Betsy DeVos: Criticisms about my record defending student civil rights ‘hurtful’

By Naomi Lim

Published February 9, 2018 12:41am ET

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Betsy DeVos: Criticisms about my record defending student civil rights ‘hurtful’ — Betsy DeVos said in a wide-ranging conversation with reporters Wednesday that it's "hurtful to me when I'm criticized for not upholding the rights of students, the civil rights of students. I have to turn it back around and say why do I keep getting criticized for that? I mean nothing that I've done would suggest otherwise." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) | Patrick Semansky

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she found attacks against her record in protecting student civil rights “hurtful.”

It’s “hurtful to me when I’m criticized for not upholding the rights of students, the civil rights of students,” DeVos said in a wide-ranging conversation with reporters Wednesday, per Politico. “I have to turn it back around and say why do I keep getting criticized for that? I mean nothing that I’ve done would suggest otherwise.”

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