DeVos: āWait. I thought that all of the questions were going to be multiple choice.ā
Thatās Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, not Markey.
Love how they āanswerā a direct specific question with a boiler plate statement that has little or nothing to do with the question.
And then do if over and over again for each question.
And then go on Fox and whine about having to answer gotcha questions that they didnāt actually answer.
Agreed. Although Merkley (not Markey) did a fair job, the questions could have been better. When you get a non-answer, ask something more specific that cannot be dodged. For instance, instead of premising that the law is fuzzy, ask her if she thinks the law is clear. Follow-up:
Does your job require you to enforce that law?
Do you think that you understand the law about discrimination?
Do you think that the law requires non-discrimination re: LBGT students?
What is your responsibility if you are not sure about the law?
If you are not sure, how will you find out what the law requires of you?
When will you do that?
What, exactly, will you ask?
When can we expect a written answer to the question?
What should we do if we do not hear back from you by then?
The more simple and obvious the questions, the more ludicrous that non-responsive answers are.
Every Trumphole Iāve ever spoken to is absolutely convinced of two things:
A. They said they voted for Trump because they were convinced heās āshake things upā in Washington.
B. They are absolutely convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that nobody has it worse than them and itās time everybody else was made just as miserable as they are.
They never say who āeverybody elseā is but I think DeVos is hinting at it here.