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Protesters block US education secretary from entering school

12 February 2017 01:31 (UTC +04:00)

The divisive new secretary of education of the US was briefly blocked from entering a Washington, DC, public school by protesters chanting "shame" and other rebukes, APA reports quoting Sputnik.

Betsy DeVos, the billionaire Republican and big-time GOP donor who champions charter and private schools, was prevented from entering Jefferson Middle School in Southwest DC when protesters refused to get out of the way for her to use a back stairway. One also briefly refused to make way for her car to back out of the school driveway, according to reports.

In a video of the standoff, a man holding a Black Lives Matter sign says, "Keep giving money to senators and buying your way to the position," while another says DeVos doesn't represent anything public schools stand for.

"Shame! Shame! Shame!" one admonishes.