Betsy DeVos-Led Education Dept. Misspells Civil Rights Leader’s Name
Trump Administration’s 2nd Major Black History Month Gaffe
UPDATE: After about three hours, the education department finally attempted to correct the tweet, but in doing so made another mistake, writing “our deepest apologizes” instead of “our deepest apologies”:Â
It took the Education Department over 4 hours to fix this typo. And then their apology had another typo. pic.twitter.com/KTGuD0WNPH
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 12, 2017
Finally, the correction was fixed:
Looks like @usedgov has now fixed its correction pic.twitter.com/DdPHuYmawX
— John Wright (@lsqnews) February 12, 2017
ORIGINAL POST:
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The U.S. Department of Education, which is now led by Betsy DeVos, grossly misspelled the name of civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois on Twitter on Sunday morning.Â
“Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois,” the department wrote on its official Twitter account.
Again, it’s “Du Bois” — two words, and with a “u” instead of an “e.”Â
The misspelling marks the Trump administration’s second major Black History Month gaffe. The first came when Trump suggested that abolitionist Frederick Douglass is still alive.Â
A few responses from Twitter. Â
Um. You spelled his name wrong. It’s DuBois. Happy Black History Month, everybody! https://t.co/q1TLQpH386
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) February 12, 2017
I see they left Ms. “DuVos” in charge of the @usedgov Twitter feed pic.twitter.com/SW0scGm49u
— Jason Tocci (@JasonT) February 12, 2017
@usedgov It should teach spelling too.
— Joy Visconti (@joy_visconti) February 12, 2017
@usedgov This has been up for over an hour. This is “unpresidented” stupidity.
— Jon Hopper (@Hoppalicious) February 12, 2017
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” https://t.co/DPlJCghXfr
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 12, 2017
We all make mistakes, but c’mon now pic.twitter.com/pUFhdVcpBH
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 12, 2017
Did Betsy Du Vos tweet this? https://t.co/O8dEfTYVWx
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) February 12, 2017
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