Jimmy interviews education secretary betsy devos

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Fallon “interviewed” DeVos (played sequence the event by litt‚rateur and jokesmith Jo Firestone), who esoteric difficulty burdensome the camera and level pronouncing brew own name.

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Later Fallon pleased Firestone’s DeVos to distribute with rendering prepared remarks, she discussed plans optimism the tuition system impressive suggested swapping out textbooks for pamphlets — including one trial foreign languages that only read “Just Speak English.”

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Jimmy Fallon Roasts Betsy DeVos As the New ‘Secretary of Edu-Cake Boss’ (Video)

Jimmy Fallon roasted new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” by inviting comedian Jo Firestone on as the “Secretary of Edu-Cake Boss.”

The faux DeVos started the interview off staring into the wrong camera before launching into her plans. “Idea number one: no more textbooks,” she announced. “They’re too heavy and got too many words.”

She continued: “From here on out, every school will be switching to a pamphlet-based education system.”

The Secretary of Edu-Cake Boss went on to show the “history pamphlet” that will be implemented in her curriculum.

“It tells how the dinosaurs fought the Vikings then went on to form the band America,” she said to a confused Fallon. The next pamphlet on foreign languages simply said, “Just speak English.”

“Now, Mr. Trump wrote this one himself,” she said — and then ate the pamphlet.

DeVos, who was recently mocked on “Saturday Night Live,” is considered to be short on public school experience by many Democrats. On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote that got her confirmed as Secretary of Education in a historic 51-50 vote.&nbs

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Jimmy Fallon's Betsy DeVos impersonator spoofs Education Department typos

The U.S. Department of Education gave comedians even more material on controversial Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with typo-filled tweets.

Jimmy Fallon took advantage of the incident on The Tonight Show Monday, bringing in a DeVos impersonator to make a public apology — with even more typos and mispronunciations.

"A lot of people were screaming at me and making mad faces, so I prepared a formal apology," writer and comedian Jo Firestone said before reading from index cards. "Our sincerest I'm sorry's go out to W.E.B. Du Bois, as well as to W.E.B. Du Girls," she added.

This was a reprisal impersonation for Firestone, who channeled DeVos on The Tonight Show shortly after her confirmation.

The Education Department's initial tweet came on Sunday when the Twitter handle spelled Du Bois as "DeBois," prompting an onslaught of jabs and jokes from people already heated over DeVos' appointment.

The department released an apology that also had a typo: "Post updated — our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo." It has since been corrected.

When Fallon asked about critics questioning DeVos' qualifications for her role, she said, "I am totally got