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Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, who is famously married to WWE mogul Vince McMahon, to take on the role of Secretary of Education in his administration. Having previously served as the WWE’s chief executive, Linda stepped down from the role in 2009 to pursue a career in politics. She ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut twice, in 2010 and 2012, but lost both elections.

“Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World. We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday night.

Linda McMahon Speaks At The Republican National Convention

July 18, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Linda McMahon, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks during the final day of the Republican National. Convention at the Fiserv Forum. The final day of the RNC featured a keynote address by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY via Imagn Images

It’s not the first time McMahon will have worked with Trump behind the scenes. After supporting his campaign throughout the 2016 election cycle, McMahon took on the role of Administrator of the Small Business Administration for the former president’s first time in office.

The presumptive appointment of McMahon comes after Trump previously promised to shut down the Department of Education. In one campaign video caught by AllHipHop, he accused schools of “indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual and political material.” To take action against the perceived situation, Trump vowed to slash federal funding to “any school pushing Critical Race Theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children.” As for Trump’s other picks, he also caused controversy by selecting Dr. Mehmet Oz as the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as Matt Gaetz as the Attorney General.

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Legendary professional wrestling exec Vince McMahon is being sued for ignoring claims of sexual abuse made by former employees called the “Ring Boys”.

According to TMZ, the lawsuit was filed in Baltimore County with Vince’s wife, Linda McMahon, WWE and its ownership, TKO Group, also named in the suit. Melvin Phillips Jr., a former ring crew chief and ringside announcer, said that he hired underaged boys to assist the crew with errands and tasks for wrestling shows.

The suit claims that some of the boys were as young as 12 to 13 years old, with Phillips hiring them after promising access to popular WWE events. but the real purpose was “to sexually abuse them.” According to the suit, the children hired came from broken homes, while these abusive occurrences happened in wrestling venues, hotel rooms and “in plain sight.”

Phillips passed away back in 2012.

Phillips is not being accused of any abuse, but the suit states McMahon and the defendants knowingly allowed Phillips to use his position within the company to “groom and abuse Ring Boys”, which sometimes occurred in front of wrestlers and other company execs.

“Thanks to the bravery of our clients, we finally have a chance to hold accountable those who allowed and enabled the open, rampant sexual abuse of these young boys,” Greg Gutzler, a partner at the DiCello Levitt Law Firm, said in a press release.

The firm says the FBI identified at least 10 individuals assaulted by Phillips, but believes there are more out there who have remained silent.

“That so many were aware of the sexual abuse of the ring boys and did nothing to prevent or stop it is simply unconscionable.”

McMahon resigned from WWE in January 2024 following allegations made by former employee Janel Grant, who accused him and former exec. John Laurinaitis of sexual misconduct.

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