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White House misspells ‘Secretary of Education’ on official Snapchat

It's not the first time the Trump administration has made high-profile spelling mistakes.

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Nidia Cavazos

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Posted on Apr 17, 2017   Updated on May 24, 2021, 5:15 pm CDT

The official White House Snapchat account misspelled the title of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as “Secretary of Educatuon” during Monday’s annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Spelling and the U.S. Department of Education. Ironic much? The Snapchat was taken down almost instantly, but not fast enough to avoid a screenshot. MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin captured the mistake and shared it on Twitter, where everyone’s had a good laugh at it.

It’s not the first time the Trump administration made high-profile spelling mistakes. The Library of Congress sold a print of President Donald Trump’s inauguration photo with a quote from his inauguration speech. “No dream is too big, no challenge is to great. Nothing we want for the future is beyond our reach,” it read.

That “to” instead of “too” can make quite a difference.

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*First Published: Apr 17, 2017, 7:27 pm CDT

Nidia Cavazos

Nidia Cavazos is a multimedia journalist with an emphasis on political reporting. She's contributed to Univision, KXAN, and USA Today College, and she was named one of six NBC Fellows by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 2017.

Nidia Cavazos