To paraphrase Ronald Reagan’s famous line from his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter, here they go again. To oppose President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, the Democrats and their media allies are trotting out the same playbook they used forty-three years ago to thwart Reagan.
In 1980, Reagan campaigned on dismantling the Department of Education, where I worked from 1982-83 in the Office of Legislation and Public Affairs. Our office would have spearheaded the congressional push to pass a law abolishing the department and was staffed with Reagan loyalists like me ready to take on the task. Almost immediately, the National Education Association and prominent Democrats began attacking the idea using emotional appeals designed to scare parents and fan opposition in Congress.
