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The U.S. Department of Education just gave us a glimpse of what to expect from them under Besty Devos’ rule.

In an attempt to honor legendary scholar W.E.B. DuBois during Black History Month, the Education department sent out a tweet this past weekend featuring one of his quotes. Thing is, they spelled his name wrong.

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The tweet is still live.

After Twitter roasted the department for their folly, they came back with an apology. But they messed that up too. In a tweet that has since been deleted, the Education department said, “Post updated – our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo.”

This doesn’t come as too much of a shock though. Our government, with some assistance from Vice-President Mike Pence, approved billionaire Betsy DeVos as secretary of the department despite being vastly under-qualified for the job. This also came weeks after the man who nominated her, President Trump, implied that Frederick Douglass is still alive.

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