Conway hits back at teachers’ union president over Education nomination

Top Donald Trump aide Kellyanne Conway on Thursday hit back at Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, for criticizing the selection of Betsy DeVos for Education secretary. 

{mosads}Weingarten on Wednesday called DeVos, a wealthy school-choice advocate, “ideological” and “anti-public ed.”

Conway shot back: “A ringing endorsement for Betsy Devos, tapped for Ed Secretary, from @rweingarten .

Congrats, Betsy! Repeal #CommonCore, increase choice.”

A ringing endorsement for Betsy Devos, tapped for Ed Secretary, from @rweingarten .

Congrats, Betsy! Repeal #CommonCore, increase choice https://t.co/5gStugBupc

— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) November 24, 2016 

Trump has chosen the most ideological, anti-public ed nominee since the creation of the Dept of Education. https://t.co/4NwFn5fzvx

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) November 23, 2016

DeVos, a billionaire GOP donor, once served as head of the Michigan Republican Party.

She is married to Dick DeVos, the son of billionaire patriarch Richard DeVos Sr., co-founder of the direct-selling company Amway. The DeVos family has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the past several decades on philanthropic and conservative causes.

Weingarten said that with the nomination of Betsy DeVos, Trump “makes it loud and clear that his education policy will focus on privatizing, defunding and destroying public education in America.”