Right on cue, a visit Friday to a Washington, D.C., public school by new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was met by protesters blocking her entrance and shouting, “Shame, shame!” At the least, it maintains the current standard of tolerance and civility for the new progressive Democratic Party.
Perhaps catching the new shut-it-down spirit these days, Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, this week introduced a bill to eliminate the Education Department. His bill has one sentence: “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018.” Well, that would be one way to stop Betsy DeVos.
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