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joining us now, the former secretary of education under president obama, arne duncan. secretary duncan, the department was established by congress. it would obviously take 60 votes to actually fully eliminate it. that's not going to happen. but do you see reforms in the manner of sending more of the money to the states, or getting rid of unnecessary red tape that might be worthwhile for possible secretary mcmahon to do well, first of all, you hit it exactly right. >> um, trump promising to eliminate the department of education, was never going to happen. that's just another empty, broken promise. like building a wall. like in mexico to pay for the wall. so whether his supporters hold him accountable for that, i don't know. but that's never going to happen. and as you know so well, 90% of the funding for public education already comes at the state and local level. and so the idea of moving things to the states, that's already where the action is so he's saying things that don't really make sense. and unfortunately really trying to politicize and weaponize education. and

i want to bring in former secretary of education arne duncan. heard him, he sang the department of education on a federal level is just an agency that we do not me and states can get the job done. >> those states would be replicating florida, i just have to say that to start, and parents are concerned about their children's mental health, concerned about bullying in schools and concerned about their children's safety. they said i will keep trying to politicize education and that's not what parents want. they want their kids to feel safe, learn and be prepared for life, and eliminating the department of education accomplishes none of those things. none of them. florida has been a bellwether for these kinds of things and it's led to book banning, led the country, they tried to politicize the school boards, most of them have been soundly defeated and so what is coming out of florida is just not working for parents and not working for republicans. >> but why couldn't get done on a state level, why does it need to happen coming from the federal gover

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