Trump's Labor Secretary Is A Misogynist And Abuser Like Trump

It’s becoming easier to understand why Trump picked Andy Puzder as his Labor Secretary. Besides Puzder’s disgust for Obamacare, the minimum wage, and actually paying people for the overtime they work, Puzder is also a fellow misogynist and domestic abuser as well. Police were called to his home twice, once when neighbors called the police because a loud and heated argument between Puzder and his wife had devolved into plate throwing. In her divorce papers, Puzder’s wife described how Puzder hit her, knocked her to the floor, and then ripped out the phone to prevent her from calling the police. Puzder claimed he had merely “grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her back”, but this was solely intended to keep her from hurting herself. In another incident, his wife claimed he punched her in a car. Puzder’s excuse this time was that he had driven up on a curb essentially because he was drunk. This certainly seems typical of an abuser – there is always an excuse or they were merely trying to “protect” the very people they are abusing.

Of course, Puzder is also horrendous in other ways as well. As owner of Carls Jr. fast food chain, he opposes raising the minimum wage at all, much less to $15 dollars and he opposes the Labor Department’s new overtime rules as well. And he certainly likes to objectify women with his ads featuring scantily-clad women suggestively eating burgers, saying, “I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American”. All in all, he really sounds like Trump’s kind of guy. It will be interesting to see if the transition team throws Puzder overboard or, like Trump usually does, simply doubles down. If they decide to stick with him, will there be any Republican in Congress who will show the spine to object to Puzder?