SECOND CHANCE?
As Donald Trump and his close advisors and associates work to assemble a cabinet to carry out his campaign promises, questions circulated as to whether former Education Secretary and Republican Michigan moneybags Betsy DeVos of Grand Rapids would return to a Trump administration. “Not a chance,” said one Republican insider. The insider said the Devos’ spent absolutely not one dime towards Trump this campaign cycle. On the contrary, the insider noted, “They were full-time about winning the Michigan House back – along with (former governors) Rick Snyder and John Engler. It worked. They picked up six seats.” According to public records, the DeVos family poured in $12 million – making them top Republican contributors, along with Betsy and her husband Richard, Jr., who gave $2.44 million, along with Daniel and Pamela DeVos, $2.54 million; Douglas and Maria DeVos, $1.4 million; and Cheri DeVos, $1.24 million, amongst other donations. The political insider said the goal was; “The way they saw it was to moderate (Governor Gretchen) Whitmer, who they all feel has gone too far to the left.” Ironically, Betsy DeVos, the week after the recent election, spent time on Capitol Hill meeting with members of congress. In recent months she has expressed an interest in returning to the current administration if the goal was to eliminate the ed department. DeVos was skipped over by Trump, perhaps as payback for her resignation as Education Secretary during his first term, citing his encouragement of the January 6 mob attack on the Capitol. The new education chief? Linda McMahon, a transition team member and former CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
