joining me now is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. 'm a huge fan of all teachers. i think teachers are underpaid, underappreciated, undervalued. but now it goes a step further. they're trying to eliminate the existence of the department of education. why? if it doesn't make a difference here, a republican or a democrat, is dismantling the dough going to be such a disaster for our country? >> so first. >> it's a disaster symbolically. as much as it's a disaster in reality. think about a country whose president basically says as their first acts, i'm getting rid of education. what does that say about the future? what does that say about take all the things that republicans believe in entrepreneurship, ingenuity, creativity. how do you say to a country, i'm taking i'm getting rid of the one department, the smallest department in the federal government, the department of education. now on the facts. this is what the department of education does. yes, it is about opportunity. forget about all these other words. what the department of educat

and like randi weingarten without makeup it scared the hell out of us.the biden presidency taught the american public that all that our rational behavior from 2016 until 2020, it was not caused by trump, because it got way, way worse after trump left. as rider michael malice estates trump was not was not the river, he was the. and now he is back and we realize how dan necessary he was so americans embrace the man who is fixing it. let's hope once he does the voters do not forget what came before him or we will have to do this all over again it. i just hope that baron is old enough to run. >> hear he is. >> greg: tom. when the results of the 2020 election came out i had this weird feeling that maybe this was of this was a break to bring trump back and i told that to somebody. you know who i told that to? >> was it me. >> greg: no. >> i was going to say i remember that. >> greg: i told that to donald trump. >> the intermission, right? >> greg: do you think it was a good thing that the democrats stole the election? >> i think it was. and now you know it was

what does this mean for the unions, randi weingarten head of aft says trying to abolish the departmentby the way only congress can do. which is true you would need 60 votes sends a message that the president doesn't care about opportunity for all kids. maybe he cares about it for his own kids or his friend's kids or donors kids but not all kids. >> well, i can tell you when i talk to teachers who tell me that out of every dollar that comes into the classroom they spend 47 cents of that dollar complying with regulations. we want teachers to be innovative in the classroom let them do what they like to do. there is no one-size-fits-all for education. those teachers that are in the classroom feeling that energy every day knowing what this group of kids can do better. that group of kids can do better. let's let them do what they do. >> ainsley: what would you say to -- would you have any control over the superintendents that are more woke or the schools that are more woke or would that be up to the governors of those states. >> truly up to the governors. there is federal funding that does c

and like randi weingarten without makeup, it scared the hell out of us. even more. the biden presidency taught the american public that all that irrational behavior from 2016 to 2020, it wasn't caused by trump because it got way, way worse after trump left. as writer michael malice states, trump wasn't the river, he was the dam. and now he's back and we realize how damn necessary he was. and so after democrats wreck a country, americans embraced the man who's fixing it. let's just hope once he does, the voters don't forget what came before him, or we're going to have to do this all over again. i just hope barron is old enough to run. >> period. >> yeah. >> tom. >> when the results of the 2020 election came out, i had this weird feeling that maybe that this was a break to bring trump back. and i told that to somebody, you know who i told that to? >> was it me? >> no. >> oh, i was going to say, yeah, i remember that, greg. >> i told that to donald trump. >> oh yeah. >> oh he's the intermission right. >> yeah. >> what did he think he liked? >> i said he was the enemy.

joining our conversation is randi weingarten.can federation of teachers. let me just i think because if you're a parent of kids, what you touch is your your kid's school and your kid's teachers. but let me let me just put some information out there. public schools in the country educate almost 8 million students with disabilities. the education department distributes funds for college and student loans and financial aid. it funds all education programs for low income kids and homeless kids, distributes funding for all kids with disabilities. does college accreditation, civil rights enforcement. and importantly, even with all the attacks, a lot of them unanswered, forcefully or specifically, 63% of all americans oppose this. and that includes some of trump's own voters. your thoughts? >> so, number. >> one, let me do a little bit of a civics lesson, nicole. which is states and. localities control education right. >> now from. >> graduation standards. >> to curriculum. >> they control education. >> that's why. >> we all go to the.