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Betsy DeVos’ ‘Painful and Awkward’ Ignoring Of Reporter Sets Anderson Cooper Off

The CNN host couldn’t get over the education secretary’s “epic non-response” to questions about cutting money for the Special Olympics.
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper poked fun Thursday at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her “epic non-response” to a reporter asking her questions about her proposal to cut money for the Special Olympics.

The host of “Anderson Cooper 360°” explained how, ahead of President Donald Trump’s (not-strictly-true) claim that he’d protected federal money for the organization, CNN’s Ryan Nobles had grilled DeVos as she waited for an elevator.

Cooper rolled the footage and summarized: “Oh my God, that was so painful and awkward.” 

“That was something,” he added. “Let’s keep that on hold for later use and just bring it up every now and then.”

Check out the clip here:

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