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Yesterday was, for the most part, one of celebration for those of us who have been riding the Trump Train. The White House sent out a press release celebrating the Trump administration's "50 wins in 50 days," which Paula wrote about here. It's a fun romp through the list, one which I very much enjoyed.
Then some other news broke.
OK, I hope that this is the last time that I have to write about this execrable woman. If I don't have to, it's because she ends up toeing the Trump 47 company line — which I sincerely hope will be the case. Should I have the occasion to write anything about the goings-on at the Department of Labor, it won't be about anything pleasant.
This is from my Townhall colleague Sarah Arnold:
The Senate has confirmed that former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer will lead the Department of Labor, finalizing President Donald Trump's Cabinet. This confirmation marks a significant step in the administration's efforts to fill key positions, with Chavez-DeRemer poised to oversee the nation's workforce policies and labor standards.
That news was, put mildly, a buzz kill after the "50 Wins" list. I have not been shy about my dislike for this woman's politics. For starters, she's an Oregon Republican, which I'm not even sure is legal. When it comes to Big Labor, she's virtually indistinguishable from your garden variety Democrat. She's so awful in that regard that she's got me agreeing with Mitch McConnell. Here's more from Sarah's post:
“The American people demand and deserve change after four years of economic heartache under the ‘most pro-union administration in American history.’ Unfortunately, Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record pushing policies that force hardworking Americans into union membership suggests more of the same," McConnell said in a statement.
The first time I wrote about Chavez-DeRemer was back in November, when she was first nominated for the post. Her nomination set off all kinds of warning bells for me because she was one of the co-sponsors of the Dem-friendly PRO Act, which legalizes union thuggery and bullying via what we used to call "card check" back in the Tea Party days. It was one of the more insidious Dem initiatives that we were fighting against lo those many years ago. Suddenly, the guy for whom I'd enthusiastically voted was nominating her for a position in his cabinet.
This is why I drink.
That wasn't the only red flag that came with the announcement of Chavez-DeRemer's nomination. As I wrote in that first column, her nomination was praised by Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers. The woman most responsible for keeping kids out of school during COVID and putting them woefully behind in their education, perhaps permanently.
That's where everything gets weird for me. President Trump has been very clear about his desire to dismantle the Department of Education, yet he's now got a teachers' union fave in his cabinet. That seems like a whole lot of cross-purposes there.
During her confirmation hearing, Chavez-DeRemer said she knew that the PRO Act was "imperfect." That's the kind of language politicians use when their pet legislation is defeated — which the PRO Act was — and they want to tweak it a little to give it another go. It's notable that she didn't renounce it. I would love to be wrong about her, but that was very telling.
As I wrote in a Briefing last month, Trump doesn't owe Big Labor anything just because Teamsters president Sean O'Brien gave an OK speech at the Republican National Convention and his union officially didn't endorse anyone in the election. All of the rationale for giving Chavez-DeRemer a cabinet post is garbage.
Again, I hope I'm wrong. It doesn't happen much, but we're living in magical times.
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