I like about a third of Trump’s Cabinet picks. A third are OK. And a third are terrible. The worst pick of all is his pick for Secretary of Labor. He picked Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is endorsed by a teacher union leader. Lori opposes right-to-work laws. She supports job-killing labor unions. And she is a former employee of Planned Parenthood. Democrats love this pick.
Here’s an article from Christian Post:
President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of labor, who is expected to face opposition from Senate Republicans, admitted to lawmakers that she once worked at a Planned Parenthood facility.
A source close to the situation confirmed to The Christian Post Thursday that Lori Chavez-DeRemer worked for a Planned Parenthood in Fresno, California, from January 1989 through February 1991.
Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican who represented Oregon’s 5th Congressional District in the 118th United States Congress, took appointments at the abortion provider’s front desk.
That’s a problem with her on moral issues, but there are also problems with her economic views.
Daily Caller explains:
Chavez-DeRemer, who represented Oregon’s 5th congressional district from 2023 to 2025, supported several pieces of legislation favored by Democrats, including the PRO Act, a bill championed by former President Joe Biden that targeted the private sector. Notably, Chavez-DeRemer also supports the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which would “strengthen” the rights of public sector workers who want to join unions and or bargain collectively.
Rand Paul, author of “The Case Against Socialism” is opposed to her:
“I’m not going to support her,” Paul told NBC News in January. “I’m the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right to work but would pre-empt state law on right to work — I think it’s not a good thing.”
And the far-left website The Atlantic has this to say about her:
After Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination was announced, two senior Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Patty Murray of Washington State, issued cautiously optimistic statements about her—a rare sentiment for Democrats to express about any Trump nominee.
[…]“It’s a positive move for those of us who represent workers and who want workers to have a better life,” Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and a close ally of Democratic Party leaders, told me. She noted that Chavez-DeRemer bucked her party not only by supporting the PRO Act but also by voting against private-school vouchers and cuts to public-education funding.
[…]An anti-union group, the National Right to Work Committee, wrote in a letter to Trump before he announced Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination that she “should have no place” in his administration: “She would not be out of place in the Biden-Harris Department of Labor, which completely sold out to Big Labor from the start.”
She should be withdrawn as a candidate, and someone who understands economics, and is pro-business, should be nominated in her place.
If I have time, and it’s not too complicated, I’m going to call both of my senators this week and urge them not to vote for her.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
I’m strongly opposed to her as well. This is Trump throwing a bone to the union guy who spoke at the convention. But I’m thinking that Trump is expecting GOP senators to withhold confirmation, and even if Dems like her, the small GOP majority should do the trick if all agree she’s a bad pick.
I intend to ring up my senators, too. In the meantime, unless you’ve done it already and I missed it, I’d love to see the list of that third you don’t like, regardless of whether or not they’ve been confirmed already, and a line or so why.
I saw someone mention that Trump’s assemble the most pro-gay cabinet, pointing to those like Bessent, who is “gay” and “married” with children, and to others who have been to one degree or another supportive of LGBTQ nonsense. Of course it doesn’t mean they’ll have any input in the position as department heads to influence actual pro-“gay” legislation, but sadly there are indeed otherwise good Republicans/conservatives who have given in to the agenda.
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Hey Marshal. I did a show with Rose on the Freethinking Ministries podcast where we talked about the Cabinet picks.
I made notes, and here are a few I disliked:
Marco Rubio – 69% score from Heritage Score Card, bad foreign policy record, and opposed to campus due process.
Scott Bessent – I wanted Stephen Moore. Bessent is socially liberal.
Pete Hegseth – No experience, no achievements. Just a hot guy who is on TV.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer – Absolute trash Democrat leftist. Will cost Americans their jobs.
RFK Jr – A literal Democrat, no relevant achievements, and questionable views on health and nutrition.
Kristi Noem – Hot woman, weak on social issues, no relevant experience, no relevant achievements.
Tulsi Gabbard – “Hot” woman Democrat, no relevant experience, no relevant achievements. I don’t think she’s attractive even.
Elise Stefanik – she’s a New York RINO with a left-wing voting record, horrible on social issues. Trash pick.
Moderately bad:
Sean Duffy – TV talking face, famous wife.
Linda McMahon – No relevant experience, no relevant achievements. I would have picked Corey DeAngelis or Jeanne Allen or James Tooley.
Lee Zeldin – New York RINO Republican
Basically, I put all the Democrats, former Democrats, and TV face people into the terrible group.
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