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DeVos Has Deep Ties to Michigan Protest Group, But Is Quiet On Tactics

TACIT APPROVAL?

Michigan's governor has called for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to denounce the groups. She has yet to respond.

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When hundreds of protesters congregated on the steps of the Michigan state capitol building last week, snarling local ambulances in traffic and handing out candy to children with ungloved hands, it was with the organizational assistance of a dark money group with close ties with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

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