Rep. Thomas Massie told Fox News Digital about his push to dismantle the Department of Education after it was a policy platform echoed by Trump.
Rep. Thomas Massie is suggesting that Republicans could dismantle the Department of Education if the GOP wins control of both Congress and the White House in November. 'Would follow through with it? Honestly, I think it depends on who controls Congress and who his Cabinet secretary is,' the Kentucky Republican told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The Kentucky Republican made the comments the day after Trump’s interview on X with owner Elon Musk in which Trump suggested doing the same.
Massie introduced a bill late last year that would do just that, and it currently has more than 30 House GOP co-sponsors, including vocal Trump allies like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Byron Donalds, R-Fla. While he has not had conversations with Trump or his campaign about the bill, Massie said it’s an issue he’s discussed with the Trump-aligned Republican lawmakers 'all the time.
The DOE was established under former President Carter in 1979 when he split it from the Health and Human Services Department. It’s charged with regulating federal student aid funds and ensuring equal access to education, among other responsibilities. It faced conservative backlash almost instantly, with former President Reagan threatening to dissolve it, though he was ultimately unsuccessful. 'Reagan promised that he would try to eliminate it, and he never did.
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