'Body slammed!' Dem lawmaker praised for takedown of ed secretary Linda McMahon

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) received widespread praise on social media Wednesday for her takedown of Linda McMahon during the education secretary's defense of the Trump administration's plan to slash $4.5 billion from the nation's K-12 schools.

McMahon, a billionaire thanks to her involvement with World Wrestling Entertainment, testified before the House Appropriations Committee, echoing the administration's talking points on "waste, fraud, and abuse."

McMahon said the school cuts and Trump-directed dismantling of her department would "shrink bureaucracy and empower states 'to manage education in this country,'” The New York Times reported.

"You can say anything you want because your rhetoric means nothing to me," Coleman said while jabbing her finger at a smiling McMahon.

"What means something to me is the action of this administration, from the President of the United States conducting himself in a corrupt manner to his family enriching himself corruptly, to determine that this administration can tell you what's right, what's wrong, what's lawful, what's not. That it can arrest judges, it can arrest lawyers, it can use its power to bully people. And I'm telling you the Department of Education is one of the most important departments in this country, and you should feel shameful being engaged with an administration that doesn't give a damn."

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The account of @lilwaltjr305 on X posted, "Ma(d) Shoutout to @RepBonnie Watson Coleman. She just body slammed the Secretary of Wrasslin' Linda McMahon. Hell yeah Auntie Watson Coleman."

Journalist B.J. Bethel posted simply, "Linda McMahon vs. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman."

"She’s like 'you can bring Hulk Hogan, you can even bring Triple H. I said what I said,'" posted the account of @crosbyt123.

Occupy Democrats lavished praise on Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) in a lengthy post.

"Democratic Congresswoman Madeleine Dean obliterates MAGA Education Secretary Linda McMahon for trying to gut her own Department: 'Why are you in this job at all?' This is what we've all been dying to say to this monster's face..." began the post to the account's nearly 700,000 followers.

At least one Republican was unhappy with McMahon's comments on the department's TRIO educational outreach programs "designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds," according to ed.gov.

USA Today education reporter Zach Schermele wrote, "'I'm not sure that all the expenses in TRIO should be there,' Linda McMahon told members of Congress today. That assertion rankled even Rep. Mike Simpson, a Republican congressman from Idaho who called the program 'highly successful' and said other programs could learn from it.'"

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