Segregation? Maddow Gives Walz the Mic and It Gets Weird Fast [WATCH]

Minnesota’s Democrat Governor Tim Walz hit the panic button Thursday after President Donald Trump followed through on his long-promised move to dismantle the Department of Education.

In an unhinged appearance on MSNBC, Walz unloaded on Trump and conservatives, warning—without a shred of evidence—that shutting down the Department would somehow bring back segregation in American schools, as reported by The Daily Caller.

President Trump’s executive order tasks Education Secretary Linda McMahon with shutting down the agency in an efficient, lawful manner.

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The move came just one week after the Department revealed it had already slashed its workforce by nearly 50% through layoffs and buyouts.

For conservatives who’ve long seen the bloated federal bureaucracy as a threat to local control, the moment was a win for parental rights and educational freedom.

🍎🇺🇸 @POTUS is bringing education back to the STATES.

“Everybody knows it’s right. We have to get our children educated. We’re not doing well with the world of education in this country and we haven’t in a long time.” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/pQHwczF4jv

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 20, 2025

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Walz, however, wasn’t celebrating. Instead, he launched into a nearly two-minute tirade on MSNBC, railing against the order and bizarrely invoking his own child to score political points.

“Well, we knew it was coming, but it’s still a day that I dreaded. I dreaded it as a teacher, as a parent, certainly as a governor now, and the sad part for me about this is, is Donald Trump doesn’t know anything about education.”

According to Walz, conservatives just want to “crush the public education system” and funnel money into non-existent private schools. What he didn’t mention?

Those same public schools have seen plummeting math and reading scores in the wake of the pandemic, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The 2024 Nation’s Report Card shows academic performance at its lowest in decades.

But instead of focusing on real solutions, national teachers unions have spent their time defending critical race theory, gender ideology, and pushing leftist agendas—while parents voiced their outrage.

“We’re going to be returning education very simply BACK TO THE STATES where it belongs, and we want to have our children well educated and we want them to love going to school.” – President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZSG4mb5sQi

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 21, 2025

Walz took things further, saying Trump’s actions would “undermine some of the missions of the department of Ed,” including ensuring equal education “regardless of race, religion or abilities.”

He then made the leap to segregation:

“This is about the civil rights department and the Department of Education that makes sure that we don’t have a situation where a Ruby Bridges is escorted to school with police. And so we’re back in an era where we can segregate.”

That’s quite the stretch—even for MSNBC.

Tim Walz falsely says that “we’re back in an area where we can segregate” schools. He’s not only lying, he knows he’s lying. It’s still in fact illegal to segregate schools based on race and no one is trying to change that.

Why are you lying @Tim_Walz?pic.twitter.com/FmHFoLjA7Y

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) March 21, 2025

Meanwhile, Secretary McMahon reassured the public that core services wouldn’t be affected.

“Closing the Department does not mean cutting off funds from those who depend on them—we will continue to support K-12 students, students with special needs, college student borrowers, and others who rely on essential programs.”

She emphasized that the transition would be handled lawfully, with Congress involved every step of the way.

The truth is, conservatives aren’t trying to bring back segregation. They’re trying to get the federal government out of the way so local communities and parents can take back control of their children’s education.

That’s what terrifies the left—and what led to Walz’s dramatic meltdown.