The chief of one of the nation’s biggest teachers’ unions, Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, has “endorsed” the idea of shutting down the federal Department of Education.
That’s one of the goals President Donald Trump has expressed, because of the department’s agenda that has included spending hundreds of millions of dollars to inculcate discriminatory gender and race ideologies in children amid its failure to improve the test scores of American children.
Trump has appointed a secretary of education with instructions to see how much of the federal agency’s responsibilities can be given back to states and local communities. In Congress, there’s already a plan to shut down the bureaucracy.
Now, in an interview, Weingarten “accidentally endorses ABOLISHING the Department of Education,” according to a report.
“States and localities run education… they should run it. The federal government should not run it,” she said.
BREAKING: Randi Weingarten accidentally endorses ABOLISHING the Department of Education.
“States and localities run education.. they should run it. The federal government should not run it.” pic.twitter.com/W5VGUPZmPU
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) February 5, 2025
Her quote was, “States and localities run education. It’s basically. That’s where 90% of the funding for education goes. They already run it. They should run it. The federal government should not run it.”
Under Trump’s administration, already dozens of Education Department bureaucrats have been put on leave because they were promoting the ideological diversity and equity campaigns to students.
The moves are part of the shakeup of federal government that is being implemented under Trump, who appointed Elon Musk to his administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to look for ways to cut the size and expense of government.
Twitchy commented, “Yesterday, Twitchy covered Weingarten’s appearance on MSNBC to rail against President Trump’s call to end the Department of Education. It wasn’t so much an interview that Ana Cabrera conducted with Weingarten; it was more like a mutual admiration society, with both participants spending their time agreeing with each other and patting each other on the back for their brilliant insights. But even in that softball environment, Weingarten still couldn’t help but step on a massive rake as she accidentally agreed with Trump that the DOE shouldn’t even exist.”
Your terms are acceptable https://t.co/65N7UMO9op
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 5, 2025
Other social media responses:
“Finally she has a good idea.”
And, “Ma’am we literally been saying this for decades.”
They also noted Weingarten “makes over $560,000 per year, 9 times average teacher.”
Hey, @DOGE. https://t.co/RTfj9Viy7k pic.twitter.com/1igqIqZ2AM
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) February 5, 2025
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