Linda McMahon resigned from the Trump Administration.
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Linda McMahon will head the America First Action super PAC, filling the vacancy created when Tommy Hicks Jr. left to become Republican National Committee co-chairman. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
WHITE HOUSE
Linda McMahon to leave Cabinet for Trump 2020 PAC
The former pro wrestling executive, who had been discussed as a possible Commerce secretary, will chair Trump's 2020 Super PAC.
Linda McMahon is stepping down as head of Small Business Administration to chair the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, according to three people familiar with the move.
Trump allies have spent weeks searching for someone to chair the super PAC, which officials view as a key plank in the president’s reelection campaign. The president’s top aides believe they will need to raise around $1 billion, and say the super PAC will be a major part of the effort. Brian Walsh, America First Action’s president, declined to comment.
The president is expected to huddle with major donors on Saturday evening at Mar-a-Lago, according to two people familiar with the plans. Trump is planning to speak to reporters at 4 p.m. McMahon is joining the president at his private club this weekend.
Trump administration officials had long seen McMahon as a leading contender to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who has repeatedly angered the president, when he eventually steps down. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has also been eyeing the Commerce job and McMahon’s exit better positions him to replace Ross.
White House and SBA spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A longtime professional wrestling executive and former Republican Senate candidate, McMahon is an original member of Trump’s Cabinet, having been confirmed for the job in February 2017. She’s also one of just five women in the president’s Cabinet.
McMahon and her husband Vince built the company that would go on to become World Wrestling Entertainment, a large multinational corporation best known for creating a universe of brand name professional wrestlers who face off in tightly scripted televised events.
McMahon, who has known Trump for years, has kept a relatively low profile at SBA. Unlike other Trump administration Cabinet officials, she has not been dogged by scandal. Inside the White House, she’s seen as a loyal foot soldier. She regularly travels around the country to promote the president’s agenda, including recent trips to promote the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal.
For the PAC job, senior Republicans had been looking for someone with deep connections to the world of GOP donors — a profile fit by McMahon, who raised millions as a two-time Connecticut Senate candidate.
McMahon is expected to fill the vacancy created when Tommy Hicks Jr., a businessman and close ally of the Trump family, left the super PAC to become Republican National Committee co-chairman.
It’s unclear who will replace McMahon at the SBA. One possible candidate, according to administration officials, is Pradeep Belur, the agency’s chief of staff, who has taken on a broader portfolio in recent months. One administration official said Belur has left the impression among some Trump aides that he’s interested in the job.
Trump has often praised McMahon’s business prowess, calling her "one of the country's top female executives" when he announced her nomination to lead the Small Business Administration in December 2016.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019...head-of-small-business-administration-1243495
If we're being fair, though, she's leaving his cabinet to chair his 2020 PAC.
If we talking about the same Vince, he is going to lose a lot of his money in the XFL again. Hell he just sold an ass load more of WWE stock to fund it.
You know what I always wonder....
Republicans are largely obsessed with the second amendment and guns these days. They are also huge fans as a collective of Reagan.
Reagan lead an "Assault weapons ban" and pushed the Brady bill.
Now you can't even use the phrase "assault weapon" without a republican pulling the "STUPID LIBERAL, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSAULT WEAPON RAH RAH RAH GUN GRABBER!" rage quit. Even mentioning the slightest bit of gun reform is completely lost in translation as "Liberals want to completely repeal the 2nd amendment and have door to door raids on guns"..........By the same people who idolize Reagan.
Odd.
Republicans are largely obsessed with the second amendment and guns these days. They are also huge fans as a collective of Reagan.
Reagan lead an "Assault weapons ban" and pushed the Brady bill.
Now you can't even use the phrase "assault weapon" without a republican pulling the "STUPID LIBERAL, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSAULT WEAPON RAH RAH RAH GUN GRABBER!" rage quit. Even mentioning the slightest bit of gun reform is completely lost in translation as "Liberals want to completely repeal the 2nd amendment and have door to door raids on guns"..........By the same people who idolize Reagan.
Odd.
It's hilarious, yet sad seeing people get worked up over the second amendment. I've tried to explain to supporters, whom felt a door to door raid is coming, that it was impossible. Tried to explain to them what President Obama said, stating that they were having a difficult time enforcing the current gun laws now due to being very understaffed.
The only thing I will add to this. If anyone supported Trump during the elections and voted for him. Remove your right hand and smack the dog shit out of yourself..then do it again for thinking voting for him was a good idea.
Thats the extent of my contribution to this thread.
Thats the extent of my contribution to this thread.
Solid point.
It's always Star Wars fans at number 1, why do I gotta keep telling you this bro
Star Wars fans and rasslin fans are one in the same.
