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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeVos Defends Trump: Would a Moron Hire Me?
By Andy Borowitz
October 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos offered a spirited defense of her bosss intelligence on Friday, bluntly asking reporters, Would a moron hire me?
My intelligence can be very intimidating, DeVos said. And if Donald Trump was a moron, he would not want to be around people who are intelligent than him.
As evidence that Trump does not feel inferior around highly intelligent people, DeVos singled out other members of Trumps Cabinet. "Leave me out of it for a second, she said. If Donald Trump was such a blithering idiot, why would he have hired Rick Perry?
Jared Kushner is also super smart, she added. He doesnt even work on Saturdays because hes a Jewish person and whatnot, but he doesnt have to because of his huge brain and all. Hes so smart I have a nickname for him. I call him Smart Jared.
Arguing that only a very smart person would hire such very smart persons, DeVos said, Think about it. Rick Perry, Jared Kushner, and me. Wouldnt Donald Trump have to be pretty smart to hire four people like that?
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/devos-defends-trump-would-a-moron-hire-me?mbid=nl_Borowitz+10062017&CNDID=25109305&spMailingID=12088634&spUserID=MTMzMTgyNjQyNDQwS0&spJobID=1260512912&spReportId=MTI2MDUxMjkxMgS2
October 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos offered a spirited defense of her bosss intelligence on Friday, bluntly asking reporters, Would a moron hire me?
My intelligence can be very intimidating, DeVos said. And if Donald Trump was a moron, he would not want to be around people who are intelligent than him.
As evidence that Trump does not feel inferior around highly intelligent people, DeVos singled out other members of Trumps Cabinet. "Leave me out of it for a second, she said. If Donald Trump was such a blithering idiot, why would he have hired Rick Perry?
Jared Kushner is also super smart, she added. He doesnt even work on Saturdays because hes a Jewish person and whatnot, but he doesnt have to because of his huge brain and all. Hes so smart I have a nickname for him. I call him Smart Jared.
Arguing that only a very smart person would hire such very smart persons, DeVos said, Think about it. Rick Perry, Jared Kushner, and me. Wouldnt Donald Trump have to be pretty smart to hire four people like that?
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/devos-defends-trump-would-a-moron-hire-me?mbid=nl_Borowitz+10062017&CNDID=25109305&spMailingID=12088634&spUserID=MTMzMTgyNjQyNDQwS0&spJobID=1260512912&spReportId=MTI2MDUxMjkxMgS2
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DeVos Defends Trump: Would a Moron Hire Me? (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Oct 2017
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. LOL
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)2. Only a moron would hire her.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)14. This was my first thought!
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)3. Yes
A fucking Moron definitely
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)4. Pots and Kettles.
Redefining hubris every day.
Kablooie
(18,638 posts)5. From the mouth of a moron.
How many times does Elon Musk brag about his intimidating intelligence?
Intelligent people don't need to talk about their intelligence.
Straw Man
(6,625 posts)6. You are aware, of course, ...
... that Borowitz is a humorist, and that this didn't really happen.
Still, it's pretty funny.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)7. Ha ha ha ha - thought this was a real headline at first
When parody becomes reality...
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)11. Hard to tell the difference lately
We're living in the Twilight Zone.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)16. DAMN!! Borowitz got me again, too!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,192 posts)8. Of course not, Betsy. Morons are smarter than that.
Therefore, we must conclude that Rump isn't even as smart as the average moron. QED.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)9. Unreal that a hired moron would ask that question!
Paladin
(28,271 posts)10. Go Borowitz! Love it. (nt)
louis c
(8,652 posts)12. Borowitz story, as fake as it is...
...is very, very plausible.
I can see a Trump cabinet member saying this.
malaise
(269,157 posts)13. Choking with laughter
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)15. I think it is a Repub plan to destroy satire and parody...
by making it indistinguishable from real life.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)17. LOL!!!!!
I'm dying of laughter.