McMahon and her children were also seen slapping each other and knocking each other out in various WWE skits
Betsy DeVos praises Linda McMahon as 'great appointment' to lead Trump's Education Department
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss why she thinks Linda McMahon is a great pick to lead the department as President-elect Donald Trump vows to bring education back to the states.
President-elect Donald Trump's new secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is not exactly the school librarian type.
As the wife of WWE founder Vince McMahon, Linda has been heavily involved in the wrestling entertainment product for decades, much like Trump himself. She even led the WWE organization as CEO.
The new executive branch Cabinet member was even the recipient of violent wrestling moves during WWE events decades ago.
Clips of McMahon's body slams have resurfaced across social media in the days since the announcement of her appointment.
In one event, Glenn Thomas Jacobs, also known as "Kane," hit the new Education secretary with a tombstone piledriver that knocked her, apparently, unconscious on an episode of "Monday Night Raw" in the early 2000s.
Only in U.S. politics — here’s Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, aka Kane, delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon on WWE.
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In one of WWE's more infamous sagas of the era, she was featured in a series of skits that saw her hit her children, Stephanie and Shane McMahon. In some of those skits, her children hit back.
Donald Trump taps former WWE executive Linda McMahon to serve as education secretary.
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McMahon is a co-chair of Trump's presidential transition team and headed the Small Business Administration during his first presidency.
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McMahon served on the Connecticut Board of Education for a year starting in 2009. She told lawmakers at the time that she had a lifelong interest in education and once planned to become a teacher.
She attempted two runs at the Senate as a Connecticut Republican, losing the 2010 race to Richard Blumenthal and the 2012 race to Chris Murphy.
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Then-President Donald Trump shakes hands with Linda McMahon, the outgoing administrator of the Small Business Administration, as she sits beside him after announcing her resignation, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 29, 2019. ( REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
McMahon then provided $6 million to help Trump’s candidacy after he secured the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
McMahon served as administrator of the Small Business Administration under Trump's first term from 2017 to 2019. When she resigned, she wrote that the role had been "immensely rewarding."
When McMahon was chosen for that role, she was praised by Blumenthal and Murphy, the two Connecticut Democrats who defeated her in Senate campaigns. Blumenthal called her "a person of serious accomplishment and ability," while Murphy said she was a "talented and experienced businessperson."
McMahon then chaired America First Action, a super PAC that backed Trump’s re-election campaign in 2020. When Trump lost to Biden, McMahon then helped start the America First Policy Institute to continue advocating for Trump’s agenda and prepare for a potential return to the White House.
Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo)
When Trump ran for president this year, McMahon was the co-chair of his transition team along with Howard Lutnick, the chief executive of financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald. As part of that role, McMahon has been helping to plan Trump’s new administration.
"As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand "Choice" to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decision for families," Trump said in a statement announcing her appointment.
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