2024 GOP hopefuls want to abolish federal agencies. Experts say it's a long-shot idea
ABC News spoke with half a dozen experts about 2024 candidates vowing to eliminate federal agencies. They described such pledges as easier said than done. As 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls campaign across the country, many have one pitch in common: a promise to eliminate federal agencies or otherwise dismantle the "administrative state." At least five of the major candidates, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence, have endorsed doing away with the Department of Education, a favorite target at August's GOP debate. Business man Vivek Ramaswamy has gone a lot further. The list of departments he wants to abolish includes not only the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Nuclear Regulatory Commission but also the Internal Revenue Service -- and even the FBI. MORE: GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to cut federal workforce by 75% Earlier this week, he proposed cutting the federal workforce by a whoppi...