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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN - DeVos plagiarized answers to Senate committee questionnaire
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/betsy-devos-plagiarism-obama-official/index.html?sr=fbCNN013117betsy-devos-plagiarism-obama-official0501PMVODtopLink&linkId=33974271Washington (CNN)Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's Education Secretary nominee, appears to have lifted quotes in at least two instances in written answers submitted to the Senate committee tasked with approving her nomination.
The questions -- which totaled over 1,000 -- were answered in DeVos' name, but it's unclear what role aides and staffers played in answering the queries.
"Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment where they can learn, thrive, and grow," DeVos writes.
Gupta was credited with nearly the same quotes in a May 2016 press release on ensuring the civil rights of transgender students.
"Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment that allows them to thrive and grow," Gupta wrote.
The apparent plagiarism was first reported by The Washington Post.
In another instance, DeVos' appears to have lifted language from the Department of Education website.
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CNN - DeVos plagiarized answers to Senate committee questionnaire (Original Post)
underpants
Jan 2017
OP
There is no fucking way that mental reject answered 1,000 questions--farmed out, like Trump's essays
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2017
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gademocrat7
(10,669 posts)1. Not qualified to serve.
blue neen
(12,328 posts)2. That figures.
A person who copies off of someone else's paper wants to be in charge of education in America. Priceless, I tell you. Priceless.
underpants
(182,879 posts)5. Things you learn in public school
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)3. There is no fucking way that mental reject answered 1,000 questions--farmed out, like Trump's essays
.
There is probably some outsourcing center in India handling those questions.
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world wide wally
(21,754 posts)4. A 7th grader gets in trouble for doing that
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)6. So we can add "cheater" to her non-public education resume. Cool.
TexasTowelie
(112,422 posts)7. K&R. nt
Cha
(297,655 posts)8. ANother empty headed nominee .. Go cnn. bet blotus is PISSED @ them. lol
Initech
(100,102 posts)9. Is there anything about these people that is legitimate?
underpants
(182,879 posts)10. No. they seem to really think it's all a show
and that there's no history other than right now.