Angry Democrats Try To Force Their Way Into Education Department

A crowd of outraged congressional Democrats attempted to force their way into the Department of Education (ED) building Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to shut down the agency.

The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order to eliminate ED and direct Congress to pass legislation to officially dissolve the agency in order to ensure public education is managed by the states. Democratic Congress members, including California Rep. Maxine Waters, lamented the security guard as he denied them access into the building.

“What are they afraid of? They know that we’re here,” Waters said.

“Were you told, are you making this decision to stand in front of this door on your own behalf? On behalf of the Department of Education, were you to come out here and block members of Congress from complying with us? Were you told to stand here or did you decide to stand here and block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education?” Democratic Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost asked the security guard. (RELATED: Maxine Waters Has Four-Minute Meltdown Shouting About How Much She Dislikes Trump, Musk)

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The security guard at the entrance did not budge as congressional Democrats simultaneously demanded they be granted access into the building because they are members of Congress. Other members claimed they were entering the building to protect American children, stating the nation’s kids deserve better than to have them be denied entry.

Waters directed Fox News’ cameras to face the security guard as she accused him of blocking them from accessing the building “for no good reason.”

“I want you to see this [security guard] right here who is a federal employee he told us … we pay him, we raise money to make sure that we have a Department of Education, and everybody that’s at the Department of Education is here because we pay for them to be here,” Waters said. “He’s standing here today blocking the door and he can’t give us a good reason why he’s blocking this door.”

“I think it should be clear to parents in the United States, if you want to advocate on behalf of your children, you are not allowed to come into this building where you pay taxes,” another congresswoman said. “Parents who have children who are disabled, access if being blocked.  You voted for members of Congress to advocate on behalf of your children. Children with disabilities, for young women who have been victims of sexual assault in our classrooms on our school grounds, members of OCR are fighting for your children and we’re not allowed in the building to talk to them. We are not allowed to advocate on behalf of America’s children. America, we have a problem.”

Democratic members have gathered to protest Trump and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk for reducing the size of the government and eliminating wasteful spending, a promise the president repeatedly made on the campaign trail. Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar warned in front of the Department of Treasury building Tuesday that they may “actually see someone get killed,” while Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley threatened to set “fire” to the Republican Party over Musk’s disbandment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Federal, state and local governments spend roughly $857.2 billion on K-12 public education annually, though students’ test scores and proficiency in core subjects have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government’s $190 billion in spending on public education has failed to improve students’ proficiency and test scores in subjects such as math, reading and science.

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