Whitmer campaign wants money to defend against Betsy DeVos — but she hasn’t announced run – By Paul Egan (Detroit Free Press) / Aug 3 2021
LANSING – Michigan GOP billionaire Betsy DeVos, who served as education secretary under former President Donald Trump, has made no public statements about plans to run for governor of Michigan.
But you would never know that from reading the latest request for financial donations sent out by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s reelection campaign.
“The political insiders have spent months recruiting a candidate to run against me, and they’ve found not one, but two: James Craig and Betsy DeVos,” the Whitmer campaign campaign says in a new request for donations sent to Michigan households, which also references the recently retired Detroit police chief.
“The news of Betsy DeVos’s run comes a day after I signed our public education budget,” the letter says. “DeVos is a threat to public education and the future of our state, and we need to be ready to counter her billionaire-funded campaign.”
