Andrew Puzder expected to withdraw from labor secretary nomination, source says

[Initech]

Source: CBS

Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s pick for labor secretary, is expected to withdraw his name from the nomination, a source close to the restaurant executive tells CBS News’ Major Garrett.

The source says he does not believe Puzder will appear for his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee.

Asked why, the source said, “I think he’s very tired of the abuse.”

Another source working on Puzder’s confirmation preparation also told Garrett that the odds were about 80 percent odds that the CKE Restaurants executive would pull out of the nomination.

The news comes after days of intense scrutiny over Puzder’s fitness to lead the Labor Department and questionable support from Republican senators.

Puzder, who previously lead the company that owns fast food chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, came under fire earlier this month after reports that he and his wife had employed an undocumented immigrant for housework.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/puzder-expected-to-withdraw-from-labor-secretary-nomination/

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[SummerSnow]

1. Another one bites the dust

[Doreen]

2. We can only hope.

What will be put in its place? Will it be any better?

[NCjack]

3. Good riddance. Next? Maybe the CEO of private prison company,

that employs a lot of #45 supporters.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. "Tired of the abuse"? That's an ironic way to put it, given the accusations about his treatment

of his ex-wife.

[Abouttime]

5. Another win!

We're on a roll and we're going to roll tRump right out of office!

[Still In Wisconsin]

6. Fuck you, I'm eating.

Now pass the Brawndo.

[mountain grammy]

7. Every one of his cabinet picks were awful

most had conflicts of interest and other issues.. Hard to imagine what would get any of them to withdraw.

[Angry Dragon]

8. just another Trump Putz

[No Vested Interest]

9. Please God, let it happen. nt

[barbtries]

10. why couldn't this happen with DeVos or Sessions?

so Sessions I get more because he's been in DC for ages, but DeVos?! How could that happen.
does this, and the Flynn/Russia scandal, mean trump can forget about his presidency being a smooth ride into owner of the world?

[mpcamb]

11. On the positive side, they're starting to fall, hopefully like dominos.

I think it'll take ~80-85% disapproval for impeachment.
I think it'll happen.

Might be good to be welcoming to those who do an about face on trump.
Not a lot of other stuff to agree on with them, but this process will happen when numbers overload the scale in our favor.

[barbtries]

15. i think about that a lot.

i know i will do my level best to be gracious. but i am bitter i have to admit it.

anyway, i know there are people out there already regretting their decision to vote for trump. they're not beating down my door to confess to me. my son's girlfriend said even if her father was feeling remorseful, he wouldn't tell her. i'm taking my cue from the news and the polls and the noise people are making to their congress people.

[mpcamb]

17. I'm not looking for remorse or inviting them over for dinner. I just would be glad if they don't

stand in the way when it all begins to topple.
I don't even expect a change of heart on any issues. It's just all so goddam wrong, I just want them to not make moves to block it when it's getting fixed.
When you take a longer view it's clear that that'll be traumatic for some, maybe a lot of us.
It's history and it moves in jumps and starts.
Just as this previous year was a huge leap backwards, with some luck, it could reverse with more trump blunders.
It did with Nixon, the best historical parallel.

[barbtries]

20. at least in our lifetimes, yes.

we just have to continue to resist, write, call, march, make noise. organize and show up!

to maintain that resolve for the long run ahead exhausts me frankly. but it's fucking important. cannot stop.

still, having lived through nixon, too young to vote against him and 18 when he resigned, and reagan, and the gw horror show, all of that, i never thought i would see my country in a situation like the one we're in. it still makes me shake my head and feel really distraught from time to time, nearly hopeless.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Sessions & DeVos are being saved for spectacular crash & burn -- Flynn style.

Sessions was part of the transition team, as was Flynn. Wonder if he will try to corruptly abort investigations into tRump collusion with Putin / Russia.

DeVos, dunno. However she is so grandly ignorant that she is going get her nose rubbed in her shit to a much greater degree than simply being blocked from entering a public school.

[tclambert]

13. Has Kellyanne Con(artist)way) said, "He has the full faith and support of the President?"

'Cause that's a surefire sign he's on the way out.

[longship]

16. Indeed. Such statements have always been a sure sign...

...that the person will very shortly and suddenly want to spend time with their family.

[jeanmarc]

14. Still not sure of the billionaires' motivation

Why wouldn't this guy want to just have a good time enjoying the rest of his life?

Does the rest of his life have to include continuing to stamp on the neck of the working people of this country?

Go fuck yourself, Pud-zer.

[Initech]

19. They want it all for themselves and fuck everybody else.

They're addicted to their wealth, and they got to constantly feed the addiction.

[murielm99]

18. I just received a CNN update in my email.

It says he has withdrawn.

[Iggo]

21. Abuse?

[obamanut2012]

22. Oprah gets some thanks for helping with this