McMahon Mocked for Error-Filled Letter to Harvard

US Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber announcing the removal of federal grants due to alleged violations of law, ethics, and academic standards. The letter was widely mocked online for its grammatical and spelling errors, with social media users editing and reposting corrections, though later reports confirmed these edits came from internet users, not Harvard staff. The incident has intensified an ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and elite universities regarding antisemitism and the admission of foreign students. Critics have questioned McMahon’s qualifications and highlighted the irony of the Education Secretary’s poor writing. Harvard responded by characterizing the funding cut as retaliation for its legal challenge to a federal freeze on over $2.2 billion in grants. Neither McMahon nor Harvard has officially commented on the public reaction to the letter.