DeVos Acknowledges Trump Described Sexual Assault In Lewd 2005 Tape

Betsy DeVos Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearing, Washington DC, USA - 17 Jan 2017 Labor and Pensions hearing considering the confirmation of Betsy DeVosto be US Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. ... Betsy DeVos Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearing, Washington DC, USA - 17 Jan 2017 Labor and Pensions hearing considering the confirmation of Betsy DeVosto be US Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education, acknowledged during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday night that the President-elect described sexual assault in the 2005 Access Hollywood tape.

In the tape, which surfaced in October, Trump bragged about grabbing women by the genitals and kissing them without permission.

During the confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) described Trump’s comments on the tape and asked DeVos if she would consider kissing and touching girls without consent in a school to be sexual assault.

“Yes,” DeVos replied.

Murray then asked if DeVos could commit not to rein in the Office of Civil Rights and its efforts to protect students from campus sexual assault. DeVos replied that she would look closely at the issue.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) also quizzed DeVos on campus sexual assault during the hearing, but DeVos avoided saying whether she would use current guidelines to fight sexual assault on college campuses.

Watch the clip from the hearing via CNN:

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  1. Nicely done, but it’s a bit late now that he has the entire government in Putin’s hands.

  2. When getting a cabinet nominee to admit that the President-elect bragged about sexual assault is considered a political gain, I’m not too optimistic about our future.

  3. Trump: I agree; I have never denied it. I love sexually assaulting women. You can’t do anything about it because I am POTUS and Putin is happy with it.

  4. Avatar for danf danf says:

    This is a person who doesn’t value publicly funded education. What does she care if our state universities get all rapey? Just one more excuse to shut those liberal/radical/anti-American bastions down (and redirect that cash to private institutions).

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