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Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos is being investigated under the Hatch Act, Politico reported.
The investigation is into comments she made on a Fox News interview slamming Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The Hatch Act bars top-level government officials, excluding the president and vice-president, from partaking in political activity.
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is being
On Sunday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reiterated the Trump Administration’s risky push for schools to fully re-open in the fall. This despite CDC guidelines warning that children meeting in groups could greatly increase the spread of the coronavirus.
“Kids need to be back in school and that school leaders across the country need to be making plans to do just that,” DeVos said Sunday on CNN’s State of The Union. “There’s going to be the exception to the rule, but the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. And where there are little flare ups
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Education Secretary Betsy Devos on Sunday doubled down on the Trump administration’s position on opening schools in the fall amid the US’ ongoing record spike in cases of the novel coronavirus.
“There is going to be the exception to the rule,” Devos said. “But the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall.”
While children are at low risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19, the