Sen. Warren is not a fan of the fast-food CEO that Donald Trump just picked for labor secretary

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By Nik DeCosta-Klipa December 8, 2016

Elizabeth Warren did not have any kind words for Andrew Puzder, the CEO of the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardees, who was appointed Thursday by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor.

Warren, who since the election has repeatedly questioned Trump’s commitment to the economic populism on which he built his campaign, called the president-elect’s pick for labor secretary “a slap in the face” to the working class.

“Throughout his entire career, Andrew Puzder has looked down on working people,” the Massachusetts senator said Thursday evening in a statement.

“At Hardees and Carl’s Jr., he got rich squeezing front-line workers on wages, overtime, and benefits, all while plotting to replace them with machines that are so much better than workers because they are ‘always polite’ and ‘never take a vacation,'” she said, referring to comments Puzder made espousing the benefits of fully automated restaurants.

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1. Robert Reich on CNN just said Puzder has consistently violated labor laws

Reich who was a US Secretary of Labor himself says it is a travesty to appoint someone who opposes minimum wage, time and a half overtime and benefits for workers as well as history of breaking existing labor laws. Only time he recalls such a poor choice is Ray Donovan, a Reagan appointee who didn't last long because of scandal.

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2. I love you Elizabeth

Don't stop going ater these horrid evil people.

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3. Andrew Putz.

What could be better?

-- Mal