Trump's Education Secretary Pick Expected to Be Linda McMahon, Former WWE CEO

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : McMahon, 76, is a longtime friend and early supporter of Trump's who served as head of the Small Business Administration during the Republican's first term.
73% : As education secretary, McMahon would be tasked with dismantling the department she leads if Trump follows through with his campaign promise.
68% : Trump appeared in WWE programs over the years, and she donated to his first campaign, the Associated Press reported.
59% : Still, McMahon has proven herself to be an ideological ally to Trump with her long-standing interest in school choice.
56% : While McMahon is light on experience in education policy, she's proven herself a Trump loyalist -- and Trump historically has favored supporters.
50% : President Joe Biden ended it immediately upon taking office, but it's credited with breathing life into a wave of state laws restricting how teachers can discuss race, racism, and gender identity in classrooms.
48% : "I don't believe charter schools take anything away from traditional public schools; rather, I think they can be centers for innovation and models for best practices," she wrote in the August 2015 essay.
46% : Education observers anticipate Trump, in his second term, will double down on efforts from the first.
42% : In his first term, Trump repeatedly sought deep cuts to the Department of Education's bottom line, including to popular programs that help districts offer after-school programs and hire and train teachers.
37% : She was reportedly in the running to serve as commerce secretary before Trump chose McMahon's fellow transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, for that post.
27% : Unless Trump makes a recess appointment, McMahon would have to clear a Senate vote to serve as education secretary.

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