Meet Andrew Puzder, CEO of the fast-food giant Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s and now President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor:
BREAKING: Hardee's/Carl's Jr. CEO Andy Puzder will be named Trump's labor secretary nomination. Announcement coming shortly.
— Ben Penn (@benjaminpenn) December 8, 2016
Breaking News: Donald Trump is expected to pick the fast-food executive Andrew Puzder as labor secretary. https://t.co/TUrNTKiJUv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 8, 2016
Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s is famous for its TV commercials featuring beautiful women eating the restaurant’s signature burgers. Mr. Puzder considers these ads “American,” and we agree with him 100%:
“I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American.” https://t.co/DxsCcvmc7t
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 8, 2016
The Free Beacon has the Top 10 bikini ads here:
I have ranked the top 10 reasons why Puzder is the perfect pick for labor secretary. Good job @realDonaldTrump!
https://t.co/i4rBGKnCeL pic.twitter.com/q6gCoxfoLR— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) December 8, 2016
Liberals don’t like Mr. Puzder because he’s opposed minimum wage increases and overtime pay protection in the past as well as his support of increased automation at the company:
Everything you need to know about Trump's Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder ↓ pic.twitter.com/jR2t3SEBwx
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 8, 2016
Mr. Puzder, however, has said previously that he supports “Bush-style immigration” reform:
Andy Puzder tapped for Labor Secretary. Check out his piece in @sdut where he makes the case for immigration reform: https://t.co/kUdn1dAue1
— New American Economy (@NewAmericanEcon) December 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/567788469519650816
Puzder urged Republican leaders to work with President Obama to pass Bush-style immigration reform https://t.co/3stAxpjIOo
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 8, 2016
Puzder at AEI endorses the 2013 Obama immigration reform as “the right thing to do.” https://t.co/WIS91JVaiQ
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 8, 2016
Immigration hawk Mark Krikorian weighs in:
"Be like Bush on immigration" #NeverPuzder https://t.co/yzho8a5hYm
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) December 8, 2016
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