DeVos lied – she defended Trump.
Keep in mind, she went and defended this cut on behalf of the administration in Congress this morning — for the second time this week — even though she didn't personally order it. Hours later her boss is like, "sike.." https://t.co/OdiXUrht3w
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) March 28, 2019
It's sort of amazing how many stupid, unforced errors the White House makes, a lot of which seem almost contemptuous toward people outside of Trump's base, which is not large enough to get him reelected by itself. https://t.co/olYuFEJ3Jd
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 28, 2019
Look, I’m not perfect but at least my obituary won’t say, “and in 2019, he defunded the Special Olympics.”
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 28, 2019
I see Betsy DeVos and the GOP are doubling down on their Anti-Everybody agenda by working to cut Fed funding for *the Special Olympics.*
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 28, 2019
The good news? You elected a House Dem majority, so we can halt it.
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In 2011, the opening ceremony of the Special OlympicsWorld Games was held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The Greek Army Chief invited me & I remember him saying: “This event shows why the US is the leader of the world…you care about all people.” I’ll never forget that.
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 28, 2019
“I still can’t understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget,” Representative Barbara Lee, a Democrat of California, told Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday. “You zero that out. It’s appalling.” https://t.co/7O587CwGz1
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 28, 2019
Sad! 