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November 20, 2024

Trump Taps Wrestling Mogul Linda McMahon for Education Secretary, Billionaire Howard Lutnick for Commerce
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Trump has also nominated Linda Mc Mahon to head the Department of
Education, which Trump has pledged to shut down. Mc Mahon is the former
CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She headed the Small Business
Administration during Trump's first term. She gave at least $15 million
to a pro-Trump PAC during this election. She and her husband Vince Mc
Mahon were recently sued for failing to stop a WWE ringside announcer
from sexually assaulting young boys. Linda Mc Mahon is the co-chair of
Trump's transition team with another billionaire, Howard Lutnick, the
chief executive of the Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. On Tuesday,
Trump picked Lutnick to serve as commerce secretary.


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