Democratic members of Congress are being denied access to the Department of Education, facing tight security and guards blocking their entry. This occurs as Trump is set to sign an executive order to dismantle the department. I'm left wondering if this qualifies as an insurrection.
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Democratic members of Congress are being blocked from entering the Department of Education, which is under tight security, with guards preventing their access as they attempt to push their way in.
This comes just as Trump prepares to sign an executive order aimed at dismantling the department.
Does this count as an insurrection?
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We're members of Congress, here at the Department of Education, and we're being denied entry. The doors are locked, and a private security contractor is blocking our access. We showed our IDs; this is our job, and we have oversight responsibilities. We're not a threat; we're trying to request a meeting. This lack of transparency is unacceptable. The administration claims to be open, yet they won't even let us into their own building. This isn't right; we represent the people, and we demand access. They've even called Homeland Security. This building is a public institution; we pay for this building and its employees. This contractor, who isn't even a federal employee, is blocking us without a good reason. This is outrageous.
Speaker 0: Right now, you're looking live at the Department of Education, members of Congress. They're being denied entry into the building. The doors are locked. There's a security guard there. I'm guessing that's who's in the brown, tan looking shirt, but we don't know for sure.
They're having a tense conversation.
Speaker 1: What it's not. Can we join our job? We're trying to say
Speaker 0: Kinda wanna listen in for a second here.
Speaker 2: Him your ID.
Speaker 3: Were you told to stand here, or did you decide to stand here and block members of Congress from medicine? Access.
Speaker 2: To the federal bill for the by federal government. We're allowed in there.
Speaker 4: So a private security contractor Do
Speaker 3: do you
Speaker 2: know members of congress? Members of congress. Maybe he doesn't understand. A private security contractor
Speaker 4: is making the decision to block members of congress from from a public access entrance.
Speaker 2: I don't think he knows.
Speaker 4: You have the authority as a private security contractor to block members of Congress.
Speaker 2: That that that has been knighted and granted to you. It was not a You you you have to at least let us go to the desk.
Speaker 1: Yeah. It's too many good actors.
Speaker 3: Is made up for a month.
Speaker 2: Who told you to do this? Open the door.
Speaker 3: I see it.
Speaker 2: So do you do you understand who members of congress are?
Speaker 0: Well, and
Speaker 2: you don't care. Who are within. In charge of it.
Speaker 1: You don't care. We have a job to do. We're not dangerous people. We're not I don't know. Security,
Speaker 2: is there
Speaker 1: are no thieves and thugs out here. We're members of congress.
Speaker 3: With identification. We're teachers.
Speaker 2: Each of the Bible
Speaker 3: There's our ID. Right, Theodore? This is our job.
Speaker 2: This is our job. We're doing our job. Oh, wow. You're securing this building against who? Members of Congress.
Members of Congress. Boys of Congress. For all you're protecting here, it's members of the temple This is the beginning of full transparency
Speaker 4: of this administration. That's right. The administration that talked about they're gonna open the doors to all of the these things and show the American public what is going on. They don't even open the door to this building, to members of congress.
Speaker 2: We are
Speaker 4: not posing any threat here. Now we are not dangerous people. We have not done anything. We're trying to request a meeting, and they won't they have a private security contractor who on his own is making decisions on behalf of the Department of Education.
Speaker 2: We are not aware of the words, sir, and Hayes, which is saying because they're not they allow billionaires and his minions to come in
Speaker 3: to this building.
Speaker 2: I don't know who he is, but I know who I am. And I'm
Speaker 4: a member of congress with oversight responsibilities trying to request a meeting, and a private security contractor is not allowing me to enter the building.
Speaker 2: They're saying billionaires go in this building, but not the exclusive representatives.
Speaker 1: They're all billionaires and their cronies, they're
Speaker 2: lying, but not there's a lack of transparency here. Members of congress, the people of representatives are not allowed in. This is not transparent.
Speaker 4: They're locking our kids up. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well, not only are they not letting us in, now they've called the Department of the Homeland Security.
Speaker 4: We are members of Congress here at the
Speaker 2: top really. The Department of Education, and they're treating
Speaker 3: kids deserve to have a way to fight for them. That's a calling.
Speaker 2: The children
Speaker 3: of this country deserve that battle.
Speaker 2: This is a public institution. This is not Russia.
Speaker 1: Let the tavern see him.
Speaker 2: Let the candidate see him. Who is he?
Speaker 1: This this man here. Contractor.
Speaker 2: We are members of congress. Come in. They're blocking us.
Speaker 1: See this man here who is a federal employee, he told us.
Speaker 2: No. He's not. Are you a federal employee? No. No.
Speaker 1: He said he's a federal employee. We pay him. We raise money to make sure that we have a department of education. Everybody that's hired at the department of education are here because we pay for them to be here. He's standing here today blocking the door, and he can't give us a good reason why he's blocking this door.
Speaker 3: Make sure they see right here all access entrance.
