Dem Rep Offers No Proof After Claiming DOGE Will Yank Teachers From Classrooms During Six-Minute Gripe Session

Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, while fuming for six minutes about Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chair Elon Musk on Monday, accused the department of seeking to pull teachers from classrooms after it announced plans to review the Department of Education’s spending.

Democratic members of Congress tried to force their way into the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Education after DOGE was asked by President Donald Trump to uncover wasteful spending within the department. DeLauro unleashed a series of claims about DOGE and Musk during a Monday appearance on “Ana Cabrera Reports.”

“I think that first of all, what — I refer to Elon Musk as President Musk. And you’ve got the OMB Director Russ Vought. They’re responsible for the chaos. And it’s Project 2025. They’re stealing appropriations,” DeLauro told MSNBC host Ana Cabrera. “And to be honest, what people need to know is that taking the funds, stealing what are appropriated funds runs into the daunting power, the power of the purse, which rests with the Congress. And that is in the Constitution of the United States.”

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Only 25.4% of the Department of Education’s $268 billion budget goes to state and local governments to help fund schools, according to USAFacts.org.

“Do you think we’re not going to fight back on that issue? But I think it was prescient what President Trump said today. The USAID was just a skirmish,” DeLauro continued. “They’re going after the Department of Education and limiting people’s opportunity to get an education in this country. The dream of my parents, Irish, Italians, Polish, the entire, you know, parents want their kids to get the best of an education. And they’re going to — they’re going to deny it.”