Betsy DeVos‘ Education Department is already off to a GREAT start. NOT!
Over the weekend, the Department of Education took to Twitter to share some inspiring words by historian W.E.B. Du Bois — only they totally butchered the civil rights activist’s name. Smh.
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The department posted:
C’mon, guys. You’re the department of EDUCATION, spelling is supposed to be your forte. Obviously, people had A LOT to say about the social media blunder (below).
“In the Days of Loose & Careless Logic, We Must Teach Thinkers to THINK.” – William Edward Burghardt DU Bois ├░┼╕ΓÇÿ┬Å├░┼╕┬Å┬╜ https://t.co/3m03Vnt5C1
— NAACP (@NAACP) February 12, 2017
@usedgov OMG, it’s DuBois. Who is in charge over there?…oh, wait, I get it.
— Jennifer Morgan (@ProfJLMorgan) February 12, 2017
I’m sure there will be an “alternative spelling” explanation from this administration. https://t.co/2wbfgGaV5p
— Shane Haggerty (@shanehaggerty) February 12, 2017
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” -Muhammad Ale #DeptofEdTypos pic.twitter.com/xpnUA8Ew0f
— not ya cousin Vinny (@vincenzo_s7) February 12, 2017
How’s that Department of Education job working out #BetsyDeVos ? You couldn’t spell check “Du Bois” before you tweeted?├░┼╕╦£┼╛ #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/9nvxMTr6tS
— シャロン Ishimaru Kaito (@TrgdyAnn) February 12, 2017
Black History Month tally: Trump resurrected Fred Douglass, Pence turned Lincoln black, Devos turned DuBois into a typo. With 16 days left.
— jelani cobb (@jelani9) February 12, 2017
“I have a dream.” – Martin Landon King, Jr. #DeptOfEdTypos pic.twitter.com/fiwaVuL7JE
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 12, 2017
Of course, this error comes shortly after Betsy was controversially appointed as the Secretary of Education… a position she is seemingly unqualified for. While DeVos’ team tried to apologize for the mistake, they faced ANOTHER typo as they wrote:
“Post updated – our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo.”
Talk about a face palm moment. The team has since deleted that embarrassing message and replaced it with:
Post updated – our deepest apologies for the earlier typo.
— US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017
Thankfully, followers didn’t let the department off the hook as they were dragged (again) for their inability to spell.
@usedgov bruh. Cmon. pic.twitter.com/INFYrJERIr
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) February 12, 2017
@usedgov I love that your initial apology for a typo included a typo. We don’t need any further proof that DeVos runs this account.
— Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) February 12, 2017
.@usedgov sorry, but we’re never letting this go pic.twitter.com/aj8uC9M3Ib
— K. Hansen (@kiesehansen) February 12, 2017
@usedgov the U.S department of education took 3 times to do something right that was equal to a third grade spelling bee pic.twitter.com/qoRmC3YRTg
— Windy City Sports (@ThreeGuySports) February 12, 2017
@usedgov I think you mean “Post uppdatd- hour derpest apollogies four the eurlier tyypo ”
— Eric Walkuski (@ericwalkuski) February 12, 2017
@usedgov Which one?
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) February 12, 2017
BURNNNNN. We have a feeling the education department is kicking themselves right about now…
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