Guarding Betsy Costs $20 Million

Just days after _____ crony Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education Secretary she was heckled by protestors, and prevented from entering, the Jefferson Academy, a public middle school in Washington.

And instantly DeVos began receiving around-the-clock security from the U.S. Marshals Service; it’s unclear who made the request but newly ousted Attorney General, and Keebler Elf, Jeff Sessions, granted the protection … protection that will cost We the People almost $20 million through September 2019.

The cost of security provided for Betsy, and let’s be clear, it’s because people yelled at her, was $5.3 million in 2017, $6.8 million for 2018, and an estimated $7.74 million for 2019.

The Marshals Service will ultimately be reimbursed by the Education Department; taking money from education to protect a rich white woman who’s scared of crowds.

And it isn’t lost on many people that DeVos’ security far exceeds the $3.5 million spent on security for ousted  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt; an EPA inspector general report revealed that the price tag for Pruitt’s security detail was "not justified" and far exceeded the security costs incurred under past EPA heads.

And yet for Betsy … because people shouted … $20 million.

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Because She's A'Scurred Of Protestors We Pay $1 Million A Month To Protect Besty DeVos

So, President _____ has said he’s planning on slashing the education budget by about $9 billion dollars because, well, who needs education, because you educate children and they grow up to be educated adults and vote for Democrats.

It makes sense.

But then how does this make sense ... Betsy DeVos, who clearly, through her donations to the _____ campaign, purchased her position as Secretary of Education—all the while having never been a teacher, administrator or principal in any kind of school anywhere—is being protected by a security team costing We The People $1 million a month.

And DeVos is the only Cabinet member to receive this costly level of protection. In the past, the Education Secretary was protected by a team of department employees, which did include a number of former Secret Service agents, but all that changed on February 10 when DeVos was blocked from from entering the Jefferson Middle School Academy in Washington, D.C. by a handful of unarmed protesters chanting “Go back! Shame! Shame!”

Three days later, the Education Department contracted with federal Marshals to provide security for DeVos, making her one of the few Cabinet members to ever require that level of protection and the first to get outside guards in at least eight years.

The contract for DeVos covers the next four years unless it is canceled, and it the cost for the first eight months is $7.8 million; it remains unclear if that cost will rise over the coming months and years, though with the way things work in Washington, and with _____ and his Cabinet and family spending our money as if it were their own, I can see the costs rising.

And all because some people told Betsy to “Go Away” and the Department of Education, under the leadership of Betsy DeVos, declared that those protestors were a threat to Betsy DeVos.

DeVos is a multi-millionaire who bought her Cabinet position supports charter schools and plans to lower funding for public education because, you know, keep the kids dumb and they’ll grow up Republican.

Just sayin’.

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