imagine that there s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. with concerned protesters rallying nationwide and 1.5 million calls a day flooding into senate offices, senate democrats spent 24 hours before today s vote holding the floor, protesting devos. but tonight she was sworn in as donald trump s pick for education secretary. so what are the practical realities of what she can do to america s schools? joining me now, democratic representative dan kildee of michigan, betsy devos s home state. congressman kildee, thank you for joining me first of all. thank you. thank you. let s talk about betsy devos in michigan. did you as a michiganer get a sense of what she meant by advancing god s kingdom through the schools? well, i mean, i m not quite sure what her motivation is, i just know that the results have been disastrous. so if she thinks somehow she s going to be able to bring her faith to the public square, she
devos will bring that to the department of education, privatizing school, increasing charter schools are ideas we know she supports. she s also said she wants to advance god s kingdom through school reform. at her confirmation hearing last month, devos gave vague answers that left critics concerned about her lack of knowledge on several subjects, including the individuals with disabilities in education act and the debate over measuring proficiency or growth among students. she also made the following case for allowing guns in schools. i will refer back to senator enzi and the school that he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there i would imagine that there s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. with concerned protesters rallying nationwide and 1.5 million calls a day flooding into senate offices, senate