Michigan Republican Party Chairman Jim Runestad told Newsmax on Friday that he “loves” what President Donald Trump is doing in dismantling the Education Department and said it will be “wonderful” for Michigan students.
“The Democrats just voted to reaffirm their commitment to DEI [diversity, equity, inclusion] when Michigan’s scores are collapsing,” Runestad said on “Wake Up America.”
“We’re the second-worst for fourth grade reading in the nation,” he continued. “The numbers are coming down dramatically and this is their focus. I love what the president is doing. He’s saying let’s return the billions and billions being spent by the Education Department back to the states, like it was prior to 1979, when we used to have some of the best schools in the nation. Since ’79 we’ve spent $3 trillion, and it’s been poured down a rat hole because there’s been no improvement in test scores.”
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