Betsy DeVos – Andy Rowell

DeVos Thread

Dick DeVos, Betsy's husband, is the chair of the board of the Global Leadership Network (Willow Creek Association) that runs The Global Leadership Summit. Nancy Beach, Jon Wallace, and Kara Powell resigned in 2015 because the Board would not investigate Bill Hybels.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns after Capitol insurrection, says Trump 'rhetoric' was 'inflection point.'
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) January 8, 2021

Chicago Tribune:

Recall @NancyOrtberg @KPowellFYI @presjonwallace resigned from the WCA Board @wcagls in 2015 because of "the board’s decision not to pursue another inquiry." The rest of the WCA Board needs to express deep regret for their mistake. https://t.co/m2jjMtQsCT
— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) May 18, 2018

Dick DeVos signed the May 2018 letter.
https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/997250673073905664?s=20

Here was my July 2018 response:

Open letter to the Willow Creek Association Board about its handling of the Bill Hybels situation and the Global Leadership Summit @wcagls @trdevries @DickDeVos https://t.co/bsUQLlvdBA
— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) July 3, 2018

Dick DeVos inherited his money from his father who started Amway. (Listen to the The Dream podcast by Jane Marie about multi-level marketing (MLM)).

Amway admits in the fine print that:
99.5% of Amway "Independent Business Owners" do not make $12,303 per year. https://t.co/2gLOxkHtM1 https://t.co/8yi6awoGsS
But hey the DeVos family who started the pyramid scheme and are at the top still make money even if 99.5% struggle.
— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) July 4, 2019

The DeVos family also opposed their local Congressman Justin Amash when as a Republican he voted to impeach Trump.
https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/1133543845692628997?s=20, and

Meanwhile, "DeVos family ends longtime Amash support," @jonathanoosting reports for @detroitnews https://t.co/1kc3xboYdr
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 22, 2019

And Betsy's brother is Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater. Blackwater employees slaughtered Iraqis. Trump pardoned them in December 2020.

The DeVos theme is defending unethical behavior in order to make money and get done what the DeVos family thinks needs to get done. The ends justify the means.

Betsy DeVos is resigning so she does not need to keep a man accountable.

These cabinet officials aren't resigning over Trump's incitement of the riot. They're resigning to duck their responsibilities under the 25th amendment.

Elanie Chao, Betsy DeVos, cowards to the end. https://t.co/ZikTMBuHsY
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 8, 2021

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.@BetsyDeVosED has resigned. Reminder: https://t.co/CPvwpaKvgg
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) January 8, 2021

Originally tweeted by Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) on January 8, 2021.