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This afternoon, I met with @BetsyDeVosED to talk about her role as head of President Trump’s new commission on school safety. I appreciated that Secretary DeVos came to meet with me, but I was extremely disappointed at how the meeting went.pic.twitter.com/Kr89g3GbFL
I was hoping Sec. DeVos would to talk to me about real, meaningful steps she could move quickly on, but everything I heard from her suggested this is just the latest effort to delay and shift the conversation away from the gun safety reforms people are demanding nationwide.
While Secretary DeVos said she had no interest in meeting with the NRA as a part of this process, she couldn’t or wouldn’t tell me how the NRA would be allowed to influence the commission’s recommendations, or even that they wouldn’t have veto power.
.@BetsyDeVosED couldn’t tell me how quickly the commission would move, or give me any kind of clear timeline at all. She wouldn’t agree to put survivors of gun violence, families of victims, or experts on preventing gun violence on the commission.
In fact, Sec. DeVos told me that the only people on President Trump’s commission on gun safety would be federal officials.
Sec. DeVos pushed back and asked for continued delay when I suggested that we start by quickly addressing the most common sense gun safety policies supported by the vast majority of Americans—like universal background checks and raising the age for purchasing assault weapons.
I am hoping that Secretary DeVos gets a handle on this issue and changes her tune, but based on this meeting today, I have no confidence that President Trump’s commission on school safety will be anything other than a tool for continued distraction and delay.
@BetsyDeVosED is unqualified on any level for the position she holds. She is a propaganda artist. Thank you for your work Senator!
Thank you Senator Murray.
Thank you for your efforts, Senator, and for keeping us informed.
On behalf of the students I teach in the district next door to @BetsyDeVosED ‘s hometown, thank you for trying. God knows DeVos won’t.
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