DeVos in wheelchair after breaking her pelvis and hip socket in bicycle mishap

[left-of-center2012]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is recovering in a wheelchair from a recent bicycling accident, calling the ordeal “very painful.”

In her first public appearance since the accident, DeVos said Thursday that she broke her pelvis and hip socket. She underwent surgery earlier this month.

“Very painful,” she said. “But it will heal. I just have to stay off of it for quite a few weeks, so I’m getting around with other means.”

The Education Department had said earlier only that she had broken a bone while road biking and would rest and recover at home while staying in touch with the office, without offering more details.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/17/devos-bicycle-accident-wheelchair-1108564

[rzemanfl]

1. Oh, she has my fuckin' thoughts and prayers.

I'm series.

[Claritie Pixie]

2. I can't say anything nice so I won't say anything at all.

[superpatriotman]

4. ..........

..............

[KCDebbie]

19. Yep...

[LiberalFighter]

66. You can say something nice. It only requires one word.

It was in your post. Just four letters.

[Dave Starsky]

108. All I can say is that it's a fuckin' shame.

And I'd best leave it at that.

[demmiblue]

3. No comment. n/t

[msongs]

5. pain she inflicts lasts a lifetime. nt

[Totally Tunsie]

6. Karma

[Rorey]

13. Yep, Karma nt

[Maru Kitteh]

29. All of the little kids she is hurting, what did they do to deserve their "Karma?"

?

[Hekate]

7. Very painful indeed. Perhaps she will have to retire and return home to heal.

Thoughts and prayers.

[left-of-center2012]

9. "home to heal"

Or, home to Hell.

[FarPoint]

46. My thoughts exactly

Fractured pelvis is really a miserable frature to deal with......oh well....

[C_U_L8R]

8. Pain in the ass.

that says it all.

[The Truth Is Here]

10. Tots and pears.

I hope her disability is severe that she has to consider retirement and spend untold millions to fix her hip and never get it quite right ever again, leaving her with massive pain.

Yes, that's how I feel about the Amway thing.

[gohuskies]

11. Feel no empathy for this cruel TRump lackey

Her broomstick must have backfired..

[Ohiogal]

12. Remember certain Republicans

making fun of John Kerry falling off a bike ...

of course that was “ different”....

[Brawndo]

20. And how much harm did John Kerry cause to

our country versus DeVos? I'll wait.

[Rorey]

14. My heart goes out to

Not her.

You know when something hurts so bad you wouldn't wish it on your worst enemy? Yeah, I kinda don't mind if it hurts that bad.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. This news is really testing my manners.

and my compassion level.

[ploppy]

37. Same here!!

Well said, dixiegrrrrl!

[IcyPeas]

15. maybe a grizzly bear was chasing her.

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. LOL!

[dameatball]

16. Maybe she can go to Canada with Rand Paul and get it fixed.

[notdarkyet]

63. Maybe she can have all the opioids she wants.

[AJT]

17. "so I'm getting around with other means."........

by a team of strong young men carrying her around on her golden throne.

[klook]

18. Wonder if her surgeon will be

a charter school grad.

A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education

[zeusdogmom]

22. That is painful break

And getting back on her feet will be no picnic. I have enough empathy to wish her a good and complete recovery.

Now I know she is wealthy woman and can afford the medical and rehab care even if she isn't using the federal health insurance available to her. Oh that everyone had the available to them. And paid medical leave at their place of employment.

[Blue_true]

76. When I saw hip socket injury, I winced.

Those are not only painful, they stay with you for life. I had a minor one to my left hip as a child, it occasionally bothers me to this day.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. Maybe shell quit and go back to being a meddling dilletente

[jberryhill]

53. But not a pedaling dilletente

[Volaris]

25. I'm guessing she learned how to ride a bike in one of her Charter Schools PE classes...

And therefore, fell the fuck down.

[Freedomofspeech]

83. Should I feel bad that this really made me laugh.

[Volaris]

84. I think it's not less funny than any of the other snark in this thread,

In all honesty, I'm not all that great at Thread Snark...some days it's there, most days it's not; I have to work at it heh...

Secondly, all snark aside, I hope for her sake and overall well-being that she gets a correctly-educated physician to work on her, and not one of her own students.

Just sayin.

[handmade34]

26. oh gosh...

oh, that's bad, that's painful... she really should take a couple years off to heal... broken bones are tough yes, yes... she really does need lots of time to heal... we better let her have lots of time away from her strenuous job to heal ...so bad tsk,tsk

[wellst0nev0ter]

27. Thoughts and prayers to her family

not sure who, but I'll assume there's at least one sympathetic figure among that brood of oligarchs.

[onethatcares]

31. eric prince

probably told her to suck it up and go back to work, there's big dollars to be made in grifting the government.

[Sugar Smack]

28. Thoughts, prayers.

NT

[Hoyt]

30. And I always thought bicyclists were cool, progressive people. Myths get shattered everyday.

[Maru Kitteh]

32. Little tiny older women who never worked a day in their lives tend to snap like twigs

Not too surprising. I'm glad I don't have to care for her.

[Clash City Rocker]

33. I hope she gets a doctor who went to a charter school

“Now, we’re going to attach the hip thingie to the leg thingie...”

[vsrazdem]

34. So sad. Maybe she is staying home because with the shut down, her huge

security detail was being curtailed. Should save us some money.

[Aristus]

35. Sounds like she underwent medical care.

Doesn't that subvert her whole 'science is evil' schtick?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

59. Apparently the whole pray for healing thing may not be her first choice.

Sorry anybody gets hurt, but,....thoughts and prayers betsy....thoughts and prayers.

[durablend]

36. What a shame...

For the bike. Is it ruined?

[RichardRay]

38. It's just too easy...

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[LeftInTX]

39. Thoughts and prayers

I won't say what my thoughts are.....

[malchickiwick]

40. Whoosh. I just had a sudden rush of schadenfreude to the head ...

[Squinch]

41. Trying for empathy.... trying.... trying.... nope. Can't.

[dalton99a]

42. Personal responsibility could have prevented this

[Marrah_Goodman]

50. Speaking only for myself

I am not trying to be morally superior. I am just being honest.

[Blue_true]

79. I agree with you. I scanned all replies for one that was reasonable, I found only two.

I suffered a very minor case of the hip socket injury as a child, my sense is she will have that for life, maybe modern medicine and her being rich will yield better results for her.

I wiped out on a bike in college, tried to turn too fast on a wet pavement. I had no control at all over what my body hit, I was bloodied and barely conscious, fortunately I was near the medical school and some people from there rushed to me to aid me. A bike wipeout on an icy or rain slicked road is no picnic, a person is going to hit the ground violently.

[fleabiscuit]

101. As long as you feel better.

Ironic though.

[Ilsa]

44. I hope her pain are strong enough that

she hears God telling her to quit her Washington job and go be a missionary in Saudi Arabia.

[ADX]

45. *Yawn*

[Cattledog]

47. I hope she endures pain the rest of her life.

[Blue_true]

80. If she has my result, the hip socket injury will do just that to her.

I honestly find no joy in what happened to her. I wish her well with the injuries, even as I consider her to be an asshole.

[octoberlib]

48. She should resign and recuperate.

[Marrah_Goodman]

49. I hope it hurts a lot

[Blue_true]

81. Oh yeah, she is hurting. Take it from me. nt

[Freethinker65]

51. Here's to hoping she takes the necessary time off to heal

[0rganism]

52. thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers

so many thoughts i can't even think them
so many prayers i don't have time to say them or gods to say them to

[tanyev]

54. Spent millions of dollars of tax money on round the clock security because of a few hecklers.

Boy, was she ever worried about the wrong thing.

[Blue Owl]

55. Yachts and prayers...

n/t

[smirkymonkey]

56. "I really don't care, do U?"

[akraven]

57. I hate this for her. I broke my pelvis a year ago.

Slipping into a damn bathtub, my own damn fault, but it is NOT pleasant and NOT easily healed.

That said, maybe she can use the time to decide children actually need education and not Revelations.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

58. How's the bicycle?

[JDC]

86. Lol. Good one

[durablend]

60. Hey, it's a vacation!

Sounds like fun for her not having to go to work. Didn't somebody say that?

[Greybnk48]

61. That type of injury has a high morbidity rate.

Thoughts and prayers.

[Ferrets are Cool]

62. Aren't you fucking fortunate you have GOLD STANDARD health insurance

I will refrain from stating what I wish she HAD broken.

[BigDemVoter]

64. Good. Maybe this will prevent her from inflicting any more harm on innocent people.

[JCanete]

65. according to his twisted sensibilities, Trump must find that absolutely repulsive.

[FakeNoose]

67. Sorry folks, I can't help myself

[Hassin Bin Sober]

90. Lol!

[bluecollar2]

68. Thoughts and prayers...

[GaYellowDawg]

69. The only thing wrong with that...

... is that the entire executive branch didn’t suffer the same thing simultaneously.

[Raine]

70. Thoughts & prayers. nt

[Generic Brad]

71. Good. My "sending bad vibe" meditations are working

Who should I wish ill on next?

[jalan48]

72. Sounds like a bummer.

[LakeSuperiorView]

73. Tornado caught her? Hope Toto got away cleanly...

[MineralMan]

74. Hope she doesn't get addicted to opioids...

He said, tongue in cheek...

[SoCalDem]

75. Stay home, Toots..no one will miss you nt

[MFGsunny]

77. Thoughts are necessary ... (but would never get past common cursing)

... but I find even "prayers" to be optional ........ in THIS case in partocular.

[no_hypocrisy]

78. Good. Enjoy your karma, Bets!

[GulfCoast66]

82. The Lord works in mysterious ways!

And I don’t even believe in the Lord.

[dalton99a]

98. +1. It is God's will that it happened.

[Azathoth]

85. My sympathies to the wheelchair nt

[backscatter712]

87. Lemme guess: Dolores Umbridge had an unfortunate offscreen encounter with angry centaurs?

I'll be one of the kids making clip-clop noises behind her to watch her jump...

[lindysalsagal]

88. I can only hope that she's in a lot of pain.

and then maybe get addicted to opieds....and quit her "job" and leave us education alone....

[KWR65]

91. Thankfully she has health insurance and can afford the deductables/co-pays. Unlike the rest of us.

us.

[area51]

96. This.

Long past time we gained healthcare as a right.

[dalton99a]

100. .

[Voltaire2]

92. I don't care do you?

[SammyWinstonJack]

93. I really don't care.......

[Coventina]

94. No empathy here. She will get the best medical care, unlike those she

and her family have swindled.

She will probably get access to effective pain management, unlike we peons.

She'll be fine, regardless how I feel, or don't feel, about her.

[tosh]

95. Well I'll be damned!

[Progressive Jones]

97. womp, womp...

[DesertRat]

99. I can't stand her policies, but I do wish her a speedy recovery

I have a few road cyclists in my family and I wouldn't wish a bike accident on anyone.

[fleabiscuit]

102. Karma is a bitch.

[Midnight Writer]

103. Funny, just heard Hannity insist that Ruth Bader Ginsburg step down because she missed work.

But I didn't hear him mention Betsy DeVos.

He must not have heard about this.

Thoughts and prayers, Betsy.

[Doreen]

104. Life's a bitch.

I have no sympathy for her.

[Glamrock]

105. Ya know,

My initial reaction was to feel bad for her....due to my catholic upbringing. Then I remembered I'm now an athiest so fuck her. Hope she gets a bone infection.

[appleannie1943]

106. It won't stop her from screwing up young people's lives. She can do that from a wheelchair.

[underpants]

107. Well no charter school would take her like that

Just saying

[DeminPennswoods]

109. Bet she gets a new appreciation for "unfunded mandates"

like curb cuts, accessibility ramps and elevators.