Linda McMahon of Greenwich, who run the Small Business Administration in the first Trump administration, was briefly a member of the Connecticut Board of Ed.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had chosen Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., to be his nominee for secretary of the Department of Education.

Linda McMahon, a New Bern native and founder of WWE, could become the Trump administration’s education secretary, despite having limited experience in education.

A recent lawsuit alleges Linda McMahon, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the Department of Education, knowingly enabled the sexual exploitation of children by a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employee as early as the 1980s — allegations she denies.

McMahon supports expanding federal Pell grant eligibility beyond college students to those in workforce training programs, like software coding bootcamps.

The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) president released a statement on Wednesday, reacting to Linda McMahon’s nomination for education secretary. CEA President Katie Dias said that the nomination of McMahon — who has no teaching experience — represents a “reckless shift” in America’s education priorities.

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have raised eyebrows, but tapping former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to be the U.S. Secretary of Education has experts in public education concerned.

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Education, is accused in a County civil complaint of fostering a culture of abuse within the WWE. According to court records,

Sexual abuse is casting its pall over yet another one of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks, this time former World Wrestling Entertainment executive and would-be Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.