Trump picks WWE co-founder Linda McMahon to lead Department of Education

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : A 76-year-old billionaire and co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), McMahon is a longtime friend of Trump and was made the chair of his transition team in August after she donated over $800,000 to his campaign.
45% : Rather than working to strengthen public schools, expand learning opportunities for students, and support educators, McMahon's only mission is to eliminate the Department of Education and take away taxpayer dollars from public schools, where 90% of students -- and 95% of students with disabilities -- learn, and give them to unaccountable and discriminatory private schools," the National Education Association said in a statement.
43% : We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort," Trump wrote on social media.
42% : "That could be an issue for her, but Trump has so much baggage himself, and it seems that in politics these days, everything goes."
22% : Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to cut funding to any school that teaches critical race theory or "transgender insanity," as well as schools with vaccine or mask requirements.
22% : Trump has also repeatedly vowed to shutter the Department of Education all together, though he has not explained how he would do so.

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