Lobbyist Brittany Kinser Says She’d “Love” to Meet and Campaign with Trump’s Education Hitwoman, Linda McMahon
MADISON – In a Friday radio interview with right-wing Wausau talk show host Meg Ellefson, lobbyist Brittany Kinser said she would “love” to meet and campaign with Trump’s Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, the architect of the plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and potentially slash over $1 billion in federal funding from Wisconsin’s public schools.
Ellefson teed up the moment, “Paging Linda McMahon. Maybe she can come to Wisconsin and the two of you can meet in advance.”
“I would love that.”
Ellefson added that it could be part of a campaign event, to which Kinser laughingly replied, “You never know.”
Jorna Taylor, campaign manager for Underly for Wisconsin, issued the following statement:
“Lobbyist Brittany Kinser just said she’d love to campaign with the person responsible for gutting public education and cutting up to $1 billion from Wisconsin schools. That’s not a slip-up– that’s who she is. Her donors are cheering these cuts, and now she’s saying she wants Linda McMahon by her side on the campaign trail. Wisconsin families should be alarmed.”
McMahon’s “last mission” for the U.S. Department of Education will directly impact:
- Special Education (IDEA)
- Title I programs for low-income students
- School nutrition programs
- Mental health and student support services
- Career and Technical education
Instead of standing up for Wisconsin schools, lobbyist Brittany Kinser has refused to criticize the plan to dismantle the Department of Education, saying it’s “fine” as long as Wisconsin still gets the money — ignoring the fact that federal funds have already been cut, and more are on the chopping block.
This fits a long pattern:
- She supported weakening or eliminating teacher licensing requirements
- She lobbied to send public money to private schools
- And now she says she wants to share the stage with the person leading the charge to slash funding for our schools
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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Universal free education for all children (public schools), was fundamental for the swift advancement during the US Industrial Revolution. The vision behind public education was precisely to open opportunities for all children–rich and poor. While public education was available to all children in the Free States, education was a privilege for the wealthy plantation owners and those children deemed deserving. The children of the landless poor Euro Americans were rarely deemed deserving. Deserving poor Euro-American children received education in trades such as blacksmithing and stone masonry. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were two poor Euro-Americans deemed undeserving. Those men had to educate themselves. Lincoln moved to Illinois for his education. Johnson was initially apprenticed to a printer, but he ran away and sought other means of acquiring an education. .
Though Southern slave states owned 1/3 of the national wealth; they lagged decades behind the Free states in terms of industrialization and economic development. Without an educated workforce, there was little in the way of innovations, and the economy stagnated. Only the wealthiest plantation owners thrived. The wealth gap was astronomical in the antebellum slave states.
RRRs (radical reactionary republicans) model their educational reform on the public education system is the antebellum southern slave states. In their eyes, education should be a privileg doled out based usefulness and fealty to the ruling oligarchs. This is NOT consistent with the vision and values upon which this country was founded.