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The Liz Wheeler Show

Spies Inside the Department of Education ft. Betsy DeVos

The Liz Wheeler Show

Blaze Media

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Education is one of the greatest—or rather, worst—examples of the administrative state in action, and even former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos agrees. From Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference, Betsy DeVos joins Liz to expose some of the most horrifying stories about what actually goes on inside of the DOE. From budget sabotage to radical teacher's unions, it will be shocking to parents everywhere.  Secure your copy of Betsy Devos’s new book "Hostages No More" on Amazon or wherever you buy your books: https://www.amazon.com/Hostages-No-More-Education-American/dp/1546002014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi guys, Liz Wheeler here. I sat down with former Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos,

0:05.2

and talked about her experience working in what's maybe the deepest of the deep state agencies

0:10.8

in the executive branch of the federal government. And the conversation was fascinating because I

0:15.1

asked her to give me examples of what some of these swamp creatures did to her when she was

0:20.4

Secretary of Education. We know that education in general at the federal level, and particularly

0:25.4

the Department of Education is co-opted by these very radical leftist teachers unions. And this

0:30.9

is true, not just for the political appointees at the top. This is true for even staffers.

0:36.0

Secretary DeVos told me stories of what specific staffers did to try to sabotage her

0:43.1

when she was at the Department of Education. And I think that you will really enjoy this.

0:47.8

By the way, if you want to see interviews like this sooner, if you want exclusive early access,

0:51.7

you can join us over on locals at Liz WheelerShow.com slash locals. You'll get exclusive early access,

0:58.1

but you'll also be able to enjoy other benefits like we did alive recently, talking about the FBI

1:04.4

rate of Mar-a-Lago kind of as it was happening as the facts were unfolding. So a lot of fun stuff

1:08.6

happening over there. Liz WheelerShow.com slash locals. If you use my promo code access, you can watch

1:14.7

for free for the first month of your annual subscription. Without further ado, here's Secretary DeVos.

1:20.0

All right. Hi guys. Welcome back. I'm sitting here at the Young America's Foundation conference

1:25.0

in Washington, D.C. with a very special guest. With me now is the former Secretary of Education

1:29.6

Betsy DeVos. Secretary, good to see you. It's good to see you, Liz. This is so exciting to sit here.

1:33.7

I mean, you were on the forefront. You are on the forefront, but we're so in a very specific,

1:39.2

significant way, being in charge of the Department of Education. That's where I want to start. You

1:44.0

made comments recently about the Department of Education saying that you think it should be

1:48.2

completely abolished. This was music to my ears, but tell me from your perspective on the inside

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