{"id":2621,"date":"2018-05-14T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/dnc-on-betsy-devoss-nhgop-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2018-05-14T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T22:33:00","slug":"dnc-on-betsy-devoss-nhgop-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-betsy-devoss-nhgop-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Betsy DeVos\u2019s NHGOP Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>DNC Northeast Press Secretary Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos&rsquo;s closed press fundraiser for the New Hampshire GOP in Atkinson tonight:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The New Hampshire Republican Party has good reason to hold tonight&rsquo;s fundraiser with Betsy DeVos behind closed doors, far from the scrutiny of Granite Staters or the press. DeVos, who has never worked in, attended, or sent her children to a public school, has devoted her life to&nbsp;&#8203;undermining&nbsp;&#8203;public education in America. Since becoming Trump&rsquo;s Education Secretary, she has been an unmitigated disaster for New Hampshire students and families, yet Governor Sununu has had her back every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sununu went as far as writing a&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/Sununu_urges_Senate_confirmation_of_Betsy_DeVos?mc_cid%3Db2c66755db%26mc_eid%3D3d8c9938c1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526477580227000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_Tz_QnPP-GMBN3jec9mjnMbYbWA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/Sununu_urges_Senate_confirmation_of_Betsy_DeVos?mc_cid=b2c66755db&amp;mc_eid=3d8c9938c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;urging DeVos&rsquo;s confirmation in the Senate, then&#8203;&nbsp;he went on to make school vouchers a top priority in the last legislative session. While Sununu&#39;s school voucher bill would have undoubtedly served as a model for DeVos&#39;s school voucher initiative, the bill failed not once, not twice, but three times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The willingness of Sununu and the state GOP to embrace DeVos and her dangerous policies that hurt New Hampshire students and schools is shameful. Come November, voters will send a clear message about the New Hampshire Republican Party&rsquo;s decisions to put Trump administration appointees and their misplaced priorities ahead of the needs of Granite State families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Northeast Press Secretary Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos&rsquo;s closed press fundraiser for the New Hampshire GOP in Atkinson tonight: &nbsp; &ldquo;The New Hampshire Republican Party has good reason to hold tonight&rsquo;s fundraiser with Betsy DeVos behind closed doors, far from the scrutiny of Granite Staters or the press. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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