President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education by ordering EdSec Linda McMahon to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the states.”
Democrats, teachers unions, and progressives are of course freaking out over the decision and will likely start filing lawsuits within minutes of the signing event, which was held in the East Room of the White House
“Linda, you’re going to be presiding over something that’s so important,” the president told McMahon just moments before he signed the order.
Pres. Trump stressed that “useful fuctions” of the ED, like Pell grants and other resources that help faciliate education, will remain active:
And here’s him (and the children present) signing the EO:
The White House also posted on its official website and the Rapid Response X account some of the reasons why it believes the department is a failure:
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What makes you think that Maryland Governor Moore will spend that money on education. He’s a Democrat who will spend the funds for social programs and paying back unions who are building those worthless rail lines in Baltimore.