Donald Trump said he would nominate World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department that he has vowed to dismantle. The selection of McMahon as education secretary came hours after Trump picked Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary , a job for which McMahon had been a leading contender. I am an advocate for choice through charter schools,” McMahon said, according to an archived version of her 2010 Senate campaign site. ‘A rallying cry’While campaigning, Trump turned the education department into a stand-in for conservative discontent with public education and federal overreach. “It should be the ultimate bipartisan or nonpartisan issue.”Corrections & Amplifications undefined Trump said he would nominate Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department on Tuesday evening.
