«Conservatives have been targeting the Education Department since it was established in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and Congress.»

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/draft-of-trump-executive-order-aims-to-eliminate-education-department-5315c3a4?st=51PsUS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink (gift)

And there you go. Anything that helps the marginalized (i.e., anybody but mainstream white folks, the wealthier, the better, basically) has got to go.

To be “conservative” in America is basically to be something else, uglier than “conservative.” To always want to go backwards is to want to return to an older era of… what? What is it when non-white people know their place and white people have the freedom to do pretty much do whatever they want so long as they respect the rights of other white people? There must be a word, or a short phrase for that, but it’s not coming to me right now.

One other point: I don’t believe President Carter established the Dept. of Education. *Congress* did that, during the Carter administration. Maybe by enacting a law *proposed* by President Carter, and *administered* by President Carter. Maybe enhanced by other laws under other administrations. No President gets to tear down what Congress has enacted unless Congress enacts other laws to that effect. Republicans control Congress now, so it shouldn’t be too hard.