'WE SHOULD SEND HER BACK,' DEMOCRAT SAYS OF EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS
"I really wish she was not from Michigan," Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, said of DeVos while discussing the state's school system at the NAACP Convention in Detroit on Monday. "I think we should send her back."
Stabenow's use of Trump's words was met with cheers from the audience and came as the president has continued to double down and defend his racist tweet that said four minority members of Congress should "go back" to the "totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
"We know that far too many workers can't find jobs to support their families, too many of our children languish in inadequate, ill-equipped schools," Stabenow continued. "Thank you, Betsy DeVos."
DeVos has drawn the ire of Democrats ever since the secretary was confirmed in February 2017 for her lack of experience in education, her advocacy for school choice and charter schools over public schools and her family's wealthy history.
Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib, one of the four freshmen lawmakers who was the target of Trump's racist tweet sent on July 14, also spoke at the NAACP convention, vowing to continue pushing back and fighting politically until the president is removed from office.
"I'm not going nowhere, not until I impeach this president," Tlaib said.
Earlier Monday, Trump again ridiculed "The Squad," the progressive newcomers who Trump CONTINUE READING: 'We Should Send Her Back,' Democrat Says of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos