Don't let Betsy DeVos pick Chicago's mayor

Vote for Brandon Johnson just because he isn't the guy backed by the nation's leading destroyer of public schools.

There’s a minor epidemic of right-wingers pretending to be Democrats in hopes of becoming the mayor of one of America’s largest cities.

Despite the support of far too many celebrities, this ruse failed in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, we’ll find out if it worked in Chicago, where Paul Vallas has a dwindling lead in the polls.

This man shouldn’t be allowed anywhere within a few hundred feet of a public school.

Why?

I could tell you that Vallas backs every policy designed to destroy public education from privatization to self-dealing budget shennigans to the militizarization of schools.

But let’s just make this simple: Betsy DeVos backs him.

As a Michigander who has seen how this woman has devastated so many of our schools, that’s more than enough reason to back almost anyone running against Paul Vallas.

And it’s no secret why DeVos ❤️s Vallas:

Dave Stieber (Stee-ber) @D_Stieber

“There are no more public schools in New Orleans. I don’t know how else to help folks understand Paul Vallas’s horrific record. There. Are. No. more. Public. Schools. In. New. Orleans. Because of Paul Vallas.”

inthesetimes.com“He Sold Our Schools off to the Highest Bidder”A look inside Paul Vallas’ history of harming public education and a sampling of the shock doctrine politics, anti-union postures, neoliberal policies and budgetary schemes he brought to school districts around the country—and world—and the havoc they helped create.

That’s why Vallas also has the support of the National Review.

And the worst people online. Like this former NXIVM fan:

James Lindsay, brought manspreading back to Europe @ConceptualJames

Randi presents with moderate to severe emotional dysregulation again. Is she transitioning?

Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓 @rweingarten

I've watched Paul Vallas ruin the New Orleans schools system. I've watched him divide and tear communities apart. For Betsy DeVos' PAC to come in and support Vallas tells you everything you need to know about him. #BrandonIsBetter https://t.co/1DQnWRrUZt

And this herpes of Elon’s “For You” tab:

Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC

Still amazes me that Communist John Denver hits the campaign trail for people. Nobody likes this person.

Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓 @rweingarten

I've watched Paul Vallas ruin the New Orleans schools system. I've watched him divide and tear communities apart. For Betsy DeVos' PAC to come in and support Vallas tells you everything you need to know about him. #BrandonIsBetter https://t.co/1DQnWRrUZt

And the co-founder of this murder of homophobes who thinks your RuPaul reading a book is a bigger threat to your kids than AR-15s:

Tiffany Justice @4TiffanyJustice

Randi is very angry. Yelling again. 🥱

Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓 @rweingarten

I've watched Paul Vallas ruin the New Orleans schools system. I've watched him divide and tear communities apart. For Betsy DeVos' PAC to come in and support Vallas tells you everything you need to know about him. #BrandonIsBetter https://t.co/1DQnWRrUZt

Why?

Because they hate public education and know the way to destroy it is through the guise of “reformers” like Vallas, who clearly hate public education as much as they do.

Sure, there are lots of good reasons to vote for Brandon Johnson. But the best one is that Betsy DeVos is DeVoted to DeFeating him.