Thursday, June 9, 2022

When you're too corrupt even for Betsy DeVos and Elaine Chao

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was the final straw for her in standing by former President Trump, confirming that she was open to using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

DeVos, who writes in a new book about turning in her resignation letter to Trump the day after the Capitol insurrection, blames the former president’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election for blocking her efforts to pass her last piece of school choice agenda legislation through Congress.

  The Hill
Well, at least there's that.
She was the second Trump Cabinet member to step down on Jan. 7, following Education Secretary Elaine Chao.

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DeVos also said that she was shocked when Trump turned against then-Vice President Mike Pence for remaining committed to certifying the election results. She said that she spoke with other Cabinet members about the option of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him, noting that there were “more than a few people” in the White House who considered the move.
But none with the balls to carry it out.
“I spoke with the vice president and just let him know I was there to do whatever he wanted and needed me to do or help with, and he made it very clear that he was not going to go in that direction or that path,” DeVos said, confirming earlier reporting that she resigned after it became clear that invoking the 25th Amendment was not on the table.
Well, no shit, Bets. That could and should have been done way before then.  By January 6, he'd already been elected out of office.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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