Linda McMahon, secretary of plunder - 2024-11-21

Linda McMahon, secretary of plunder November 21, 2024, Mike Mechanic, Mother Jones

---

Educators are flipping out over Donald Trump's choice of pro wrestling exec and longtime donor Linda McMahon for secretary of education. Predictably so, since experts in just about every field are flipping out when Trump chooses some poorly qualified (yet very loyal) hack to oversee their specialty—or selects another fox to guard the henhouse.

America's biggest union, the National Education Association, for instance, slammed McMahon as unqualified and bent on a privatization agenda:

Her chief goal for education is to promote vouchers, which drain resources from public schools and send taxpayer money to unaccountable private schools that are permitted to discriminate against students and educators. The policies she promotes are aligned with Trump's Project 2025 plan.

Wikipedia cite:

{{cite news | first = Mike | last = Mechanic | title = Linda McMahon, secretary of plunder | url = https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/linda-mcmahon-trump-education-secretary-vouchers-esa-programs-private-schools/ | work = Mother Jones | date = November 21, 2024 | accessdate = November 27, 2024 }}