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Linda McMahon, a long-time friend of Donald Trump and wife of Vince McMahon, is not someone who should represent or manage any part of the United States of America. Her nomination is a slap in the face to everyone who cares about children in our country. To quote the National Education Association: 1 - Linda McMahon is not qualified for the position. Like Betsy DeVos, McMahon has no significant background in public schools nor any understanding of what it takes to help every student thrive. She served one year on the Connecticut Board of Education after lying about having a degree in education. McMahon spent her career as CEO of WWE, an entertainment company that has been accused of shady business practices and the abusive treatment of employees.   2 - She has pledged to push an extremist agenda. McMahon co-founded the America First Policy Institute, an organization formed in 2021 specifically to promote former U.S. President Donald Trump's public policy agenda after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. 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.  3- She will be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. McMahon is a billionaire who donated tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s campaigns over the years. If confirmed as Secretary of Education, McMahon will stand at the ready to carry out the things Trump campaigned on—including removing expanded Title IX protections put in place by the Biden administration, pushing voucher schemes, and even dismantling the federal Department of Education altogether. In short, McMahon has no background in 'public schools'. She has a different kind of experience with school aged children. During her time with WWE, Vince and Linda McMahon were aware of the sexual abuse of the underage “ring boys” and did nothing about it. She has an ongoing lawsuit regarding her “[failure] to act on allegations of sex abuse of children who helped ringside at wrestling events in the 1980s,” (CNN, https://tinyurl.com/tmxausb2). How can our country let someone like this be in charge of education? Reject her nomination.