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Mazie Hirono: “President Trump and his Secretary of education, billionaire…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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Standing Up For Our Students: One Year of Trump's RIFS at the Department of Education

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

And I'm especially grateful to see my colleague Chris Van Hollen of Maryland here to join us as we continue to fight back against Trump's authoritarian regime's attacks on on public education. Since taking office or retaking office, President Trump and his Secretary of education, billionaire Linda McMahon, have engaged in an all out attack on public education. We're talking about public education that, that involves 50 million children. every turn, they have created chaos and create and confusion, all at the expense of 50 million students. (00:31–00:42)

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