They decided, oh, just forget about our laws and the constitutional separation of powers. Together, Trump and McMahon have gutted the department so that there simply aren't the people in place to keep it running. Since March, they fired or pushed out half of the Department of Education staff. Half. They've left key offices with barely enough people to keep the lights on. They smashed the arm of the department that is in charge of keeping track of how students are doing and researching how to improve educational outcomes and to pieces. (01:57–02:03)
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Asserts that half of the Department of Education staff were fired or pushed out since March.
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