Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the federal shutdown offers evidence that her agency is “unnecessary.”
In a social media post on Wednesday, McMahon said the shutdown has forced agencies to evaluate what work is really needed. She made the comment days after her department started firing hundreds of workers amid mass layoffs across the government.
“Two weeks in, millions of American students are still going to school, teachers are getting paid, and schools are operating as normal,” McMahon said.
Glad we’re taking advice on education from the wife of the world’s biggest wrestling promoter.
You might ask why the wife of the world’s biggest wrestling promoter is in charge of the federal Department of Education. That is, indeed, a question you may ask.
She just feels strongly that there isn’t enough water sports in the curriculum.