Trump's Education Secretary Pick 'Wholeheartedly Supports' His Plan To Dissolve It

“President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,” Linda McMahon wrote.

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Education, appears to be fully on board with destroying the agency she’s set to run.

In a series of questions asked by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) after McMahon’s confirmation hearing before the Senate education panel earlier this month, the nominee said she “wholeheartedly supports” Trump’s plan to abolish the department.

“President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,” McMahon wrote, according to her testimony shared with HuffPost. “I wholeheartedly support and agree with this mission.”

At the hearing, McMahon was more careful with her words, saying that Trump would like to “look, in totality, at the Department of Education,” and said she “believes that the bureaucracy of it should be closed.” She also repeatedly noted that Trump does not have the power to unilaterally shut down the agency and would need to work with Congress.

“Linda McMahon has made herself clear: She will do whatever Donald Trump asks her to do — including shutting down the agency she is supposed to lead, which supports millions of students trying to receive an education,” Warren told HuffPost. “Confirming her as education secretary would be a disaster for the success of students and teachers in public schools.”