NEWTOWN ACTION ALLIANCE CONDEMNS SENATE GOP FOR CONFIRMING BETSY DEVOS WHO SUPPORTS GUNS IN SCHOOLS
For Immediate Release
February 7, 2017
Contact:
John Kelley
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jkelley@newtownaction.org
NEWTOWN ACTION ALLIANCE CONDEMNS SENATE GOP FOR CONFIRMING BETSY DEVOS WHO SUPPORTS GUNS IN SCHOOLS
Newtown, CT-Newtown Action Alliance released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as the U.S. Secretary of Education.
“It’s a sad day for all school children, educators, and parents in America. The majority of Republican members of the U.S. Senate confirmed an unqualified billionaire who supports the NRA’s “guns in schools” agenda. Betsy DeVos nor any of her children attended public schools and she is not an educator. She has not been forced to oversee lockdown drills for potential active shooting situations in classrooms. We will work vehemently to oppose the NRA’s efforts to put guns in our schools to protect our children.
We are outraged that these 51 Republicans voted “yes” for Betsy DeVos. We hope the voters will hold them accountable on Election Day in 2018 and 2020.”
Voted YES to DeVos
State
Election 2018
Election 2020
Republican
Vice President Mike Pence
x
Republican
Jeff Sessions
Alabama
x
Republican
Richard C. Shelby
Alabama
Republican
Dan Sullivan
Alaska
x
Republican
John McCain
Arizona
Republican
Jeff Flake
Arizona
x
Republican
Tom Cotton
Arkansas
x
Republican
John Boozman
Arkansas
Republican
Cory Gardner
Colorado
x
Republican
Marco Rubio
Florida
Republican
David Perdue
Georgia
x
Republican
Johnny Isakson
Georgia
Republican
Jim Risch
Idaho
x
Republican
Michael D. Crapo
Idaho
Republican
Todd Young
Indiana
Republican
Joni Ernst
Iowa
x
Republican
Charles E. Grassley
Iowa
Republican
Jerry Moran
Kansas
Republican
Pat Roberts
Kansas
x
Republican
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Republican
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
x
Republican
Bill Cassidy
Louisiana
x
Republican
John Kennedy
Louisiana
Republican
Roger Wicker
Mississippi
x
Republican
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
x
Republican
Steve Daines
Montana
x
Republican
Roy Blunt Mo.
Montana
Republican
Deb Fischer
Nebraska
x
Republican
Ben Sasse
Nebraska
x
Republican
Dean Heller
Nevada
x
Republican
Richard M. Burr
North Carolina
Republican
Thom Tillis
North Carolina
x
Republican
John Hoeven
North Dakota
Republican
Rob Portman
Ohio
Republican
James M. Inhofe
Oklahoma
x
Republican
James Lankford
Oklahoma
Republican
Patrick J. Toomey
Pennsylvania
Republican
Tim Scott
South Carolina
Republican
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
x
Republican
Michael Rounds
South Dakota
x
Republican
John Thune
South Dakota
Republican
Bob Corker
Tennessee
x
Republican
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
x
Republican
Ted Cruz
Texas
x
Republican
John Cornyn
Texas
x
Republican
Mike Lee
Utah
Republican
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
x
Republican
Shelley Moore Capito
West Virginia
x
Republican
Ron Johnson
Wisconsin
Republican
Michael B. Enzi
Wyoming
x
Republican
John Barrasso
Wyoming
x
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The Newtown Action Alliance (www.newtownaction.org) is a grassroots organization formed after the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It works to make America’s children, families, and all citizens safer through legislative and cultural change that will reduce gun violence in our nation.