Betsy DeVos is the secretary of education, with a net worth hovering somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 billion. She is also the owner of a $40 million yacht.
Last night, vandals caused $5,000-$10,000 of damage to her $40 million yacht. (For those playing at home, that is the equivalent of vandals causing $3-5 worth of damage on your $30,000 car.)
According to the Toledo Blade, unidentified vandals untied the yacht from the dock in Huron, Ohio, and the 163-foot boat began to drift away. It struck the dock, causing mainly some large scratches.
The news was shared on Twitter by an Axios reporter and split Twitter along class warfare divide.
https://twitter.com/halbritz/status/1022450408109817856
A woman named Barbara thought perhaps the report was being shared to further encourage vandalism.
https://twitter.com/barbsalem/status/1022458806381543424
But mostly everyone thought it was a spectacular way to highlight the very obscene levels of wealth the Trump cabinet has, especially in comparison to the average American.
https://twitter.com/OverlordFuzz/status/1022459357575950336
This person is a hero https://t.co/tBCoAlQkPD
— MisterHippity (@MisterHippity) July 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/nyhcmaven84/status/1022488645671034880
https://twitter.com/arb/status/1022478755887861760
https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1022475167979556864
Whether it’s OK to commit small acts of vandalism against society’s wealthiest and most powerful gatekeepers is a debate we won’t be able to settle here today, but regardless of your stance on the boat being separated from its mooring, we can all agree it led to some good puns.
Well here is what the NYC pun crew has come up with
— Ariel Boone (@arielboone) July 26, 2018
Boat-sy De-Loss
Harboring Resentment
Class Act
Fast and the Furious: Boat Adrift
Sea-Minus
Charter Schooled
Harboring Resentment
Yacht-Sea!
De-Portment of Education
Floatation DeVos
Hull-arioushttps://t.co/50eN223tBg
