Linda McMahon Makes Major Fumble On Fox News While Trying To Defend Education Cuts

LOADING ERROR LOADING Education Secretary Linda McMahon is fumbling key acronyms on national television. 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. I’m not sure I can tell you exactly what it stands for, except that it’s the programs for disabled and needs.” 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. “I’m really trying to learn them very quickly.” Best known for co-founding World Wrestling Entertainment, the 76-year-old was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week to become President Donald Trump’s secretary of education. “Donald Trump holds the future of 50 million public school students across America in his hands, and today he told those kids and their parents he doesn’t give a damn about them,” said Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, in a statement Tuesday.