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Trump Education Department nominee resigned from education board after falsely claiming she had a degree in education

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Trump Education Department Nominee Resigned from Education Board After Falsely Claiming She Had a Degree in Education

Summary

Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, previously resigned from the Connecticut State Board of Education in 2009 after falsely claiming she held a degree in education.

McMahon, co-founder of WWE and former head of the Small Business Administration, holds a degree in French and a teaching certificate.

Her nomination has drawn criticism for her lack of public education experience and alignment with Trump’s policies, including rolling back LGBTQ+ protections under Title IX.

If confirmed, McMahon will oversee contentious student loan forgiveness battles and Trump’s push to dismantle the Department of Education.

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They're not sending their finest.
- Oh, they are.
- Draining the swamp to fill another swamp.
  
  Nah, draining the swamp makes it easier for the swamp momsters to get around.
Only their best.
Good news – a degree or experience is not a requisite in trump’s administration. If anything, it’s a liability.
- Because it's not about being qualified, it's about-
  being loyal
  breaking the system so that the GOP can continue their "the government doesn't work" talking points, and move everything to being privatized and controlled by donors ($$$)
  
  I'm not sure you're allowed to say the quiet parts out loud. It makes the people all uncomfortable. Like they think they might be the baddies. Please give me some feel-good propaganda.
What "contentious student loan forgiveness battles" would there be to oversee? The Trump administration certainly isn't going to continue Biden's efforts and there's zero chance of a Republican congress passing anything. Unless they're planning to somehow go after people who had their loans forgiven already, seems a dead issue.
- Unless they're planning to somehow go after people who had their loans forgiven already, seems a dead issue.
  I can absolutely see them trying to claw back debt that has already been forgiven. Hell, they'll probably try and get people to pay all the waived interest from the pandemic.
oh, HER........
donvict sure does latch on to the most useless of teats.
This is all they do. Install people who have been purposely, and deservedly, told no before. Everyone super unqualified.
- On the contrary: every single one of them is eminently qualified... as a saboteur. Trump couldn't pick worse people for the jobs if he were doing it on purpose, because he is doing it on purpose.

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