Greg Casar Accuses Trump Admin Of Putting ‘Kids On The Chopping Block’ With Potential DoE Closure

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During a House Democratic press briefing on Wednesday, Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) spoke of his disapproval for the Department of Education devolution.

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00:00Yes, but you're back there.

00:03So, how do you feel about the opportunity to be here?

00:07You've been very passionate about the design of the building,

00:10and you've been describing the color of the building,

00:13and how the building traditionally is a case of

00:18having more government employees in the building.

00:23So, as for the mood, I'll let...

00:26Greg, you want to take that?

00:28Look, it was of course refreshing that we were able to have the meeting

00:32and learn the truth, but I and others, I think,

00:35we became more and more alarmed as the meeting went on,

00:38because I think the tie-in amongst all of this,

00:41and Ranking Member Raskin laid it out clearly,

00:43is that current law, won by so many Americans in this democracy,

00:49is that all kids deserve a decent education.

00:52That the money goes to your kid if they're in need,

00:54the money goes to your kid no matter their race,

00:57or their background, or their neighborhood,

00:59and they want to change that.

01:01That's what it comes down to.

01:02They might call it money going to the states,

01:04or reorganization, or block grants,

01:07they'll call it whatever they want to call it,

01:09but they essentially want to be able to send money

01:12to the communities they like, and punish the ones they don't.

01:15Just like right now they give pardons to the guys they like,

01:18and prosecute the people that they don't,

01:20just like they're giving government contracts to the folks

01:23that are their donors, and punishing the people that they don't,

01:26now they're saying,

01:27your kids are on the chopping block if we don't like them.

01:29That's what this comes down to.

01:31They essentially, what she tried to say in the nicest of terms,

01:35is that she wants to allow, get rid of the guardrails

01:40that protect all of our kids, and instead say,

01:43no, we can have it set up so that states can give money

01:46to the private schools that we like,

01:48and take away money from the public schools that we may not like.

01:51Or we want to be able to give money to a community

01:53because they bow down to us in the culture war,

01:56and take away money from a community

01:57because we want to have a fight about some social issue.

02:00And our kids, especially those that are struggling in the classroom,

02:05especially in communities that don't have enough money,

02:08especially our kids with special education needs,

02:11they shouldn't get caught up in the kind of Trump grift.

02:15But I expect what we're going to see,

02:17why I think the alarm was growing as the meeting went on and on,

02:20is that it feels like no matter what nice words they may put on it,

02:24at the end of the day,

02:25it feels like they're going to take our kids' money,

02:28this taxpayer money that's supposed to be going to our classrooms,

02:31and it's going to be another payday

02:33for the people that line up and support the Trump administration

02:37while innocent students and parents and families and teachers take the hit.

Greg Casar Accuses Trump Admin Of Putting ‘Kids On The Chopping Block’ With Potential DoE Closure

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