President Trump on Tuesday evening nominated Linda McMahon for Education Secretary.
This would be a major upgrade to Miguel Cardona, the current Marxist running the department who spent years defying the US Supreme Court with student loan bailout workarounds.
“It is my great honor to announce that Linda McMahon, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration, will be the United States Secretary of Education,” Trump announced on Tuesday.
“For the past four years, as the Chair of the Board at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Linda has been a fierce advocate for Parents’ Rights, working hard at both AFPI and America First Works (AFW) to achieve Universal School Choice in 12 States, giving children the opportunity to receive an excellent Education, regardless of zip code or income. As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families,” Trump said.
Trump continued, “Linda served for two years on the Connecticut Board of Education, where she was one of the fifteen members overseeing all Public Education in the State, including its Technical High School system. She also served as a Member of the Board of Trustees at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, for two stints totaling over 16 years.”
“We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump said.
NEW: President Trump announces the nomination of @Linda_McMahon as Secretary of Education. pic.twitter.com/Se11G8N7jI
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 20, 2024
President Trump vowed to wage war with Education Department and give power back to the states.
“On Day 1, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto the shoulders of our children,” Trump has said. “And I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.”
Trump said he wants to strip the entire department.
“We’ll have one person plus a secretary, and all the person has to do is, ‘Are you teaching English? Are you teaching arithmetic? What are you doing? Reading, writing and arithmetic, and are you not teaching woke?’ Not teaching woke is a very big factor, but we’ll have a very small staff,” Trump said on the campaign trail last month.
WATCH:
Trump in Milwaukee says he wants to close down the Department of Education and have parents run public schools to make sure teachers aren’t “teaching woke” or “start teaching a language we don’t want them to teach” pic.twitter.com/HTjYIIqfQU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2024
