In 2019, she left her Cabinet-level position to become the president of the pro-Trump America First Action super PAC.
McMahon was on the Connecticut State Board of Education in 2009 before to joining the first Trump administration.
She left the board to run unsuccessfully for the state’s U.S. Senate seats in 2010 and 2012. During the 2024 campaign,
McMahon was one of Trump’s biggest funders, giving $937,800 to his campaign and related joint fundraising committees and more over $20 million to the Make America Great Again Inc.
super PAC. She is wed to Vince McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. The Office of Personnel Management reports that the Education Department employs over 13,000 people and has a $241.6 billion budget.
The Education Department has authorized the cancellation of $175 billion in student loan debt under the Biden administration.
With a new Title IX regulation that expands the scope of sex-based harassment in schools, the administration has also attempted to increase the civil rights protections for LGBTQ students.
