'Call your senator': Amy Schumer continues anti-Trump activism by urging fans to oppose 'unqualified' Education Secretary pick Betsy DeVos

Amy Schumer left a sushi restaurant in Beverly Hills on Thursday with a message for Americans.

The comedienne exited the eatery holding handmade signs signalling opposition to President Trump's pick for Education Secretary.

'Betsy DeVos is unqualified,' read one sign Amy held up, while on the other she had written: 'Call you senator to oppose 202-2243121.'

Made her feelings clear: Amy Schumer left a sushi restaurant in Beverly Hills on Thursday with a message for Americans regarding President Trump's pick for Education Secretary

The number on the sign is for the Capitol Hill operator in Washington, D.C.

The Trainwreck star clearly took advantage of the waiting paparazzi to get her message across as she left the restaurant by a back door,

Amy, 35, was dressed all in black in a crew neck sweater and shiny pants with matching ballet flats.

Her hair was tied back into a ponytail and she wore sunglasses.

Upside of fame: The Trainwreck star clearly took advantage of the waiting paparazzi to get her message across as she left the eatery by a back door carrying her handmade signs

'Call your senator': The comedienne said Betsy DeVos is 'unqualified' for the position that oversees the nation's public schools and gave the number for the Capitol Hill operator 

Simple ensemble: Amy, 35, was dressed all in black in a crew neck sweater and shiny pants with matching ballet flats. She wore her hair tied back into a ponytail and added sunglasses

Speaking out: Amy has been one of the most vocal celebrities to challenge the new president's policies

Her lobbying against DeVos comes just two days after she blasted Trump on Instagram for claiming Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer cried 'fake tears' over the president's 'travel ban'.

The Comedy Central star, who is a cousin of the New York senator via her father, posted a tweet byTrump in which he heaped scorn on 'Nancy Pelosi and Fake Tears Chuck Schumer' for holding a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court with a microphone that didn't work properly.

'This is what he was thinking about at 621am,' Amy wrote.  'I know Chuck Schumer and HE CANNOT act trust me. He can barely smile on cue.'

Scornful: President Trump used his Twitter feed to deride Amy 's cousin Senator Chuck Schumer of New York for crying 'fake tears' over the immigration ban

Right back at ya: Amy defended the Democratic leader, who is a cousin of her father, in an Instagram post Tuesday saying the politician 'cannot act' and 'cab barely smile on cue'

Emotional: Schumer wiped away tears during a televised appearance in which he described Trump's ban affecting seven Muslim majority countries as 'mean-spirited' and 'un-American'

In several televised appearances, including a press conference where he choked back tears, minority leader Schumer described Trump's ban affecting seven Muslim majority countries as 'mean-spirited' and 'un-American.'

'He was hurt for those people and all the people facing such unconstitutional injustice,' she said of the New York senator, who is a cousin to her father.

Amy united with her relative to push for stricter gun control laws after two women were shot while watching the star's movie Trainwreck in a Lafayette, Louisiana, cinema in July 2015.

She also participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., on Saturday January 21, the day after Trump was sworn in as the 45th president.

'Trump is about to bombard us with so many awful decisions,' she wrote in her Instagram message posted Tuesday morning.

'We need people alert and fighting for each other's rights,' she said. 'Call congress. Call the senate. We need to wake up and rise up together.' 

Activist: The Comedy Central star united with her relative to lobby for gun control after two women were shot and killed while watching her movie Trainwreck in 2015 in Lousisiana

Trump opponent: 'We need people alert and fighting for each other's rights,' she said in her Instagram post. 'Call congress. Call the senate. We need to wake up and rise up together'

TBT: Also Thursday Amy shared this throwback snap of herself as a child with her mom

 

 

 

 

 

 

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