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Vivek Ramaswamy is rolling out his official plans to defund federal law enforcement and the Department of Education. Ramaswamy\u2019s not the only MAGA Republican running for president who wants to gut support for federal law enforcement and public education as the GOP hopefuls continue racing to be the most extreme candidate in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy is doubling down on his extreme \u201cAmerica First 2.0\u201d agenda that includes defunding federal law enforcement and shutting down the Department of Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRepublican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is laying out plans to shut down a number of federal government agencies if elected, starting with the FBI, Department of Education and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/a>: \u201cI think the FBI as an institution should not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cBilled as \u2018America First 2.0,\u2019 an argument that Trump did not go far enough in passing his policy agenda as president, Ramaswamy\u2019s platform \u2014 which leans heavily on executive actions \u2014 includes raising the voting age to 25 unless certain requirements are met, ending affirmative action \u2018in every sphere of American life,\u2019 shutting down the FBI and trimming 75 percent of executive branch employees to reduce the size of the \u2018administrative state.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy isn\u2019t alone in proposing to defund federal law enforcement \u2014 Trump and Ron DeSantis are leading the 2024 GOP pack in embracing this MAGA position.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump is egging on Republicans in Congress to \u2018defund\u2019 federal law enforcement ahead of a government funding deadline this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Republicans in Congress should defund the DOJ and FBI until they come to their senses,\u2019 he posted on his social media platform, writing in all-caps. \u2018The Democrats have totally weaponized law enforcement in our country and are viciously using this abuse of power to interfere with our already under siege elections!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Allen, NBC News:<\/a> \u201cWhen Trump was president, he proposed slashing federal funding for local police forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cThey’re never using that number one constitutional power they have \u2014 the power of the purse \u2014 to rein in these administrative agencies. And so you have something like DOJ and FBI \u2014 well, if you never hold them accountable through the legislative process, either through law or through budget, of course power is going to accumulate there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy\u2019s bizarre plan should come as no surprise \u2014 he is openly running to take Trump\u2019s extreme MAGA agenda even further.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBiotech entrepreneur and conservative commentator Vivek Ramaswamy is vowing to take Donald Trump\u2019s agenda \u2018even further\u2019 as he takes on the former president for the 2024 GOP nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy \u2014 the little-known biotech multimillionaire who jumped into the \u201924 GOP presidential race \u2014 is auditioning to be the party\u2019s next Donald Trump, with hyper-Trumpian positions on the border, voting, culture wars and more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy runs as Trump 2.0\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vivek Ramaswamy is rolling out his official plans to defund federal law enforcement and the Department of Education. Ramaswamy\u2019s not the only MAGA Republican running for president who wants to gut support for federal law enforcement and public education as the GOP hopefuls continue racing to be the most extreme candidate in the field. 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