Republigaffe: Linda McMahon Loves her some A1 (and AI)

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In 2025, Republicans are absolutely unserious about governance, but completely serious about destroying democracy in America. Donald Trump made a specific point of selecting the least qualified, most hostile, and most ideologically far-right as possible for each of his administrative department heads.

Here is a ridiculous gaffe from Trump's chosen one for the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon. McMahon, aged 76, is stunningly inexperienced in the field of education. She is more likely to fuck it up than help improve the quality of the American school system. Her main career in show business, where she served as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

The Senate confirmed her position in the Trump cabinet in a 51-to-45 vote in early March of 2025. She gaffed big time during a discussion of computeized teaching aids used in the classroom. When the matter od artificial intelligence (AI) vame up, she interpreted the abbreviation to mean "A1," as in the tasty steak sauce. She began with a mistake many a boomer could have made, saying:

“A school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders, or even pre-Ks, have A1 teaching in every year,” which she said was a “wonderful thing.”

Perhaps the gaffe would have been forgotten, if not for Linda McMahon repeating it a second time:

“Kids are sponges. They just absorb everything. It wasn’t all that long ago that it was, ‘We’re going to have internet in our schools!’ Now let’s see A1 and how can that be helpful.”

In the conference room, there were some quizzical looks and concealed smirks. But whoa, the media learned of the gaffe and went wild with mostly humerous respnses. Memes of school kids eating food drenched in A1 sauce appeared everywhere. Comedic videos appeared too, on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

The producer of A1 Original Sauce was plesed with the unexpected publicity, responding: 

“You heard her. Every school should have access to A.1.” next to a bottle bearing
a logo that reads, “For education purposes only.” A caption beside the bottle
says, “Agree. Best to start them early.”



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