President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive with no experience as an educator, to lead the Department of Education.

A 76-year-old billionaire and co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), McMahon is a longtime friend of Trump and was made the chair of his transition team in August after she donated over $800,000 to his campaign.

During Trump’s first term, McMahon served as the administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017-2019 before resigning to aid with Trump’s re-election campaign, serving as the chairwoman of the super PAC America First Action.

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The Department of Education has long been a focal point for Trump’s war on “wokeness,” the president-elect and his allies depicting schools as a political battleground hijacked by the left. Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to cut funding to any school that teaches critical race theory or “transgender insanity,” as well as schools with vaccine or mask........

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