Betsy DeVos would consider working with Trump again — under one condition
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
August 12, 2024
Donald Trump's former education secretary Betsy DeVos has changed her mind on serving in his administration if he wins re-election.
DeVos resigned on Jan. 7, 2021, following the U.S. Capitol riot, which she called "unconscionable," and said she would not work for Trump again. But she admitted she'd return to his Cabinet if she had a chance to continue her long-standing goal of transforming public education, reported The Detroit News.
“I don’t think President Trump would ask me to again,” DeVos told the newspaper at a fundraising event for GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
However, she would return “only if it was with the goal of phasing out the Department of Education as we tried to do through budgetary process in the first administration.”
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"Also getting a commitment to passing a major education freedom bill in the form of a tax credit mechanism at the Department of Treasury," she added.
DeVos has not formally endorsed Trump, but she told the newspaper that she would “definitely” be supporting the Republican ticket in November.