The U.S. Senate has confirmed Linda McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), as the new Secretary of Education.
With a 51-45 vote that had more drama than a WrestleMania main event, McMahon steps into the ring with a mandate from President Trump: put the Department of Education in a chokehold and pin it to the mat permanently.
Somehow I feel Vince had a hand in this.
Linda McMahon: From WWE to Secretary of Education
Linda McMahon‘s resume reads like the American Dream on steroids.
She and her husband transformed a regional wrestling promotion into a global entertainment juggernaut, bringing us such cultural milestones as not being able to see a huge muscular man in jorts and now a Samoan werewolf with an electric jiggy.
Now, she’s tasked with suplexing federal overreach in education and returning power to local communities.
Trump’s Vision: The Department of Education’s Final Countdown?
President Trump has made it clear he wants the Department of Education to tap out. He’s criticized it as a bloated bureaucracy overrun by “radicals, zealots, and Marxists,” and believes it’s time for the states to take back the wheel.
McMahon, never one to back down from a challenge, seems ready to deliver the proverbial power bomb to the department she now leads.
Not everyone is cheering from the sidelines.
Educators and civil rights advocates are concerned that dismantling the Department of Education could leave vulnerable students in a lurch, especially those relying on federal support for disabilities and low-income programs.
But in the squared circle of politics, McMahon’s used to taking chair shots.
What’s Next in the Education Ring?
As Linda McMahon steps into this new arena, one thing’s for sure: education policy is about to get a lot more entertaining. Whether she’s the hero or the heel depends on which side of the ring you’re standing.
But if her wrestling career taught us anything, keep an eye out for foreign objects.
And expect the unexpected, just like what recently happened at the Elimination Chamber.
