5 Reasons To Purpose Betsy Devos Analysis

In the article “5 Reasons to Oppose Betsy DeVos”, author Lisette Partelow works to create further opposition to President Trump’s controversial education secretary. The central claim of the entire article is that Betsy Devos should not be in charge of the Department of Education. She clearly states this early on in the article, even in the title. She begins the substance of the article by saying it is not very difficult to see why DeVos would be a bad education secretary. She makes her personal bias very clear. Partelow writes that DeVos’s agenda will be “insidiously destructive”. Right away, the diction used by Partelow would likely dissuade people who support DeVos and Trump from being open to considering the arguments presented.
The first point she makes is about DeVos being inexperienced. She says that DeVos did not “sent her kids to public school”. While this is true, it can be seen as a red herring. DeVos not having kids in public schools is irrelevant to her qualifications. The author includes this to paint DeVos as someone who is disconnected from the average American who sends their kid to public school. While it may be effective in generating an emotional response, it is not needed under this point of Partelow’s argument.
The next main point presented by Partelow is about
This basic idea is grounded in the logical fallacy of a slippery slope. She claims that DeVos has purchased her spot in the Trump administration by donating millions to Republican campaigns over her lifetime - making her confirmation a return of the favor. This is a slippery slope because Partelow says that if DeVos is allowed to purchase her position, it will be more acceptable for others to act in that same manner in the future. It would be more effective to address the current issue rather than speculating about potential other issues in the