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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns over Capitol riot, blames Trump rhetoric
CNBC ^ | 1/7/2021 | Dan Mangan

Posted on 01/07/2021 6:11:53 PM PST by usafa92

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday night, blaming President Donald Trump for rhetoric that fueled the invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump suppporters.

DeVos is the second member of Trump’s cabinet to quit because of the riot Wednesday.

Earlier Thursday, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said she would resign.

Chao is the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who refused to endorse Trump’s efforts to have Congress block the confirmation of Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential vote in the Electoral College.

A number of other Trump administration officials have quit since Wednesday.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cabinet; conartist; devos; ericprince; erikprince; loser; trump
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To: usafa92

No one will notice, she did nothing much in 4 years.


61 posted on 01/07/2021 6:47:47 PM PST by GregH
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To: usafa92

Wasn’t she supposed to get rid of Common Core?


62 posted on 01/07/2021 6:48:40 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: usafa92

Rats leaving a sinking ship.😝


63 posted on 01/07/2021 6:49:03 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

This.


64 posted on 01/07/2021 6:49:44 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: GregH

She did one amazing thing that I’m so grateful for, as the mom of three male teens/young adults. She restored due process rights for men falsely accused of rape in college. Before DeVos, it was kangaroo courts only.

Perhaps Biden will reverse that.


65 posted on 01/07/2021 6:54:30 PM PST by olivia3boys
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To: usafa92

The GOPeers are self-exposed and done.

The Base will know them by their acts and self-expression and they will forever be eschewed. Toasted they are.


66 posted on 01/07/2021 6:54:32 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: usafa92

Soon we will find out that Trump was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs too.


67 posted on 01/07/2021 6:54:53 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: olivia3boys

Amen! From a mom of 3 sons 👍


68 posted on 01/07/2021 6:55:43 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: usafa92

I always was aware that Republicans were spineless turncoats, but wow!!!

Its apparently a requirement.


69 posted on 01/07/2021 6:56:50 PM PST by Carbonsteel
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To: usafa92

Literally rats deserting the sinking ship. Pathetic.


70 posted on 01/07/2021 6:57:41 PM PST by Antoninus (The press has lost the ability to persuade. They retain the ability to foment a panic.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Congratulations. Your comment is the worst thing I read today.

You must have no love or affection at all for Donald Trump.
I’m horribly worried about how he and his family are going to survive in the months and years to come. But you wish the worst on him so that you feel less humiliation in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Speechless.


71 posted on 01/07/2021 6:58:28 PM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: RummyChick
with all these cabinet members resigning...who votes on the 25th amendment in their place?

That is an excellent point. They could be resigning because they are under intense pressure to remove the president.
72 posted on 01/07/2021 6:58:46 PM PST by Antoninus (The press has lost the ability to persuade. They retain the ability to foment a panic.)
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To: old curmudgeon

The will have show then have no guts, no character, no vision and therefore no relevance.


That was supposed to have been: They will have shown they have no guts ......


73 posted on 01/07/2021 7:00:28 PM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: usafa92

Virtually everyone in the Trump administration, good, bad or indifferent was, unlike Trump himself, a political creature of one kind or another. They have made their livings in politics and hope to somehow continue to make their livings in politics. Trump will no longer be President after noon on the 20th. There is no upside for continued loyalty to him. I’m not saying it’s right, but just how it is.

However, those who worked closely with President Trump likely know that “they’ll never work in this town again.” They are going to be unpersons. I really don’t know what difference yesterday or the next two weeks makes.

Marching to the Capitol is not the same as invading the Capitol. Trump never urged anyone to break down any doors. We are being fed bald-faced lies.


74 posted on 01/07/2021 7:03:16 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: usafa92

yet another gope two face who never got us our “school choice.” never bought into her either.


75 posted on 01/07/2021 7:05:50 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Responsibility2nd

[Why is everybody so freaked out about Trump’s staff quitting? Trump himself quit. Why shouldn’t they?]


Except for the obligatory remark about not supporting the people who ended up in the Capitol building, this is boilerplate for the last days of a given administration. That the media are making a big deal out of these routine departures is typical Pravda/Izvestia-style agitprop. Chao was even milder in her remarks:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/elaine-chao-cabinet-resignation-trump/index.html
[”In a statement to the agency she led, Chao wrote that she will resign on Monday and was “deeply troubled” by the events at the Capitol building.]

This is possibly the least accusatory (of Trump) statement that *any* GOP pol has issued upon demand for a comment, since the protest, as far as I can tell.


76 posted on 01/07/2021 7:10:23 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Delta 21

The amusing thing is that any such efforts are ultimately going to fail. They’re tainted. No organization, especially a lunatic lefty organization is going to have anything to do with them.

Maybe she can change her name, shave her head, and become a spokesmoron for Burn Loot Murder...


77 posted on 01/07/2021 7:11:24 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: usafa92

Trump is mirroring End Times Israel
All are turning against him
The Day of the Lord is at Hand


78 posted on 01/07/2021 7:13:22 PM PST by Rocko Jack
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To: Shortstop7

Agreed. He is in a precarious position right now. I’m sure the military has turned on him as well. He has no cards to play short of finishing out his term. That is a victory at this point. I’m sure it’s very lonely for him and his family right now. All we can do is pray for them and appreciate their sacrifices for us. I’m sure not even he envisioned it would be this bad.


79 posted on 01/07/2021 7:13:31 PM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: usafa92

I’m calling fake news to all this crap.


80 posted on 01/07/2021 7:16:45 PM PST by arizonarick (Donald Trump is the "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" president.)
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