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We need the Secretary of Education and the President and Vice President to articulate what 10 years down the road looks like, and to have benchmarks, and to constantly message to the American people, this reform, this reform of the U.S. Department of Education is the most important thing we're going to do as a people as we celebrate our 250th birthday.
We need the Secretary of Education and the President and Vice President to articulate what 10 years down the road looks like, and to have benchmarks, and to constantly message to the American people, this reform, this reform of the U.S. Department of Education is the most important thing we're going to do as a people as we celebrate our 250th birthday.
The FBI is a rotten institution, thankfully, with many great men and women in rank and file roles. But for too long, the FBI has been too independent of any real overview by either the president or the attorney general or Congress, which would be appropriate. Congress has largely just abdicated its responsibility to do so.
The FBI is a rotten institution, thankfully, with many great men and women in rank and file roles. But for too long, the FBI has been too independent of any real overview by either the president or the attorney general or Congress, which would be appropriate. Congress has largely just abdicated its responsibility to do so.
We believe at Heritage that the best way to reform the FBI is to go into the legal code that created it, select all, delete, and start from scratch. We believe there's, to be clear, a very proper role for a federal bureau of investigation. We think that in its current constitution and structure, it is so unreformable that that would be the best way to actually fix it.
We believe at Heritage that the best way to reform the FBI is to go into the legal code that created it, select all, delete, and start from scratch. We believe there's, to be clear, a very proper role for a federal bureau of investigation. We think that in its current constitution and structure, it is so unreformable that that would be the best way to actually fix it.
Because of politics, it's most likely that reform will have to come from a very vigorous director, but also real vigor from the president and from the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate. They've got to play ball when it comes to reforming that agency. It's rotten. It is used to persecute Americans.
Because of politics, it's most likely that reform will have to come from a very vigorous director, but also real vigor from the president and from the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate. They've got to play ball when it comes to reforming that agency. It's rotten. It is used to persecute Americans.
There are probably people in our respective organizations, The Daily Wire and Heritage. I happen to know factually that's the case, at least for some of us at Heritage. The FBI was on the brink of persecuting. They've done so with the former president. I wouldn't like that at all if it were someone on the political left. This is something that ought to transcend politics.
There are probably people in our respective organizations, The Daily Wire and Heritage. I happen to know factually that's the case, at least for some of us at Heritage. The FBI was on the brink of persecuting. They've done so with the former president. I wouldn't like that at all if it were someone on the political left. This is something that ought to transcend politics.
And it's very important to sum up here as the president prosecutes this political case against the FBI, that as much as he could make it personal that he explained as he did during the campaign, the reform is about the ordinary American and making sure the FBI works for us rather than against us.
And it's very important to sum up here as the president prosecutes this political case against the FBI, that as much as he could make it personal that he explained as he did during the campaign, the reform is about the ordinary American and making sure the FBI works for us rather than against us.
I hope to see a real discipline about what the policy priorities are. Obviously, those don't have to run in such a linear fashion, but to some extent, being excellent in communication about what those priorities are and why is the first step. The second step, I would argue, at Heritage is to completely close the border.
I hope to see a real discipline about what the policy priorities are. Obviously, those don't have to run in such a linear fashion, but to some extent, being excellent in communication about what those priorities are and why is the first step. The second step, I would argue, at Heritage is to completely close the border.
And I think President Trump, keep in mind his first appointment was a border czar, our Heritage fellow, Tom Homan, who taught me several years ago as we started working together on border security, is that it isn't just about closing the border, but about interior enforcement.
And I think President Trump, keep in mind his first appointment was a border czar, our Heritage fellow, Tom Homan, who taught me several years ago as we started working together on border security, is that it isn't just about closing the border, but about interior enforcement.
And that's where Americans in the interior of the country, obviously a majority of Americans, believe that their interests have been forgotten on that issue.
And that's where Americans in the interior of the country, obviously a majority of Americans, believe that their interests have been forgotten on that issue.
Not only is it important to do that for its inherent purposes, it's also important to do that to prove to the American people that Trump meant it, that he's going to spend political capital to do so, including deportations of millions of people. And then that gives you the political will to move on to point two.
Not only is it important to do that for its inherent purposes, it's also important to do that to prove to the American people that Trump meant it, that he's going to spend political capital to do so, including deportations of millions of people. And then that gives you the political will to move on to point two.