The Rejection of Andy Puzder

The emptiness of President Trump’s campaign promises to lift up the forgotten American worker has been nowhere more starkly exposed than in his nomination of Andy Puzder, a fast-food executive, as his Secretary of Labor—a nomination that fell apart on Wednesday, as Puzder, facing almost certain failure in a confirmation vote, withdrew his name. Puzder did not fail because he was just a rich Republican donor being rewarded with a Cabinet position. That was the case with Betsy DeVos, who was barely confirmed as Secretary of Education. The reasons were richer than that.

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