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From the Associated Press: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle.
McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s initial term from 2017 to 2019 and twice ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut.
McMahon served on the Connecticut Board of Education for a year starting in 2009 and has spent years on the board of trustees for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She’s seen as a relative unknown in education circles, though she has expressed support for charter schools and school choice.
McMahon currently serves as co-chair of Trump’s transition team, along with Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, who Trump has nominated to be his commerce secretary.
“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,” Trump said in an announcement Tuesday evening.
“We will send education back to the states, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” he added.
🚨 NEW: President Trump announces the nomination of @Linda_McMahon as Secretary of Education. pic.twitter.com/Se11G8N7jI
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 20, 2024
BREAKING: Many outlets are reporting President Donald Trump plans to name Linda McMahon as the last Secretary of Education.
She supports education freedom.
Congratulations, @Linda_McMahon! pic.twitter.com/dogPDp0xnx
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) November 19, 2024
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump to select school choice supporter Linda McMahon for Education Secretary – CNN
McMahon is Trump’s current transition co-chair, and is the former Small Business Administrator. pic.twitter.com/VaINhETgOk
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, to head the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the transition told CBS News Tuesday.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 20, 2024
BREAKING: President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. https://t.co/Dgm3wdoHez
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2024
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