BETSY DEVOS IS
THE NOMINEE TO HEAD THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
WHILE THERE ARE
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
NOMINATED TO BE ENTRANCE CABINET WHO HAVE MAJOR CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST, OR LACK OF EXPERIENCE SHE REALLY HAS THE FULL MONTY.
SHE IS PHILOSOPHICALLY OPPOSED
TO THE STATE ADMISSION, AND HER TIES TO SUPER PACS AND CHARTER
SCHOOLS GRAZE CONCERNS ABOUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
WHILE SHE
MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON NOMINATED, SHE ALSO HAS
RECEIVED THE MOST RIDICULE AND DISAPPROVAL, NOT JUST FROM
DEMOCRATS.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS.
THE QUESTION HAS BEEN WILL
ANY REPUBLICAN STAND UP AND VOTE
AGAINST THESE NOMINEES?
IN THE CASE OF BETSY DEVOS, THE ANSWER
IS YES.
THE FIRST IS SUSAN COLLINS.
I COME TO THE FLOOR TO ANNOUNCE A VERY DIFFICULT
DECISION THAT I MADE.
AND THAT IS TO VOTE AGAINST THE
CONFIRMATION OF BETSY DEVOS TO BE OUR NATION'S NEXT SECRETARY
OF EDUCATION.
I WANT TO THANK HER AND JAYAR JACKSON FOR SITTING THROUGH THAT
SPEECH.
BUT SHE IS SAYING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO HAVE LISA MURKOWSKI.
I CONCLUDE MY REMARKS THAT I DO NOT INTEND TO VOTE ON FINAL
PASSAGE TO SUPPORT MRS.DEVOS TO BE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.
I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS NOMINEE.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE CASE.
CENK AND I TALKED ABOUT MURKOWSKI IN PARTICULAR.
IT'S NICE TO SEE TWO SAYING THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THESE HEARINGS YOU HAVE
REPUBLICANS CROSSING OVER AND SAYING THEY WILL NOT VOTE IN
FAVOR OF ONE OF TRUMPS NOMINEES.
BETSY DEVOS IS ONE OF THE WORST.
IT'S HARD TO PICK WHICH ONE IS THE WORST.
IN A LOT OF CASES
THE DESTRUCTION OF OPPORTUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN INTO
DISADVANTAGED HOUSEHOLDS, THE ONLY HOPE PEOPLE HAVE OF
CLIMBING UP AN ECONOMIC LETTER
IS EDUCATION.
AND BETSY DEVOS WITH HER LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN
ANYTHING RELATED TO CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION HAS FOUGHT TOOTH
AND NAIL BY FUNDING RIGHT-WING POLITICIANS TO PRIVATIZE
EDUCATION, TO PUSH FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT
SPECIFICALLY WHAT SHE DID WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN,
DESTRUCTION.
A LOT OF THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
UNDERPERFORMING.
IN A LOT OF CASES THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS
ON SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATION AND THEY CAN TEACH RELIGIOUS GARBAGE
INSTEAD.
IT IS NOT FACT-BASED.
IT IS ALTERNATIVE FACT-BASED.
DO WITH THAT WHAT YOU WILL.
I WORRY ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF
EDUCATION AND MORE RIGHT-WINGERS SUCKING PUBLIC MONEY OUT OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FUNNELING THEM INTO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE
FORM OF VOUCHERS.
THAT CREATES A SYSTEM WHERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FAIL
BECAUSE YOU ARE DEFUNDING THEM
AND THEN YOU START FUNDING PRIVATE EDUCATION WHERE YOU CAN
TEACH WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SAME
STANDARDS.
WE SET UP OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A POPULACE THAT IS
UP TO THE TASK OF BEING THE
CITIZENRY FOR A DEMOCRACY.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE A
STRONG ECONOMY.
WE DIDN'T SET UP ALL THIS SO MONEY CAN BE
REDIRECTED.
HAVE TO KNOW ONE OTHER THING.
FOR ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HOW IT IS NOT UP TO PAR WITH
WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE, UNDERSTAND PUBLIC EDUCATION IS
FUNDED BY QUESTIONABLE MODEL.
IT IS BASED ON PROPERTY TAXES IN A
LOT OF PLACES.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A POOR AREA, PROPERTY PRICES
WILL BE MUCH LOWER.
SO THE SCHOOLS IN THOSE AREAS ARE GOING
TO BE SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED.
OFTENTIMES YOU WILL SEE THAT
SCHOOLS IN THAT CASE DON'T DO AS WELL.
YOU HAVE TO PERFORM THE
WAY THE SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED AND
ALSO A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN DEFUNDING
EDUCATION AND FUNNELING THAT MONEY INTO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
IF
YOU LIKE THE VOUCHERS, CONSIDER THE FACT THAT AS SOON AS THEY
PRIVATIZE ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS YOU THINK THEY WILL COME TO YOU
AND BE LIKE HERE IS SOME HELP YOU CAN SEND YOUR KIDS TO
PRIVATE SCHOOL.
LOOK AT WHAT REPUBLICANS DO WHEN IT COMES TO
PELL GRANTS AND FEDERAL FUNDING
TO HELP PEOPLE FOR COLLEGE.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
THEY WANT
TO CUT THAT AS WELL, SO THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR GREAT
SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE VOTING AGAINST THEIR
BEST INTEREST BECAUSE THINK IN A LOT OF CASES THEY DON'T CARE
ABOUT GIVING YOU A QUALITY EDUCATION.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL AREAS.
WHAT ALSO
HAPPENS, I HAVE LEARNED THIS WITH MY KID, THERE IS A PRETTY
CONSTANT REQUEST FOR BOOSTER MONEY AND DONATIONS.
IT IS
BECAUSE FOLKS IN THIS AREA HAVE MONEY.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU
HAVE A SURPLUS OF MONEY YOU COULD TAKE THEM TO PRIVATE
SCHOOL BUT YOU'RE NOT BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL.
AFTER
THAT YOU SAY I CAN GIVE THEM SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH,
SURE WHY NOT.
I AM SAVING STILL, AND THEY GET THAT MUCH MORE.
AND
THEN YOU THINK WHY DOESN'T ANYONE ELSE DO THIS?
YOU DON'T
GO TO THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES SO
YOU THINK EVERYONE ONE LIVES THE SAME WAY YOU DO.
IF THEY DON'T,
IT IS THEIR FAULT.
AND YOU JUST DETACH YOURSELF.
THE QUESTION IS IF TWO REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE AGAINST OR
CAN BETSY DEVOS BE STOPPED?
THAT WAS SORT OF A QUESTION AS
IT IS ON SO MANY OF THESE NOMINEES.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE
EXACTLY ENOUGH THAT MIKE PENCE COULD BREAK THE TIE.
IF YOU HAVE
ONE MORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY STOP
HER.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO SPECIAL LOVE FOR COLLINS OVER MURKOWSKI-
THEY ARE ACTUALLY TAKING A RISK HERE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SO FEW
OTHER REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IF THEY DO
VOTE AGAINST HER AND SHE GETS VOTED DOWN, DONALD TRUMP IS NOT
GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WE KNOW HE HOLDS VENDETTA AGAINST DEMOCRATS, AND ALSO
REPUBLICANS.
HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT POLITICAL AFFILIATION THEY ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH.
VOTING AGAINST DEVOS SHOWING THAT YOU ARE DISLOYAL.
I
HAVE NO DOUBT SOMETHING WILL
HAPPEN.
MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME NASTY TWEET LATER TONIGHT.
IN
THE CASE OF BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS I WANT THE VOTES TO MAKE SENSE.
IF THE PERSON WHO
HAS BEEN NOMINATED IS ACTUALLY
QUALIFIED AND HAS GOOD QUALITY EXPERIENCE, I DON'T CARE IF IT
WAS A REPUBLICAN WHO NOMINATED THEM, THAT PERSON IS WORTHY OF
THE JOB.
UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE ALL OF TRUMPS PICKS HAVE
BEEN SUPER QUESTIONABLE.
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