The #DevosHearing hashtag was going gangbusters tonight as Betsy DeVos took on questions regarding her nomination as Education Secretary.
Here are some of the best:
That awkward exchange with Bernie Sanders.
I AM CRYING #DevosHearing
Bernie: "OOOOOOOH" pic.twitter.com/cbRftr9ZDM— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 (@senatorshoshana) January 17, 2017
The role of education in civil rights.
.@SenatorTimScott reminds us of something important: school choice is one of the best anti-poverty measures we have #DeVosHearing
— Mary Clare Amselem (@MCAmselem) January 17, 2017
Why shld only the poorest #american families be w/o options for their children? #SchoolChoice shld b a civil right. #DeVosHearing
— Laurie Lee❤️ 🇺🇸⚓️🐗🏌️♀️🎸 (@LaurieLee0966) January 18, 2017
The role of parents in the education process:
.@BetsyDeVos: Parents should be empowered to choose the best learning environment for each of their children. #StandWithBetsy #DeVosHearing
— American Federation for Children (@SchoolChoiceNow) January 17, 2017
For those who think DeVos doesn’t support public education.
.@BetsyDeVos : I support public education #DeVosHearing
— Izzy Ortega (@IzzyOrtega) January 17, 2017
Of course, the left had a total meltdown at the thought of somebody disrupting the educational establishment.
Just so you know, #BestyDeVos or her children have never attended public school. Odd choice to head Education Department, no?
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) January 18, 2017
Actually, it makes perfect sense, Sally. She wants to extend the school choice she had as a woman of means to less fortunate families.
Randi Weingarten, President of the super-powerful union American Federation of Teachers had an outright meltdown. School choice, of course, threatens that power.
At #DeVosHearing -Betsy DeVos demonstrated her primary conviction is to get as many children out of public school as possible.
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) January 18, 2017
Does Weingarten not know that charter schools are public schools? Ignorant or disingenuous? You decide.
Either way, Grover Norquist is right
The Teachers Union leadership do not hate Betsy DeVos.
They hate the idea of parents having a choice in where and how their children learn.— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) January 18, 2017
Keeping it classy as always, Sen Elizabeth Warren ended the night in true form:
Betsy DeVos went up to shake Elizabeth Warren's hand, but Warren simply waved her off and walked away. Amazing lack of class.
— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) January 18, 2017
Try to imagine the media freakout if DeVos had refused Warren's handshake #VisibleFromSpace https://t.co/rdkYKNE12x
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) January 18, 2017
Some wondered if it was just a native american custom of Warren’s that was being misunderstood.
To be fair DeVos had no blankets or corn to offer her https://t.co/fvCAuSaZPL
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2017
DeVos Hearing Twitter was some of the worst Twitter I’ve seen in a long time, and that’s a pretty low bar. It made one thing clear- America’s education system needs a shakeup.
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