House Dems barred from entering Education Department as rumors swirl it’s next on Trump’s chopping block
By Josh Christenson
NY Post (Feb. 7, 2025)
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and 95 of his fellow partisans had demanded an “urgent meeting” Thursday with acting secretary Denise Carter before taking matters into their own hands Friday — only to be halted by security who “locked” the building doors, a congressional aide told The Post.
Video footage shows an officer informing the lawmakers that their meeting request had not been “accepted” and there was “no business purpose” for their visit.
Friday’s fracas comes after Musk has toured agencies at will with a team of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) engineers to audit potentially wasteful federal spending.
“Today we are demanding that the Acting Secretary meet with us and agree: Donald Trump and Elon Musk cannot, must not, and will not destroy the Department of Education on a whim,” Takano had told reporters....
