Posted: Sep 08, 2017 2:04 am
Pence was head of the transition team, whose job it was to put forward nominations for Secretary positions. There's no shortage of articles on his role working with Trump to pick the Cabinet.
But have one specific one referring to Pence's links to the deVos family:
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/140456/ ... etsy-devos
Pence and deVos have long been co-warriors in pursuing school voucher programs. Before Pence put her forward as Education Secretary, she had nice things to say about his selection as VP:
https://www.federationforchildren.org/a ... candidate/
Unsurprising, because she'd also been, through a American Federation for Children (an anti-public-education lobby group) a key funder of Pence in Indiana.
http://jonathanpelto.com/2016/07/14/bre ... ning-mate/
But have one specific one referring to Pence's links to the deVos family:
Right now, she has 50 votes in the Senate, which means that Vice President Mike Pence, a friend of the ultra-wealthy, ultra-conservative DeVos family, will cast the deciding vote in her favor.
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/140456/ ... etsy-devos
Pence and deVos have long been co-warriors in pursuing school voucher programs. Before Pence put her forward as Education Secretary, she had nice things to say about his selection as VP:
https://www.federationforchildren.org/a ... candidate/
Unsurprising, because she'd also been, through a American Federation for Children (an anti-public-education lobby group) a key funder of Pence in Indiana.
http://jonathanpelto.com/2016/07/14/bre ... ning-mate/