A crowd of teachers, parents and children gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday to protest Betsy DeVos’s nomination to be education secretary, calling the Michigan billionaire a threat to public education and urging the Senate to reject her.
Using drums and noisemakers, the group of protesters chanted “Toss DeVos” “Betsy is a threat-sy” and “A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Betsy DeVos is not for me.”
Similar protests took place over the weekend in Portland, Ore.; Nashville; and Holland, Mich., DeVos's home town.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-parents-kids-protest-devos-education-nomination-ahead-of-senate-vote/2017/01/29/99b58160-e5b5-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html