Education Secretary Miguel Cardona might want to take a refresher course
in history.

A newly unearthed clip of Cardona has revealed the Biden Cabinet member
shamelessly borrowing � and changing the meaning of � former President
Ronald Reagan�s famous attack on big government during a meeting with
Western state governors in Wyoming earlier this month.

While riffing about how he wants to make the Department of Education more
�accessible� and provide �technical assistance� to states,� Cardona told
his audience Nov. 8: �As, I think it was President Reagan, said � �We�re
from the government, we�re here to help.'�

Cardona briefly paused after the remark and looked around as if he
expected laughter, but there was no trace of sarcasm in his voice.

In contrast to Cardona�s endorsement of Washington intervention, Reagan�s
original statement from Aug. 12, 1986, was a warning against it.

�I think you all know that I�ve always felt the nine most terrifying words
in the English language are: �I�m from the Government, and I�m here to
help,'� the 40th president told reporters while discoursing on US
agriculture policy. �A great many of the current problems on the farm were
caused by government-imposed embargoes and inflation, not to mention
government�s long history of conflicting and haphazard policies.�

The Education Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry about
whether Cardona was joking.

Conservatives and other critics were not amused by the 48-year-old�s
comment.

�I actually find it chef�s kiss perfect that the Education Secretary is
this ignorant of history,� The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway
wrote on X.

�The �education secretary� misstating a well-known quote regarding
bureaucratic incompetence is too on-the-nose even for absurdist fiction.
Any good editor would send it back and say, �Too much,'� columnist T.
Becket Adams wrote.

�Imagine how little exposure to conservative ideas one would have to have
while garnering various college degrees to possibly make this mistake,�
added columnist David Marcus.

�When the people responsible for teaching history don�t know history,�
groused BASEDPolitics co-founder Hannah Cox said.

�I am screaming!!!!� posted Post reporter Jon Levine.

�I think it was Orwell who said, �We�re like a big brother. We�re here to
watch over you,'� tweeted Reason magazine�s Jesse Walker, referencing the
British author�s most famous work, �1984.�

Cardona was confirmed as education secretary in March 2021.

He previously worked as a fourth-grade teacher in his hometown of Meriden,
Conn. before rising through the ranks to elementary school principal,
assistant superintendent, and commissioner of education in the
Constitution State.

https://nypost.com/2023/11/27/news/education-chief-misstates-reagan-
government-help-line/

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's
just that they know so much that isn't so. Ronald Reagan