Maxine Waters, House Dems ripped for 'unhinged' clash with security guard at Education Dept

Conservatives connected societal media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., aft she and different Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to participate the Department of Education gathering successful Washington, D.C., portion accosting a information defender successful the process. 

Thirty House Democrats attempted to participate the Department of Education gathering connected Friday greeting to conscionable with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter regarding Trump’s plans to importantly downsize oregon adjacent destruct the department, but they were stopped by security.

Video of the Democrats attempting to person the visibly uninterested information defender to fto them successful rapidly dispersed on social media, sparking beardown pushback from conservatives.

Waters and different Democrats could beryllium seen connected video berating the information guard, repeatedly asking for his ID, and telling him to look astatine the camera, truthful viewers could spot his face.

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"This is hilarious," author Justin Hart posted connected X. "The Democrats person octagenarians going astir municipality trying to intimidate national workers for immoderate crushed oregon another."

"Absolutely pathetic theatre from House Democrats astatine the Department of Education, down to claiming the information serviceman is simply a modern time constabulary serviceman successful the Deep South blocking schoolhouse integration," Newsbusters managing exertion Curtis Houck posted connected X.

"The punctuation astatine the extremity is my favorite," Daily Signal investigative columnist Tony Kinnett posted connected X. "Three years ago, Democrats wanted to perceive NOTHING from parents acrophobic astir their kids' schools. They sent the FBI aft parents. Now they're claiming to correspond them. Hilarious."

"I can’t halt watching this," Congressional Leadership Fund Communications Director Torunn Sinclair posted connected X. "It’s truthful funny. Democrats are floundering."

"Unhinged Maxine Waters is annoying AF," White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted connected X. "This deranged behaviour is similar a country ripped consecutive retired of Flowers successful the Attic."

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"Trump has wholly breached the Democrat party," Outkick laminitis Clay Travis posted connected X. "They are successful full shambles."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Waters' bureau for comment.

An adjutant made it wrong the gathering and explained to information that lawmakers were there. Members past tried to spell wrong the building, and astatine that point, the doors were locked, Fox News was told.

The Nation’s Report Card, which assesses however American students are performing successful assorted subjects, showed 7 retired of 10 4th graders are not proficient readers, which is simply a worse people than the past study paper successful 2022. The study paper noted that speechmaking scores showed "no important change" since 1992. 

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who served successful Trump’s archetypal administration, slammed the section and called for a revamp successful an sentiment piece.

"A implicit reset begins with ending the failed experimentation nonmigratory successful the Department of Education. The bureaucrats person focused connected mandating DEI, erstwhile students needed the absorption to beryllium connected ABC and 123," DeVos wrote. "President Trump and Congress should instrumentality their corrosive powerfulness distant and alternatively artifact assistance each indispensable acquisition backing straight to the states."

On the run trail, Trump suggested respective times that eliminating the section wholly was connected the table.

"One happening I’ll beryllium doing precise aboriginal successful the medication is closing up the Department of Education successful Washington, D.C., and sending each acquisition and acquisition enactment it needs backmost to the states," Trump said successful a 2023 run video.

Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.