Trump picks Linda McMahon, former wrestling executive, to head Department of Education [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he has picked Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, to head the Department of Education, an agency he vowed to dismantle during his White House campaign. 

“We will send education back to the states, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump said Tuesday in a statement. 

McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term, stepping down in 2019 to help with his 2020 reelection campaign. 

She is also currently a co-chair of Trump’s transition team, along with Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. Trump announced on Tuesday he picked Lutnick to be his commerce secretary.

McMahon and her husband, wrestling entertainment magnate Vince McMahon — who cofounded the WWE and led it for decades before leaving the company in January following allegations of sexual misconduct — …