Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry told Newsmax on Monday he’s fully on board with President Donald Trump’s directive to shut down the Education Department, saying the president and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are “trying to cut out the middleman” of the Washington bureaucracy.
The Republican governor said Trump appointed McMahon to “dismantle the Department of Education because Americans are tired of continuing to fail while they send more of their treasure to Washington, and Washington spends it and we’re not getting the results out there.”
“Look, the president understands that the most important voice in a child’s education are parents and the most important person in that child’s education are teachers,” Landry said on “Wake Up America.” “And when you focus on those two sets of people, you get a great outcome.”
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