U.S. Senator from Alabama Tommy Tuberville On Monday, he called for the shutdown of the US Department of Education (DOE) in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Tuberville’s post says “SHUT UP! #MAGA” in response to a meme posted by X owner Elon Musk mocking former US President Jimmy Carter, who created the department in 1979.

“Not great value for money!” read Musk’s original post.

Educators across the country have expressed concern about the department’s future after Donald Trump, who was elected the 47th president of the United States last week, promised to eliminate it throughout his campaign.

“We are going to end education in Washington, DC,” he said in a campaign video last year.

“We’re going to shut it down — all those buildings everywhere and people who in many cases hate our children. We’re going to send everything back to the states.”

Although Trump has done it before denounced the planDOE removal is included in Project 2025a 900-page document detailing the Trump administration’s proposed comeback policies, led by the right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation.

The plan too involves 100 conservative groups, including the Alabama Policy Institute.