Today, Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as President Trump's Secretary of Labor.
Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican Congresswoman from Oregon, is the third member of President Trump's cabinet who has departed in less than two months. In March, Trump demoted Kristi Noem from Homeland Security to Special Envoy for the Shields of America and earlier this month Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General.
In Chavez-DeRemer's case it was corruption and personal misconduct. Among other things, Chavez-DeRemer allegedly found time to have an extramarital affair with a subordinate, drank on the job while her aides masked personal travel under official government business. Chavez-DeRemer's husband Shawn DeRemer was also barred from the Labor Department's HQ after several female employees accused him of sexual harassment. Chavez-DeRemer was due to meet with the Department's Inspector General concerning the allegations.
What gets me is that White House Deputy Press Secretary Steven Cheung's explanation that Chavez-Demer was departing the Trump Administration "to take a position in the private sector." Yes, I know the Trump Administration is trying to save face here. But given what has happened at the Department of Labor under her watch what private sector employer would to see fit to hire her?
Well, I suppose she could always work at Fox News or somewhere in the conservative media ecosystem. I cannot imagine anyone else hiring Chavez-Demer.
So, who will be next to be fired or forced out of the Trump Administration?
My money would be on FBI Director Kash Patel, defamation lawsuit or no defamation lawsuit. If Chavez-Demer needed to leave the Trump Administration for drinking on the job and using government resources for personal business, then Patel deserves the same fate for his own behavior in these areas.
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