Maxine Waters embarrassed herself yet again when she led a group of House Democrats to the door of the Department of Education and screamed in the face of a federal employee who prohibited her and her entourage from entering, leading conservatives to describe her as “deranged” online and call for her retirement.
For context, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) tried to enter the Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2025, with the intention of meeting with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter. The group made it clear that they wanted to express outrage to Secretary Carter over the possible DOGE-initiated budget cuts to the department, but they were stopped by security before they could get in.
In addition, according to Fox News coverage of the incident, the group gathered at the Department of Education Building totaled 30, all of whom were House Democrats. However, the group was stopped at the door by a man who, according to Fox, said he was a federal employee and did not explain why the lawmakers were prohibited from entering the building.
In footage of the incident, Rep. Waters can be seen accosting the man tasked with guarding the door of the Department of Education, telling him to “look them in the eye,” referring to the dozens of House Democrats gathered at the door. She added, “Look at him. This is him. Look at him. Tell us your name. Give us that ID again.” The guard calmly responded, “I’m not giving you the ID again. I showed it to you.”
Next, Rep. Waters got even more in the guard’s face, repeatedly saying, “Say what?” and forcing him to repeat himself. Meanwhile, the guard remained calm, simply saying, “I showed you the ID already.” At one point, Rep. Waters screamed in the man’s face, “Could you show me the ID again?”
When conservative political advisor Steve Cortes shared the clip of Rep. Waters harrassing the federal employee outside the Department of Education on X, he wrote, “Maxine Waters is deranged and unwell,” adding, “Watch as she randomly yells in the face of a federal employee outside the Department of Education.” In response, conservatives were outraged in the comments section, with the user Quantum T. Institute writing, “Maxine Waters should be expelled from Congress. She is bat-sh– crazy.”
In addition, a clip of Rep. Waters’ wild behavior was also shared on X by the Rapid Response 47 account, which wrote, “Maxine Waters (D) is currently accosting random federal employees outside the Department of Education.” In response, the user Steel Magnolia wrote, “Isn’t this absolutely glorious? I literally can’t wait to get out of my bed every morning and see what hornet’s nest Trump and company has stirred up every day/hour/minute now.”
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The march up to the door of the Department of Education came shortly after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that it was cutting education-related wasteful spending. Regarding the cuts, DOGE wrote on X on February 10, 2025: “The Department of Education terminated 89 contracts worth $881mm.” They added, “One contractor was paid $1.5 million to ‘observe mailing and clerical operations’ at a mail center.”
Watch Rep. Waters’ inane rant:
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video