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It is said, sometimes, that there are no stupid questions, and we all know better, but that really does not seem the problem challenging Steve Benen when his consideration of Education Secretary Betsy Devos would seem to wonder after the obvious:
There’s a reason Betsy DeVos doesn’t sit down for a lot of interviews.
My question, however, is for the 51 Republicans who put elevated her to her current post: any regrets?
Of course not; they’re Republicans. This is the party that tells us government does not work; we ought not be surprised, and instead remember that Secretary DeVos only “embarrasses herself (and the 50 senators who voted to confirm her)” according to contexts by which competence and functionality are considered admirable, desirable, or, at the very least, a necessary component according to purpose. To the other, it seems worth reminding that even into the twenty-first century it was inappropriate to presume so poorly of public servants as we would to account for the incompetence, corruption, and sheer stupidity of the Trump administration.
Sixty-two million nine hundred eighty-four thousand eight hundred twenty-five. This is what they voted for.
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Image note: Betsy Devos (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Benen, Steve. “DeVos embarrasses herself (and the 50 senators who voted to confirm her)”. msnbc. 12 March 2018.
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