Bill Maher provided a surprising point of agreement with President Trump by supporting plans to abolish the struggling Department of Education.
“It's not that kids are getting smarter,” Maher vaguely told Rep. Byron Donald (R-FLA.) and Puck political journalist Tara Palmieri on Friday “real-time.” Ta.
“I mean, the numbers continue to get worse and worse. And I don't know if the Department of Education is… except that I take the money, I don't know what it's doing. It's kind of a mediator,” he continued.
The late-night host cited a recent survey that revealed that senior US students in the U.S. do not have “basic” reading skills. The comedian also mentioned the astounding union rules for Bay City, Michigan. This prohibits schools from firing teachers who are drunk at work until the fifth crime.
In the 2024 presidential election, Trump, 78, has reportedly vowed to close the Department of Education and is considering scrapping the entire institution through an executive order.
At a September rally in Wisconsin, Trump told the crowd he was “dying” to take office to “eliminate the federal department of education.”
Donald, a conservative Republican who once appeared on President Trump's VEEP shortlist, seemed very pleased with Maher's position.
“I think the Ministry of Education essentially has to be shut down. Many authorities have been sent back to the state. We need to actually get the right dollars directly into the hands of our parents, and they “We need to be able to use those resources in our states and communities to find the best results for our children,” Donald said.
“When the Ed Ministry was created in 1977, reading and mathematics scores for fourth and eighth grade children were higher than today. So it's not working,” he added.
