President Biden has made his nomination to replace outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh:
NEW: Pres. Biden announces his intent to nominate Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor.
“Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is left behind.” https://t.co/AfEIFrwQaF pic.twitter.com/bniICx73Iu
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 28, 2023
Here’s part of the statement from the White House:
Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Julie Su to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor. Julie is a tested and experienced leader, who will continue to build a stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive economy that provides Americans a fair return for their work and an equal chance to get ahead.
“It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country’s next Secretary of Labor. Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is left behind. Over several decades, Julie has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down on wage theft, fought to protect trafficked workers, increased the minimum wage, created good-paying, high-quality jobs, and established and enforced workplace safety standards.
Julie is a champion for workers, and she has been a critical partner to Secretary Walsh since the early days of my Administration. She helped avert a national rail shutdown, improved access to good jobs free from discrimination through my Good Jobs Initiative, and is ensuring that the jobs we create in critical sectors like semiconductor manufacturing, broadband and healthcare are good-paying, stable and accessible jobs for all.
You’ll be absolutely shocked to know that the Biden White House didn’t share every bit of Su’s background, as I noted on Twitter:
More proof that abject failure, incompetence and/or overseeing a sham will get you a nice promotion if you're a Democrat. https://t.co/H249llUWDb pic.twitter.com/aigcaddG79
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) February 28, 2023
Great. Yet another “failing upward” promotion for a lefty Democrat?
Here’s how the L.A. Times summed up the news:
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Biden must consider somebody who headed up a state government department during a “fraud wave” to be PERFECT for his cabinet:
Before joining Biden’s Labor Department, Su served seven years as secretary of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. In that role, she oversaw the state’s troubled Employment Development Department, which is responsible for doling out unemployment benefits but struggled to manage a backlog of claims and to combat widespread fraud during the pandemic.
The office received at least 26.4 million claims and paid out $180 billion in benefits from the beginning of the shutdown through last spring, and about $30 billion of those payments went to scammers, according to state officials. The state had recovered at least $1.1 billion of that as of June, most of which was to be turned over to the federal government.
Another job well done that qualifies a Democrat for a promotion! What could possibly go wrong?
See you tomorrow!
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