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Ron DeSantis: “The Department of Education should be a state issue. It…”

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They are adding more and more every single year with really no end in sight. There aren't entire departments you would cut. Education Department, Commerce, Agriculture. No, look, I mean, I think we've always said The Department of Education should be a state issue. It should not be a federal issue. And now you see what they're doing to try to get involved in youth sports with the transgender athletes. They've tried to do other things that, that really impinge on our rights as states. (25:30–25:35)

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Asserts that education should be managed at the state level, not federally.

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