Controversy
Status:Open
Will the US Department of Education Be Dissolved Under Trump?
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Claims
Michael Cohen"My sense is that it is unlikely that the Department of Education will be shut down under the Trump administration."Dec 20, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy"We expect certain agencies [like the Department of Education] to be deleted outright."Nov 18, 2024
Mark Schneider"Quite frankly, it's unlikely that we will totally disband the US Department of Education."Dec 20, 2024
Mona YacoubianIf the Kurds are no longer able to maintain control of its detention sites, "ISIS would virtually overnight burst back onto the scene as a powerful force."Feb 14, 2024
Michael McCaul"If we withdraw our troops from Syria now, we could see a resurgence of ISIS or another lethal successor in a short time."Mar 10, 2023
Michael Itzkowitz"It's more probable that they will look to scale back certain programs that they disagree with [than dissolve the Department of Education altogether]."Nov 13, 2024
Arne Duncan"Trump promising to eliminate the Department of Education was never going to happen."Dec 20, 2024
Republican Party"We are going to close the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and send it back to the States."Jul 08, 2024
Aron Lund"[I]t's likely that the Islamic State would exploit that [the current security architecture collapse] and gain in power and influence."Feb 14, 2024
Ali al-Hassan"Any [US] withdrawal [from the region] will cause the immediate activation of [IS] sleeper cells."Jan 08, 2025
ABC News"Abolishing the Department of Education, in particular, has been a Republican Party goal since the agency was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1979."Oct 05, 2023
Michael J. Feuer"I don't think people who are worried about this proposal [to abolish the Education Department] should underestimate the possibility that they [Republicans] could do it."Nov 25, 2024
Kamala Harris"We are not going to let him eliminate the Department of Education that funds our public schools."Nov 18, 2024
Derrell Bradford"I don't think it's possible to eliminate the United States Department of Education."Nov 13, 2024
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