President-elect Donald Trump has introduced Linda McMahon as his decide for Secretary of Education. Although she was initially thought-about for the Commerce Department.
McMahon, a former administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, will turn into the Education Secretary. Trump had promised to chop this company down and reallocate its capabilities to the states.
The Education Department performs a key position in offering funding to public faculties, administering federal scholar help packages, and gathering information on schooling within the United States. Trump has pledged to dismantle a lot of its federal oversight.
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“We will ship Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump stated in a press release launched on Tuesday.
Who is Linda McMahon?
McMahon served as the pinnacle of the SBA from 2017 to 2019 throughout Trump’s first time period. Prior to her political profession, she co-founded Capitol Wrestling, now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), along with her husband, Vince McMahon.
Most just lately, each McMahons had been named in a lawsuit alleging “systemic and pervasive abuse” of underage kids throughout the group.
McMahon additionally made a reputation for herself in politics, operating because the Republican nominee for US Senate in Connecticut in 2010, the place she misplaced to Democrat Richard Blumenthal. Despite the loss, McMahon served as chair of the board for the America First Policy Institute, a conservative assume tank created by Trump aides in 2021 to advertise his priorities. She additionally performed an enormous position in Trump’s transition staff, working alongside billionaire Howard Lutnick, who has been tapped to steer the Department of Commerce.
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During the current Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, McMahon praised Trump’s financial document, saying, “President Trump is a job creator and one of the best buddy American employees have had within the White House.”