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WWE exec Linda McMahon is poised to oversee the end of the Department of Education

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    -60% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    100% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -18% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : "[Trump] pledged to make American education the best in the world, return education to the states where it belongs, and free American students from the education bureaucracy through school choice," McMahon said at her confirmation hearing.
55% : "We need a Secretary of Education who will put students first, not billionaires, who will stand up for our students -- every single one of them -- even if it means standing up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said on the Senate floor.
46% : Meanwhile, the department has shut down income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowers for at least three months.
45% : " Along with nearly every federal agency, the Education Department has been upended since Trump took office.
37% : As for questions about multiple education laws, including the Every Student Succeeds Act, one of the major laws governing K-12 public schools, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, McMahon was unable to reply.
36% : With a demonstrated lack of knowledge about even the most basic education laws and policies, McMahon is now the head of a department that Trump has called a "big con job" that he hopes to dismantle.

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