Celebrities: We can't confirm Devos! She'll destroy the public school system that I refuse to put my children through.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2017
Thanks to a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence, Betsy DeVos has been confirmed as education secretary:
Vice President Mike Pence casts historic tiebreaking vote to get Betsy DeVos confirmed as Education secretaryhttps://t.co/yyklHVzXpa pic.twitter.com/jFnSJtqZBj
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 7, 2017
Wealthy liberal entertainers — who, we’d bet good money, prefer not to send their own children to public schools — are apoplectic.
Betsy DeVos confirmed. What is also confirmed is that there is not one single man of courage in the Republican Congress.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/jackantonoff/status/829029665968910336
She got in. Anybody want to start a school? On Mars? #DeVos
— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) February 7, 2017
is there a list of devos family company's to boycott??
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) February 7, 2017
Beyond upsetting. Education took at serious hit today. @senafegop Pence cowered #Trump-didn't stand up for future of our kids! Shame.#devos https://t.co/pyaE9pMJxm
— Rosie Perez (@rosieperezbklyn) February 7, 2017
What a soul-crushing morning. No words. #DeVos
— Kristin Dos Santos (@KristinDSantos) February 7, 2017
@SenBobCorker are you really as dumb as your vote for DeVos? What's it like sucking on the teets of that sow hog named Trump. Pathetic.
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) February 7, 2017
JUST GOT OUT OF YOGA (v la ik) BUT BETSY DEVOS SERIOUSLY???? @mike_pence you just wronged the children of America. That's low
— Emily Robinson (@Emily_Robinson) February 7, 2017
Betsy DeVos should have to go back through school Billy Madison-style.
— Kyle Ayers (@kyleayers) February 7, 2017
Congradgulations to Betsy DeVos! Childrens need learning go give them learning Betsy!!!!!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/829021581569511424
CONFIRMED:
A) Betsy Devos
B) that there is no actual bottom to the pit of "unqualified" before anyone in the GOP grows integrity or balls.— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) February 7, 2017
At least we now know how much it costs to become Education Secretary. We got the receipts on the souls of every vote. #devos
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) February 7, 2017
DeVos is my birth control.
— Giulia Rozzi (@GiuliaRozzi) February 7, 2017
The confirmation of #BetsyDeVos is pushing us one step closer to segregation. Furious.
— John Cho (@JohnTheCho) February 7, 2017
School's out forever. #DeVos
— John Cohen (@JohnCohen1) February 7, 2017
I think I'm broken
I never ran smooth but I think I'm really broken, I'm sorry, I was funny for a while, good times, please keep fighting
— Joss Whedon (@joss) February 7, 2017
Oh, the humanity!
"war on children", "radical", "no more public schools" – GTFOOH with that nonsense if you want people to take you seriously.
— BT (@back_ttys) February 7, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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