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In response to the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to allow him to resume shuttering the Department of Education,<\/em> DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire puppet Linda McMahon failed to defend his dangerous budget cuts to public education, his administration is doubling down on abolishing the Department of Education. Trump would rather leave 50 million public school students out in the cold than abandon his disastrous plans to rig the economy for his billionaire backers. Thanks to his Project 2025 playbook, Trump is making the ultra-rich even richer at the expense of our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TODAY: Donald Trump is doubling down on his <\/strong>Project 2025<\/strong><\/a> plans to abolish the Department of Education and gut public education for millions of students.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump administration asks Supreme Court to allow gutting of Education Department\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201cTrump signs executive order to dismantle the Department of Education\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025, p. 319<\/a>: \u201cFederal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cMany of Trump\u2019s early actions appear closely aligned with Project 2025\u2019s plans. A CNN analysis of the 53 executive orders and actions from Trump\u2019s first week in office found that more than two-thirds \u2013 36 \u2013 evoke proposals outlined in \u2018Mandate for Leadership,\u2019 Project 2025<\/strong>\u2019s 922-page blueprint for the next Republican president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, Linda McMahon repeatedly dodged questions on Trump and Republicans\u2019 sweeping budget cuts to the Department of Education. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Bobby Scott<\/a>: \u201cThe department\u2019s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal would make it more difficult for students to enroll in and afford a college education<\/strong> by proposing reductions in funding to need-based grants such as Pell and work study. \u2026 Regrettably, this proposed budget does not signal a path of success for America\u2019s students and families.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Scott<\/a>: \u201cIn the pending reconciliation bill, that\u2019s the one that has tax breaks for the wealthy and cuts in health care and Medicaid. CBO says at least 13 million people will lose their insurance. \u2026 SNAP benefit cuts and access to college with cuts in student loans and Pell Grants. Does the 2026 budget cut Pell and work study on top of those cuts?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda McMahon: *Doesn\u2019t answer question*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Greg Casar<\/a>: \u201cThe administration that you are a part of is pushing for a massive tax break for billionaires paid for by massive cuts to health care and food assistance for everyday Americans, including to the children that you\u2019re charged with educating.<\/strong> \u2026 So you think that under this proposal you will not like the other billionaires get millions or tens of millions of dollars in tax benefit?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McMahon: *Doesn\u2019t answer question*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Lower-income and rural students are already paying the price after Trump dismantled the Department of Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cEducation Dept. cuts could hurt low-income schools.\u201d \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[T]oday, nearly all the statisticians and data experts who help get [certain federal education grants] to schools could be out of a job.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe action essentially tells U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps toward eliminating the department to the maximum extent possible \u2026 The National Center for Education Statistics, the agency that will have all but three staff workers eliminated, works on \u2018formula grants.\u2019 States and districts primarily decide what to do with these funds. <\/strong>For example, Title I and rural school grants could be used to pay for school staff salaries, transportation costs, technology and extra tutoring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PBS<\/a>: \u201cNationwide, more than 568,000 low-income students were enrolled in the GEAR UP program in the 2022-23 school year<\/strong>, according to the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships. But<\/strong> under the Trump administration\u2019s 2026 proposed budget for the Department of Education, this program would be eliminated. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome workers who have been fired outright or have been placed on administrative leave say the cuts make it harder to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent on education in the ways Congress intended and will make it harder for local communities and states to support students or plan for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEducation research scientist Joseph Murphy was on a team of six people that tracked data tied to federal grants designed to help the nation\u2019s students and communities with the highest needs. \u2026 Murphy sees the elimination of his team as \u2018a complete purge of anything data-related.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to allow him to resume shuttering the Department of Education, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cAfter Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire puppet Linda McMahon failed to defend his dangerous budget cuts to public education, his administration is doubling down on abolishing the Department of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udea8 Trump is Doubling Down on Abolishing the Department of Education - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/\ud83d\udea8-trump-is-doubling-down-on-abolishing-the-department-of-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T19:21:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T19:21:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-trump-is-doubling-down-on-abolishing-the-department-of-education\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-trump-is-doubling-down-on-abolishing-the-department-of-education\/\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 Trump is Doubling Down on Abolishing the Department of Education - 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