Trump Picks Linda McMahon to Lead the Education Department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : "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 wrote in a statement.
60% : On Tuesday night, shortly after putting Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare, he confirmed former WWE CEO Linda McMahon will be his secretary of the Department of Education -- an agency he has pledged to dismantle.
49% : "Linda and her husband, Vince McMahon, co-founded WWE in the '80s (the franchise has evolved under several different names) and go way back with Trump, who once made an appearance at Wrestlemania.
43% : Their relationship spilled over into Linda's political career -- after stepping down from the helm of WWE in 2009, she ran for Senate in Connecticut twice (unsuccessfully), with Trump contributing $5,000 to one of her self-funded campaigns.
24% : "It's not clear what exactly Trump has in mind for McMahon, considering he has described the department she will lead as filled with "radicals, zealots, and Marxists," and claimed on the campaign trail that he'll get rid of it altogether.

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