Trump names Linda McMahon as his pick for Education secretary

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 3:37 AM EST, Wed November 20, 2024


CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has named his transition co-chair Linda McMahon as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Education.

The decision, which Trump announced Tuesday night confirming CNN’s earlier reporting, took shape after it became clear that McMahon would be passed over for Commerce secretary. Trump named his other transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, as his pick to lead the Commerce Department earlier Tuesday after the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO had thrown his name into the mix for Treasury secretary, sparking a battle with hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.

“Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World. We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump said in a statement.

McMahon, a major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive, served as the administrator of the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. She was appointed in 2017 and resigned in 2019 to become the chair of America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC. She is the board chair of the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump think tank that was formed in 2021 by McMahon, Larry Kudlow and other advisers from the first Trump administration.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Chaos

The First Lady of wrestling will work to destroy public education.

Ignorance works great when the aim is to overthrow the Constitution.

[FSogol]

2. She fits a specific pattern of other deplorable picks:

From wiki:

In October 2024, McMahon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit, accusing her, her husband, and WWE of negligence with regards to the "ring boys" scandal, in which multiple WWE personnel, including ring announcer Mel Phillips and wrestlers Pat Patterson and Terry Garvin, either resigned or were dismissed in 1992 after being accused of sexually assaulting young boys; in particular, Phillips had already been dismissed in 1988 for sexual misconduct, but had been rehired several weeks afterwards under the condition that he "stop chasing after kids". McMahon's possible involvement in the ring boys scandal was known prior to her tenure as Small Business Administrator; a vetting document from Trump's first transition team, leaked in 2019 and cited in the lawsuit, listed the scandal as a possible "red flag" against her. The lawsuit also alleges the McMahons fostered a culture of sexual abuse within the WWE, additionally citing the concurrent sex trafficking lawsuit and federal investigation against Vince and other allegations highlighted by the Netflix documentary series Mr. McMahon.

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5. She fits perfectly with the Trump cabinet of sexual predators.

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3. I thought it was a joke

When I saw this on Twitter I thought it was a joke. There have been fake joke announcements for the last couple of weeks and I thought this was one of them.

[Botany]

4. Trump is going to do to America what the McMahons did to their wrestlers... kill them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths

[Tess49]

6. This news is going to break Ryan Walter's heart!

He is Oklahoma's batshit crazy dept of education head.

[IronLionZion]

7. School Wrestling might get a lot more interesting and dangerous

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8. Also previous post ... giving Gym Jordan a run for his money

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219745483