Linda McMahon Makes Major Fumble On Fox News While Trying To Defend Education Cuts
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The professional wrestling promoter-turned-secretary of education had no idea what one key acronym stood for.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is fumbling key acronyms on national television.
The former professional wrestling promoter sat down Tuesday with Fox News to defend her department’s massive staff cuts of some 1,300 employees, which were announced earlier that day, only to unwittingly prove just how essential education really is.
McMahon explained on “The Ingraham Angle” that Congress appropriates money through the department’s expenditures and programs including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, which provides children with disabilities free public education.
When asked what “IDEA” stood for, however, the 76-year-old couldn’t accurately answer — and told host Laura Ingraham, “Well, do you know what? I’m not sure I can tell you exactly what it stands for, except that it’s the programs for disabled and needs [students].”
Ingraham couldn’t tell her audience, either, and leisurely wagered that the acronym stood for “Individuals with Disabilities Act.” The missing “E” for “Education” is, of course, literally McMahon’s department — and one of the key acronyms one might expect her to know.
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