Trump is about to lose his first Cabinet nominee

[brooklynite]

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Source: Axios

Andrew Puzder, the nominee for Labor Secretary, sure looks toast. Here's CNN reporter Manu Raju saying Republicans have asked Trump to withdraw the nomination.

Link to tweet

Read more: https://www.axios.com/puzder-looks-like-hes-toast-2263237725.html

[zentrum]

1. I'm speechless. K&R

[Raster]

2. I guess he'll just have to go back to sleazy cheeseburger ads...

...I will NEVER eat at a Hardees or Carls, Jr. again!...

...And I'm going to Tara!

[exboyfil]

3. In a year where DeVos and Carson can get confirmed

You fail to get confirmed. That has to be the ultimate humiliation.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. THIS

[tenorly]

4. Andy Putzder, in his next life:

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[cstanleytech]

9. Actually if reincarnation happens then this is more likely

[PsychoBabble]

6. So is the line we draw ....

(1) Beating your wife? or
(2) Cheating employees out of pay?

[Dopers_Greed]

7. Dear Leader is losing big this week

Sad.

[klook]

8. God, I hope so.

Puzder is anathema to workers' rights. I'm sure the Republicans will find somebody equally noxious in that regard, but maybe they can at least come up with a nominee who hasn't abused his wife or employed an undocumented servant. (Of course, it's only the second of those two transgressions that they care about, and if he goes down that would be the likely reason, imho.)

[yurbud]

10. that is an awesome gif

[klook]

11. Don't you just love it?

All hail Maru Kitteh, the first poster I saw use it. I was using a still from this, and she recently suggested I use the link to the full animation, which I gladly did.

Remove the hyphens from this link and you'll see it.
http://i.imgur.com/C1X2c8m.g-i-f

Here it is in all its glory, full size:


Whatever genius put this together deserves our thanks! It may have been created by imgur user goodlordabove, who posted it there with the title "God Finally Smites Trump With Lightning" on Feb. 4, 2016.

[brooklynite]

12. Update: Puzder expected to withdraw

Link to tweet

[herding cats]

13. Looks like he's going to withdraw under the 'tired of the abuse' excuse.

Major Garrett? @MajorCBS

News: Source very close to Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder tells me he expects Puzder to withdraw. "He's very tired of the abuse."
https://mobile.twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/831938564715732993

[brooklynite]

15. As several people have observed: "poor choice of words"

Ex-wife of labor secretary pick Andrew Puzder alleged abuse in Oprah tape

In a 1990 episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the ex-wife of labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder alleged that her husband had abused her, telling the television host that Puzder had “vowed revenge” after she went public with her accusations.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-puzder-ex-wife-oprah-tape-abuse-allegations/

[herding cats]

17. I totally agree.

Poor picked on abuser cries abuse. Breakout the tissues.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

14. Sweet. nt

[Bengus81]

18. Maybe the quip years ago about having 40% illegals working for him....

at his crappy burger joints helped with this process.

[DonViejo]

19. Locking...

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