Well, well, well—looks like a group of House Democrats just got a little taste of what it’s like when the bureaucratic machine they’ve spent years defending suddenly doesn’t roll out the red carpet for them. Thirty of them, no less, marched down to the Department of Education, fully expecting to waltz in and demand a meeting with Acting Secretary Denise L. Carter, only to be stopped at the door.
Now, let’s take a moment to appreciate the sheer irony here. These are the same Democrats who have built an entire political philosophy around the idea that more government, more control, and more red tape are the solutions to all of America’s problems. But the moment that very bureaucracy decides it’s not going to bend over backward to accommodate them? Suddenly, it’s all “lack of transparency” and “why won’t they let us in?” You’d almost think they were experiencing—dare I say it?—a moment of conservative enlightenment.
Rep. Maxwell Frost, who is already making a name for himself as the latest grandstanding progressive, tried to grill the security officer at the door. “Are you doing this of your own volition?” he asked as if expecting the man to suddenly throw up his hands, declare himself part of the resistance, and usher them all inside. But, to his dismay, the security officer simply responded that he was doing his job. Imagine that. A government employee following orders. Maybe if the Democrats had spent the last few decades encouraging that kind of efficiency instead of bloating the system with useless bureaucrats, American schools wouldn’t be in the mess they’re in today.
MUST WATCH: Mad Maxine Waters blames a federal employee outside the Department of Education for her own bad memory.pic.twitter.com/VnIp92WchD
WATERS: What’s your name? Tell us your name. Give me that ID again.
MAN: I showed the ID. I showed it to you.
WATERS: Say what?
MAN:…
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 7, 2025
Of course, what’s really at play here isn’t some grand injustice. It’s the slow realization that the Department of Education is a bloated, ineffective relic that has done virtually nothing to improve American schools since its inception. Just look at the latest results from the Nation’s Report Card—seven out of ten fourth graders can’t read at grade level. And before anyone starts blaming COVID or budget cuts or whatever today’s excuse is, let’s be clear: the reading scores haven’t improved since 1992. Thirty years of federal control, billions of dollars thrown at the problem, and nothing to show for it.
JUST IN: Democrats attempt to storm the Department of Education, get blocked by a “guard” who wouldn’t let them in.
The move comes as President Trump is considering abolishing the department.
It’s unclear who the man is.
Maxine Waters and other Congress members were heard… pic.twitter.com/DZOVuKHlMK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 7, 2025
But instead of having a serious conversation about how to fix the system, Democrats are outraged that President Trump and Republicans want to shut it down entirely. Trump has been very clear—if Linda McMahon is confirmed as Education Secretary, her job will be to put herself out of a job. Why? Because the states are better equipped to handle education than a group of unelected bureaucrats in Washington who are more interested in pushing DEI mandates than ensuring kids can read, write, and do basic math.
Absolutely pathetic theater from House Democrats at the Department of Education, down to claiming the security officer is a modern day police officer in the Deep South blocking school integration. pic.twitter.com/xa5tTcNyJ7
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 7, 2025
Betsy DeVos, who actually had the courage to call out this broken system when she served as Education Secretary, put it perfectly: the Department of Education has become a failed experiment. Instead of focusing on the basics, it has spent years entrenching power, growing its budget, and pushing ideological nonsense while American kids continue to fall further behind.
And now, just to add a little more fuel to the fire, enter Elon Musk. Democrats are livid that he has been put in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, which—brace yourself—might actually suggest that we cut spending and eliminate waste. Heaven forbid! The man has spent his entire career making things work better, and now Democrats are terrified that he might do the same thing with the federal government.
Trump, in typical fashion, reassured them that Musk “can’t do and won’t do anything without our approval.” But let’s be real—Democrats aren’t mad because they think Musk will act without oversight. They’re mad because they know he will act, and they won’t be able to stop him. Because deep down, they know that the more the American people see just how much waste, redundancy, and incompetence exists in Washington, the harder it will be for them to justify keeping this broken machine running.
So, while House Democrats throw their little tantrum outside the Department of Education, maybe they should take a step back and ask themselves a bigger question: If their own government bureaucracy won’t let them in, why are they so desperate to keep us trapped under its control?
