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Sen. Hassan calls McMahon hearing ‘elegant gaslighting'
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February 13, 2025
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1:09Now PlayingSen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., told Linda McMahon on Thursday that her confirmation hearing felt “surreal,” given the fact that President Donald Trump intends to eliminate the Department of Education, which he has tapped McMahon to head.
“It's almost like we're being subjected to a very elegant gaslighting here,” Hassan said. “Sen. Hawley just asked you, and you talked about the need to enforce protections for Jewish students on college campuses, but the very department where the enforcement would take place is the Department of Education, and he wants to eliminate it.”
McMahon appeared before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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