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Trump’s Education Pick Linda McMahon Has a Long History of Scandals

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Trump’s Education Pick Linda McMahon Has a Long History of Scandals​



A civil suit alleges Linda McMahon knew she hired a child abuser at WWE​

In October, Linda and Vince McMahon were sued in civil court in Maryland by five former “ring boys” (basically gofers) who claimed that they were abused by a former announcer and that the McMahons hired him despite knowledge of his alleged conduct. The unnamed plaintiffs were as young as 12 when they were allegedly abused by announcer Mel Phillips, who died in 2012. Phillips was fired in 1988, but rehired six weeks later on the caveat that he stop abusing children at work, according to Business Insider. (He was fired for good in 1990 after more alleged incidents of abuse.) “Vince and Linda returned Phillips to the organization with the caveat that Mel steer clear of underaged boys, stop hanging around kids, and stop chasing after kids,” said a witness in a defamation suit in 1992 related to the incident.

McMahon’s husband is reportedly under federal investigation for alleged sex trafficking,

A large number of WWE wrestlers and executives have been accused of sexual abuse over the years, including McMahon’s husband, Vince. The first allegations of alleged abuse against him were made public in 1992 and have multiplied in the years since. In 2022, the WWE board found that McMahon had paid $12 million to four women to remain quiet about his alleged misconduct and harassment, leading to his retirement as CEO.

McMahon once falsely stated she had an education degree​

In January 2009, Linda McMahon successfully sought a position on the Connecticut State Board of Education after filling out a questionnaire from the governor’s office in which she claimed to have received a bachelor’s degree in education from East Carolina University in 1969. But the Hartford Courant reported in 2010 that McMahon’s degree was actually in French. McMahon resigned from the board days before the report was made public. At the time, she claimed that she thought her degree was in education because she had completed a semester of student teaching.
 
Another seat at the round table occupied!
CAM-MEL-LOT!!!
 
Sounds like another Trump-quality pick.

Thoughts and prayers to any MAGA with children in rural schools, or any disabled / special needs children. You're on your own now. Maybe hand your kids a Bible and tell them to go learn math with it.
 
Lies, involved in sexual abuse of children, hidden pay offs.... Makes her a perfect candidate for Trumps cabinet!
Education cabinet.
 
thats OK she wont be there long,,
just long enough to hand out pink slips and turn out the lights,,
 
Where the MAGAts at to defend this pick?
Since the pubic hair on a coke this is how the left fights. It isn't credible anymore and should be ignored. The gauntlet is good training for the nominees. Shows spine or not. If they fight, we will stand shoulder to shoulder. Good opportunity for weak links in the Republican party to show themselves. Still more to cull.
 
thats OK she wont be there long,,
just long enough to hand out pink slips and turn out the lights,,

Yep.

Perfect person to destroy an institution aimed at the education of children.

The children of Trumpists don’t need no edumucation any ways, might help them to think critically and we don’t want that.

Only three letters they needs to know is U, S and A.
 
education in this country has gone down since the creation of the dept of ED,,

local and states can run it just fine,,
 
I know nothing about this person. Per Trump's other cabinet picks, I'm going to guess she knows next to nothing about education.
 
Local school districts do run the schools under the laws of the state. The DoE is a funding arm.
moree reason to get rid of them,,

if all they do is send money back to us we first sent to them I see no reason for them to exist,,

and more so when you consider they take a big cut before sending it back,,
 
Trump really seems to like folk who have allegations of sex trafficking or connections to others with allegations of sex trafficking.
 
As the GOP of Gaetz’s Obscene Pedophiles reverse
engineers back to the days of Harding and Nixon.
 
No, educational decisions should be left to the states...you know, like schools in the Jim Crow south once were.
I think you've discovered Trump's plan for the DoE. I hear a few of those states are making offers for Trump Bibles.

At this point, such a grift would not raise an eyebrow.
 
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