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RandySF

(84,324 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:50 PM Nov 2024

Trump Pick Linda McMahon Is Facing Her Own Sex Scandal

Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon left the spectacle of televised wrestling more than a decade ago, but her new appointment to Donald Trump‘s administration has brought fresh scrutiny to her time presiding over the testosterone-charged industry.

McMahon on Tuesday was tapped to lead the Department of Education as she and her husband, the embattled Vince McMahon, are embroiled in a sex scandal, something of a developing trend in the second Trump administration.

Last month, a group of five former “ring boys” named the McMahons in a sex abuse lawsuit along with World Wrestling Entertainment and its parent company, TKO Group. The John Does alleged that from the 1970s to the 1990s, former WWE announcer Melvin Phillips Jr. groomed and sexually assaulted them and other minors, without any consequences from his employer.

What’s more, they claimed the McMahons—in their capacity as chief WWE executives—specifically knew about and ignored Philips’s predation. His “peculiar and unnatural interest” in young boys prompted the couple to fire Phillips in 1988, the lawsuit says; they quickly reinstated him on the condition he “steer clear from kids,” which he didn’t.

Linda’s lawyer, Laura Brevetti, called the lawsuit’s complaints “baseless” and said the McMahons were separated.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/linda-mcmahon-tapped-for-trumps-education-secretary-faces-own-sex-scandal/

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Trump Pick Linda McMahon Is Facing Her Own Sex Scandal (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2024 OP
The family values party radius777 Nov 2024 #1
Well, let's us just K&R this UTUSN Nov 2024 #2
Yup. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #3
It's not a bug UpInArms Nov 2024 #4
No kidding. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #5
Making America GRATE Again. calimary Nov 2024 #7
That too! sheshe2 Nov 2024 #10
Every accusation is an admission. QAnon will be right in this. underpants Nov 2024 #16
"Sex Scandal" aside.. what makes Linda McMahon Cha Nov 2024 #6
Yep.. Tribetime Nov 2024 #8
I think she met Betsy DeVoss once. Mr.Bill Nov 2024 #9
Thanks.. I figured it was something Cha Nov 2024 #19
She and hubby gave him millions of dollars. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #11
TSF is Obviously Trying to Make a Mockery of Cha Nov 2024 #20
I hear you, Cha. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #21
He's not just trying. 3catwoman3 Nov 2024 #23
I know... I was going to write that Cha Nov 2024 #28
Loud & clear, Cha and Sheshe Hekate Nov 2024 #25
Aloha Hekate... Cha Nov 2024 #29
Being a sexual predator of some sort seems to be a requirement. GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #31
Much of that whole world moniss Nov 2024 #12
There is no bottom with Trump sakabatou Nov 2024 #13
I guess they figure,... LudwigPastorius Nov 2024 #14
I nominate Shane McMahon for Secretary of Defense. NBachers Nov 2024 #15
you cannot make this shit up Skittles Nov 2024 #17
I am still obsessed with the software tabulation used in those machines. kimbutgar Nov 2024 #18
Having involvement in a sex crimes is required on their CVs Hassler Nov 2024 #22
Following in the fine tradition NJCher Nov 2024 #24
Seems its the standard with Figarosmom Nov 2024 #26
The Group at the Center of Trump's Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven't Heard of cliffside Nov 2024 #27
Many thanks for this link. dmr Nov 2024 #30
You're welcome! :) nt cliffside Nov 2024 #35
No one sold a Stunner worse than her. LoveSucky Nov 2024 #32
Of course, she's a republicon BoRaGard Nov 2024 #33
Feature Old Crank Nov 2024 #34
K&R with disgust for exposure meow2u3 Nov 2024 #36

radius777

(3,921 posts)
1. The family values party
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:08 AM
Nov 2024

whose preoccupation with sex and gender has always been a projection.

They go nuts about woke, trans etc as the 'decay of society' - but seem to have no concern about actual predators (and enablers thereof) in their midst.

sheshe2

(97,637 posts)
3. Yup.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:27 AM
Nov 2024

Sex Scandals everywhere. Trump’s Cabinet-level nominees have been accused of sexual harassment and assault, and one has faced allegations of child sex trafficking.

President-Trump
Attorney General-Gaetz
Department of Education-McMahon
Department of Defense-Hegseth
Department of Health and Human Services. -Kennedy
Department of Government Efficiency -Musk

sheshe2

(97,637 posts)
5. No kidding.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:33 AM
Nov 2024

He is digging deep into the cesspool for the worst of the worst.

MAGA making America great!

Cha

(319,086 posts)
6. "Sex Scandal" aside.. what makes Linda McMahon
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:37 AM
Nov 2024

eligible for the head of Dept of Educaton?

TY

Cha

(319,086 posts)
19. Thanks.. I figured it was something
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:25 AM
Nov 2024

like this.

Again you can't make Up this Horrifying Living Nightmare.

sheshe2

(97,637 posts)
11. She and hubby gave him millions of dollars.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:55 AM
Nov 2024

That is the extent of her qualifications.

ching. ching.

Cha

(319,086 posts)
20. TSF is Obviously Trying to Make a Mockery of
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:31 AM
Nov 2024

America. And, his Puppeteer is laughing it up over there in Russia.

I HOPE it All Explodes in his Ugly face Someday!



Cha

(319,086 posts)
28. I know... I was going to write that
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 03:39 AM
Nov 2024

at first but changed it in Hopes that We Patriots Can Make America Better than even Before.

High Hopes to be Sure.. but I won't lose it.

GoCubsGo

(34,915 posts)
31. Being a sexual predator of some sort seems to be a requirement.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 09:19 AM
Nov 2024

I wonder what drugs she's on, because being a druggie seems to be another prerequisite for a Cabinet nomination.

moniss

(9,056 posts)
12. Much of that whole world
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:08 AM
Nov 2024

is about as sleazy as it gets. When Vince got forced out at WWE so quickly you know what he was into had to be real, real bad. That was his baby like he would hang on to for dear life.

LudwigPastorius

(14,727 posts)
14. I guess they figure,...
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:10 AM
Nov 2024

she won't have a job long anyway, as they're getting rid of the whole department.

Skittles

(171,717 posts)
17. you cannot make this shit up
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:18 AM
Nov 2024

GOP is the party of perverts who want to tell you what fucking bathroom to use

kimbutgar

(27,248 posts)
18. I am still obsessed with the software tabulation used in those machines.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:23 AM
Nov 2024

Like dumpt demanded he got the hand counts. Especially in those swing states. Him winning them all is an abnormality IMHO!

Hassler

(4,924 posts)
22. Having involvement in a sex crimes is required on their CVs
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:44 AM
Nov 2024

Let's call it Denny's (Hastert) Law

dmr

(28,705 posts)
30. Many thanks for this link.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 04:06 AM
Nov 2024

Linda McMahon is deep into Trumpism. This article is all about it, along with others.

McMahon donated $20 million to TFG's super PAC Make America Great Again, Inc.

The more I read, the more disgusted I get.

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