Vavhoti veRepublican muConnecticut havana kufara kuziva nezvezvipo zvaMcMahon kuna Emanuel, munhu anobvumirana zvikuru nehurumende uyo akabatsira kuronga kuchinja kweDemocratic muImba muna 2006 uye kukunda kwaBarack Obama musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika
. McMahon akatsanangurira vavhoti kuti zvipo zvake kuna Emanuel zvaive panzvimbo yemukoma waRahm, Ari Emanuel, uyo akamiririra WWE muHollywood kubvira 1992. Maererano naMcMahon, muna 2002, "Iye (Ari) akandishevedza rimwe zuva ndokuti, mukoma wangu ari kumhanyira Congress muIllinois. Zvakaitika kuti aiva Rahm. Handina kuziva Rahm". McMahon akaita zvimwe zvipo mumakore akatevera, kusanganisira cheki yaakanyora apo Rahm Emanuel akauya kuWWE dzimbahwe kuzosangana naye. Mutauriri waMcMahon akajekesa kuti McMahon akanga asingazivi kuti Rahm Emanuel akanga ari ani muna '02, asi aiziva nezvomugariro wake webato muna '06.