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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 10:24 AM Apr 2020

DeVos' dirty work

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/coronavirus-quarantine-protests-facebook-groups


...Organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and the Michigan Freedom Fund, the protest has drawn criticism over its links to Betsy DeVos's family.

"I think it's really inappropriate for a sitting member of the United States president's cabinet to be waging political attacks on any governor," Whitmer said, referring to the education secretary.

The Michigan Freedom Fund was founded by Greg McNeilly, a political adviser to the DeVos family, who has provided financial support to the organization.

Seely said the DeVos family has played no role in the protests and that the Michigan Freedom Fund was independent of the DeVos family, calling the attack a deflection from Whitmer....
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DeVos' dirty work (Original Post) Skidmore Apr 2020 OP
K&R sheshe2 Apr 2020 #1
What it really was DownriverDem Apr 2020 #22
Yes. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #26
She's a sleazy dirty POS all the way. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2020 #2
K&R brer cat Apr 2020 #3
KNR niyad Apr 2020 #4
And lets add this, Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #5
Yep. dalton99a Apr 2020 #6
Of course that includes Prince and Russia. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #7
Was there any members of the Devos, Hannty, doc03 Apr 2020 #8
DeVos & Eric Prince are siblings and very much alike in character dlk Apr 2020 #9
I believe her goal is to bust the teachers union. JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 #10
Hey Seely prove it............where did you get the money...........open your fucking books......... turbinetree Apr 2020 #11
De Vos and her role should be investigated come 2021 la-trucker Apr 2020 #12
I've got a great idea safeinOhio Apr 2020 #13
That family has done more damage to that state than any terrorist group could dream to. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #14
The Yacht Nazi Blue Owl Apr 2020 #15
Kick and recommend for visibility of dirtbag DeVos bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #16
Plausible deniability keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #17
There is no bottom to my hatred for that woman. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #18
Doesn't her brother own his own private army malaise Apr 2020 #19
Yes. It was Blackwater of Iraq War fame, which became Xe, and is now is Academi. OMGWTF Apr 2020 #20
think about this noneof_theabove Apr 2020 #21
Right, it's leveraging the vast pyramid marketing empire of right wing nutjobs bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #23
K&R Cary Apr 2020 #24
Hurting the right people is their Christian destiny. Just ask 'em. czarjak Apr 2020 #25

DownriverDem

(6,230 posts)
22. What it really was
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 01:00 PM
Apr 2020

It was a trump rally. There were trump signs and confederate flags. I think they plan on another one this week too.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. And lets add this,
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:05 PM
Apr 2020

Seely is using the Militia Social Networks to foment Armed Militia Groups into action.

doc03

(35,355 posts)
8. Was there any members of the Devos, Hannty,
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:15 PM
Apr 2020

Limbaugh, Carlson family or any other right wing asshole
there in person?

JohnnyRingo

(18,637 posts)
10. I believe her goal is to bust the teachers union.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:18 PM
Apr 2020

Close public schools and send students to non-union charter schools through grants. Then when schools become underfunded, understaffed, or closed, end the subsidies. That forces citizens to consider passing new levies to reopen, thus shifting the cost away from the Feds and to homeowners.

A good chunk of union dues go to democrats for obvious reasons, so it's win/win for conservatives. Everyone will get the best education their social standing can afford. People like DeVos hate paying for your kid's education.

turbinetree

(24,709 posts)
11. Hey Seely prove it............where did you get the money...........open your fucking books.........
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:23 PM
Apr 2020

problem solved....................and the other asshole........McNeilly................

You and your groups should be charged with reckless endangerment..............for starters.............

safeinOhio

(32,702 posts)
13. I've got a great idea
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:25 PM
Apr 2020


Nest rally a couple of us need to go and hold up this sign...


AMYWAY..IS NOT...MY WAY.

No one would get it it.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. There is no bottom to my hatred for that woman.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:47 PM
Apr 2020

She is evil to the core. I want to see her in prison.

OMGWTF

(3,964 posts)
20. Yes. It was Blackwater of Iraq War fame, which became Xe, and is now is Academi.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:52 PM
Apr 2020

Eric Prince thinks that changing the name of his evil company will somehow wash the blood off his hands.

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
21. think about this
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:56 PM
Apr 2020

You can not control a population that is
1) educated [deVos]
2) healthy [CV-19]
3) well funded [remove the unions]
4) well feed [now allowing toxins back in our food and homes - perflourates]

Remove any one of the 4 and you control that population.

So think about these 4 statements and the current administration

bucolic_frolic

(43,219 posts)
23. Right, it's leveraging the vast pyramid marketing empire of right wing nutjobs
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 01:04 PM
Apr 2020

whose only thought is how to bilk more from the public

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