Betsy DeVos BLOCKED From Entering Public School (VIDEO)

THE PRESSURE ON NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION BETSY DEVOS HAS NOT
SIMPLY EVAPORATED BECAUSE SHE WAS CONFIRMED.
IN THIS VIDEO YOU
WILL SEE HER ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HAVING
A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH IT BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF PROTESTERS.
AND A BEAR.
SHE DOESN'T REPRESENT WHAT THEY STAND FOR.
KEEP GIVING MONEY TO SENATORS, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF
YOURSELF.
LET'S PUT HER IN THE CAR.
GO BACK.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
THERE HE YELLED OUT SHAME AND FORGOT TO RING THE BELL.
WAS HE HOLDING A BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN?
I WASN'T ABLE TO READ IT.
THAT WAS SOME NICE STEADY CAM WORK.
I WONDER IF HE'S GOT A DGI
MOBILE.
I HAVE ONE.
THAT WAS A FREE PLUG.
SO --
IN THAT FIRST VIDEO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE GUY WHO IS
CORRECTLY POINTING OUT THAT SHE GOT HER POSITION BECAUSE SHE AND
HER FAMILY HAVE DONATED $200 MILLION TO REPUBLICAN
POLITICIANS AND THINK TANKS, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
AS WELL.
WHAT DO WE DO?
STAND UP FIGHT BACK!
WHEN STUDENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
YOU SEE THERE, VERY PEACEFUL.
IN THIS NEXT CLIP THOUGH, IT
WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SCUFFLE WITH POLICE.
THAT IS THE SAME GUY, THE SAME GUY.
AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE STEADY CAM.
DON'T PUSH ME!
YOU'RE BLOCKING --
LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S GETTING A LITTLE ROUGH.
A LOT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN.
DON'T LET THIS CAR THROUGH.
THIS IS FUNNY.
THEY ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S --
THAT'S A WOMAN.
IF YOU ARE LETTING BETSY DEVOS INTO THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL,
YOU ARE COMPLICIT.
BLACK AND BROWN KIDS MATTER.
CUTE DOG.
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION'S DRIVER DID THE WORST JOB OF
GETTING READY TO TAKE HER OUT OF THERE, BY THE WAY.
HE HAD TO
TURN AROUND --
IT IS MORE BUNGLED INCOMPETENCE.
ONE THING THAT
OCCURRED TO ME THERE, I WOULD SAY THAT ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT
WE'VE SEEN -- WELL HANDLED BY POLICE, EVERYBODY.
I DON'T MIND
GRABBING, MOVING -- THEY DIDN'T ARREST THEM, THERE ARE JUST LIKE
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU OVER HERE FOR 12 SECONDS, THEN YOU CAN RUN
WHERE YOU WANT BUT I WILL LET THAT CAR GET BY.
BETSY DEVOS
DIDN'T HANDLE IT WELL, SHE LOOKED TERRIFIED.
I HOPE SHE
WASN'T SCARED THAT SHE FEARED FOR HER PHYSICAL SAFETY, BUT
JUST LIKE, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AND I AM INCAPABLE OF
DEALING WITH THIS.
I THINK HER OWN SAFETY TOO, I THINK SHE GOT TERRIFIED OF BEING
IN A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD -- THAT'S THE KIND OF THINKING SHE HAS.
SHE DID LOOK SCARED.
SHE MISSED HER FIRST CHANCE TO GO INTO A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
NICE.
THANK YOU, I'VE BEEN HOLDING THAT.
KISSINGER WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH NIXON, AND -- SO THEY
HAD THE ANTIWAR PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, AND
THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY GOT SCHOOL
BUSES AND LINED THEM UP IN CASE THEY BROKE THROUGH THE FENCE AND
GOT THROUGH.
AND NIXON TURNS TO HENRY KISSINGER AND SAYS HENRY,
I'M AFRAID IF THEY BREAK THROUGH THE FENCES THEY WILL COME KILL
US.
AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE OUR ELECTED LEADERS NEED
TO BE.
SO I DISAGREE, AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID.
THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID OF RIOTS IN THE STREETS, AFRAID OF DIRECT
ACTION, THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF THEIR LIVES.
I THINK THEY SHOULD.
FAIR ENOUGH.
I THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW THERE WILL BE HARD-CORE OPPOSITION TO
THEIR EFFORTS.
HER BEING CONFIRMED, I'M SURE SHE WIPED A
LITTLE SWEAT OF HER BROW, I'M SURE TRUMP FELT GREAT, BUT
THANKFULLY THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO
CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WHO WILL CONTINUE TO
OPPOSE HER.
HER GETTING THE POSITION DOESN'T MEAN SHE WILL
BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS TO DO, AND WE NEED TO BE ON THE
WATCH FOR WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
IN GENERAL AS ALWAYS I DISAGREE WITH YOUR RHETORIC,
PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU MEAN -- BETSY DEVOS AND THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULD NEVER GET COMFORTABLE FOR A MOMENT, AND THIS IS PART OF
MAKING THEM UNCOMFORTABLE.
PROTESTS, LOUD, MAKING THEIR
LIVES DIFFICULT, OBVIOUSLY NOT LITERALLY FEARING THAT SHE MIGHT
BE HARMED BY A CRIMINAL, BUT --
BUT EVERYTHING SHE STANDS FOR --
YES, EVERYTHING SHE STANDS FOR SHOULD BE FOUGHT AT THE
LOWEST LEVEL.
AND I DON'T MEAN LIKE THE WORST LEVEL, I MEAN
LIKE THE FIRST LEVEL.
THE GROUND LEVEL.
LITERALLY SHE IS ON THE
GROUND WALKING INTO A SCHOOL, PROTEST.
SHOUT AT HER.
LET ME BE CLEAR WHY WE ARE AGAINST BETSY DEVOS SO HEAVILY.
MY BIG THING IS THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
THAT'S WHAT I'M AGAINST AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PUSH BACK
AGAINST HER. IS THERE MORE TO THAT?
THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE REASON.
THE REASON DEMOCRATS WENT AFTER HER SO AGGRESSIVELY IS
BECAUSE SHE MADE A FULL OF HERSELF, SHE IS DUMB, AND
THEREFORE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF ACTUALLY GETTING
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.
AND THEY GOT TWO.
NO REPUBLICAN WAS EVER GOING TO VOTE AGAINST PRUITT OR
SESSIONS, THOSE WERE NEVER GOING TO WIN.
LOOK LIKE FOR A MOMENT,
BETSY DEVOS -- THEY NEEDED ONE MORE PERSON.
THAT IS THE BASE
LEVEL OF WHY THEY DID IT.
CERTAINLY THE MORE LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED BY THAT VERY THING.
I THINK IF IT WERE
AN HONEST CONVERSATION, THERE COULD BE AN HONEST CONVERSATION
ABOUT SCHOOL VOUCHERS IN THIS COUNTRY BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE
PUSHING SCHOOL VOUCHERS, THAT'S ALL THEY WANT.
THEY WOULD LOVE
TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE PARENTS A
MEANINGFUL CHOICE IN A PLACE WHERE SCHOOLS ARE FAILING, BUT
FIRST I WOULD TRY LIKE HELL TO STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THAT ARE THERE.
AND YOU CAN'T DO ONE WITH THE OTHER, AND BETSY
DEVOS WANTS TO DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
WE KNOW WHAT TRUMP
IS, WE KNOW WHAT BETSY DEVOS IS, SHE THINK PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE A
LOST CAUSE AND DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THOSE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
SHE'S NEVER SHOWN A MOMENT WHERE SHE CARES TO
UNDERSTAND IT OR READ ABOUT IT IN ANY WAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE
OBJECT TO BETSY DEVOS.
WHEN SHE WAS NOMINATED BY TRUMP I THINK THAT WAS MY FIRST
INCLINATION -- BUT YOU EXPECT TRUMP'S NOMINATIONS -- FIRST OF
ALL BETSY DEVOS BANG AND DONALD TRUMP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THEIR GROUP HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTEMPT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TRUMP HAS CONTEMPT FOR THE WAY
THE GOVERNMENT WORKS, DEVOS HAS CONTEMPT FOR THE WAY THE
DEPARTMENT WORKS, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS UPSET DAY ONE.
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT CONFIRMATION.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS VERY LITTLE SAY OVER PUBLIC
EDUCATION, BARRING A NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND KIND OF LAW.
THEY
WANT TO RETURN IT TO THE STATE LEVEL --
THAT'S ALREADY WHERE IT IS.
CERTAINLY THE FUNDING.
THIS WILL EMBOLDEN ALREADY DANGEROUS PEOPLE TO THINK, OKAY,
I'LL FIND SOMEONE LIKE BETSY DEVOS IN MY STATE ENTERED
EDUCATION OVER TO HER IN THIS STATE WHERE THERE IS REAL DAMAGE
THAT CAN BE DONE.
SHE IS A SYMBOL, THERE WILL BE NO
LEADERSHIP, NO INCLUSION OF PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION WHO
SHOULD NOT ONLY BE INCLUDED BUT WHO SHOULD LEAD THE
CONVERSATION, PEOPLE WHO RUN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTRY
AND ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, THEY SHOULD BE LEADING THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE FIX SCHOOLS -- FIX IS THE WRONG TERM
-- HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SCHOOLS BETTER AND IMPROVE.
I
LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS TODAY BECAUSE I'M STRUCK BY THE THING
THAT I FEEL MOST SINCE THIS ELECTION, ALL THOSE NUMBERS WE
DIDN'T FULLY BELIEVE -- OR I DIDN'T, FOR YEARS AND YEARS --
WE ARE REALLY 29TH IN INFANT MORTALITY?
THAT'S PROPAGANDA
FROM THE AMERICA HATING WORLD.
WE ARE 18TH IN MATH --
36TH IN HEALTHCARE.
THEY ARE ALL TRUE.
WE ARE THE 27TH BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
WE'VE NOW DONE SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT ONLY REALLY DUMB
COUNTRIES WOULD DO, WHICH IS NOT ELECT A CONSERVATIVE -- WE'VE
DONE PLENTY OF THAT -- WE ELECTED A LUNATIC, AND UNHINGED
GUY WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE WORLD.
I'M SO STRUCK BY THESE
NUMBERS, AND BETSY DEVOS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO
RECTIFY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE CARES ABOUT.
ALL THE
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT IS PRIVATIZING EVERYTHING AND NOT WASTING
PUBLIC DOLLARS IN EDUCATION.
PRIVATIZING AND EXTRACTING AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY AS
POSSIBLE.
THAT IS WHY BEN CARSON IS HEAD OF HUD, REX TILLERSON
FOR STATE -- THE REASON DEVOS SEEMED VULNERABLE -- ALMOST
EVERYONE NOMINATED FOR TRUMP'S CABINET HAD A FEW
CHARACTERISTICS, THEY ARE ALMOST ALL WEALTHY, PHILOSOPHICALLY
OPPOSED TO THE JOB THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PERFORM, AND
INCOMPETENT.
YOU DON'T OFTEN GET SOMEONE LIKE BETSY DEVOS WHO HAS
ALL THREE OF THOSE, YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE LIKE REX TILLERSON
WHO DOESN'T SEEM STUPID BUT HE'S INCREDIBLY WEALTHY AND HE
LARGELY WANTS TO DO THE BIDDING OF, WELL, WE CAN INSERT VARIOUS
NAMES THERE --
BUT SHE HAD ALL THREE OF THOSE AND EVEN SHE GOT CONFIRMED.
THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT SHE
WANTS TO DO, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EVEN LIBERAL ARE INTO
PRIVATIZING PUBLIC EDUCATION, MEANING CHARTER SCHOOLS -- JUST
SO PEOPLE KNOW, I AGREE WE SHOULD HAVE THE DEBATE, I
DISAGREE WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS, FOUR OUT OF FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS
PERFORM JUST AS WELL OR WORSE THAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE
SAME DISTRICT.
AND THEY GET TO CHOOSE, THEY HAVE NO TEACHERS
UNION, THEY GET TO PICK THEIR KIDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THE HANDICAPPED KIDS, AND WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS
FOR BEING A CHARTER SCHOOL?
NONE.
MY NIECE TAUGHT IN A
CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY TOOK HER RETIREMENT AND IT'S GONE, SO
THERE ARE NO CHECKS AND BALANCES.
THEY ARE PRIVATE
CORPORATIONS, THEY TAKE MONEY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GIVE
THEM TO A PRIVATE CORPORATION WITH VERY LITTLE CHECKS AND
BALANCES ON IT, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BREAK UNIONS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, AND WHEN THEY DON'T PRODUCE NOBODY HAS TO ANSWER.
AND THEY DON'T PRODUCE, BUT AWAY.
THEY AREN'T PRODUCING BETTER RESULTS.
I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME STATISTIC, HALF OF THEM DO
WORSE.
THAT MAKES LIKE 30% OF THEM DO THE SAME.
EVEN WITH ALL THOSE BENEFITS.
EVEN WITH ALL THE BENEFITS.
IF THIS WERE A NORMAL COUNTRY, YOU
WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THE TEACHERS UNION AND THE 20% THAT DO BETTER
AND MAYBE WE WOULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
BUT THERE IS NO
REASON NOT TO HAVE UNIONIZED TEACHERS THERE.
MAYBE THERE
WOULD BE A THING, WE PICK STUDENTS, WE WORK -- IT'S STILL
PART OF THE SYSTEM AND THESE PEOPLE ARE INCLUDED.
THE
NUMBNUTS WHO ARE LIKE PUBLIC EDUCATION IS FAILING AND YOU ARE
AGAINST SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO TRY SOME DIFFERENT?
NOT WHEN THE
THING THEY THINK IS DIFFERENT IS TO BLOW UP PUBLIC EDUCATION.
EVERY KID SHOULD HAVE A GOOD FREE EDUCATION THROUGH AT LEAST
12TH GRADE.
MAYBE WE CAN PUSH THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT THESE SORTS OF
PROTESTS ARE SPREADING.
JASON CHAFFETZ HAD LIKE 2500 PEOPLE
YELLING AT THEM TO DO HIS JOB AND INVESTIGATE TRUMP'S CONFLICT
OF INTEREST.
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE WAS GREETED BY A LAWN FULL OF PEOPLE WHEN HE
HAD A QUIET DINNER MEETING, HE HAD TO COME OUT WITH A BULLHORN
-- THEY WERE UPSET THAT HE WAS VOTING TO CONFIRM TRUMP'S
CABINET.
WE HAVE PROTESTS OVER THE REPEAL OF THE ACA COME WE'VE
SHOWN SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE
ORGANIZATION BUT THERE IS A GROUP THAT'S PUTTING TOGETHER
RALLIES AT INDIVIDUAL CONGRESSMEN'S TOWN HALLS, THEY
HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT'S AVAILABLE, SO WHEREVER YOU ARE
IN THE COUNTRY YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND A PROTEST YOU CAN GO TO.
AND NEXT WEEK THE REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON ARE HAVING A
CLOSED-DOOR MEETING AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE
AFRAID OF THAT NOW IN THE SAME WAY THAT DEMOCRATS DIDN'T BUY
INTO WHAT THE TEA PARTY WAS DOING -- OR THE REPUBLICANS
DIDN'T AS WELL INITIALLY.
SO WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING NOW
IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO COUNTER WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE
THEY SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOM MCCLINTOCK IN CALIFORNIA,
AND SOME OF THEM ARE SCARED ABOUT KEEPING THE HOUSE.
THE FEAR SHOULD BE THAT THEIR WAY OF GETTING AROUND THIS WOULD
BE PASSING LAWS TO MAKE PROTESTS LIKE THIS ILLEGAL.
WE WERE POLITE WITH THE TEA PARTY, WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT
THE SAME THING WHEN THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

Betsy DeVos BLOCKED From Entering Public School (VIDEO)

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