Well, I'm reminded of the FReepers who thought (and still think!) "Obama's conservative cousin" in Kansas was an outstanding conservative leader for the U.S. Senate, and GOP voters there only rejected that creepy unqualified goofball for the job because they love RINOs and "the establishment".
FYI, some interesting articles on the matter:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/devos-may-not-be-as-conservative-on-social-issues-as-you-think
A "home run" Trump cabinet pick, IMO, would be Gen. Mattis as Defense Secretary. DeVos ends up on my other side of the spectrum.
I can't imagine any GOP Senator or conservative jumping to praise Obama back in 2016 if he had picked a totally unqualified person who had never served in a classroom to run our national education policies. "Wow, I was wrong about Barack Obama, I'm thrilled he picked Lexie VuBois, the Democrat from Michigan who has no experience as an educator, to run education in this country! I can't wait to confirm her and Ashton Carter, too! I REALLY like that he never served in the military but will be overseeing all their policies! We needed an outsider! What a breathe of fresh air!" Sorry. Not buying it. As I recall, we weren't too fond of him picking a tax cheat as Treasurer, either.
But again, I will support McCain IN SPITE OF his bad vote to confirm this twit.
I’d nay have praised him but I would certainly preferred if Obama had picked a “Lexie VuBois” rather some scuzz who was up the butt of the teacher’s unions and skilled at doing their bidding.
I saw some highlights from the hearings, meh, “doesn’t do well under interrogation from mostly hostile Senators” wasn’t very concerning to me. The big hoopla was over some comment about guns. I certainly would not have been the only conservative Senator to join with EVERY democrat + Susie and Lisa.
She seems to be me to be the right kind of person to lead this department that shouldn’t exist. Hopefully it’s role will decline and we can axe it one day.