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

Waters and other Democrats could be seen on video berating the security guard, repeatedly asking for his ID, and telling him to look at the camera, so viewers could see his face.

Fox News Digital reached out to Waters' office for comment.

An aide made it inside the building and explained to security that lawmakers were there. Members then tried to go inside the building, and at that point, the doors were locked, Fox News was told.

The Nation's Report Card, which assesses how American students are performing in various subjects, showed seven out of 10 fourth graders are not proficient readers, which is a worse score than the last report card in 2022. The report card noted that reading scores showed "no significant change" since 1992. 

"A complete reset begins with ending the failed experiment resident in the Department of Education. The bureaucrats have focused on mandating DEI, when students needed the focus to be on ABC and 123," DeVos wrote. "President Trump and Congress should take their corrosive power away and instead block grant all necessary education funding directly to the states."

On the campaign trail, Trump suggested several times that eliminating the department entirely was on the table.

"One thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and sending all education and education work it needs back to the states," Trump said in a 2023 campaign video.

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