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Teachers, parents, kids protest DeVos education nomination ahead of Senate vote

January 30, 2017
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A crowd of teachers, parents and children gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday to protest Betsy DeVos鈥檚 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 鈥淭oss DeVos鈥 鈥淏etsy is a threat-sy鈥 and 鈥淎, B, C, D, E, F, G, Betsy DeVos is not for me.鈥

Similar protests took place over the weekend in Portland, Ore.; Nashville; and Holland, Mich., DeVos's home town.

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