DeVos decries ‘racial bigots’ in white nationalist movement

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday denounced white nationalists involved in violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Va., calling them “racial bigots” and saying their views are “totally abhorrent to the American ideal.” DeVos, a former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman and longtime school-choice advocate from west Michigan, made the statement in an email to…