Senate Republicans cast a wary eye on Trump's nominee for labor secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "The nominee for labor secretary has shown previous support for anti-employer rights legislation, and there is no reason to believe that she won't put people and policies in place to enact new employment regulations that restrict employer's rights.
48% : Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a champion of the labor movement who caucuses with the Democratic Party and is the top Democrat on the committee, declined to comment on her Monday.
48% : Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Trump is "entitled to his Cabinet, absent extraordinary circumstances," but added that it's fair to call Chavez-DeRemer a nontraditional nominee.
47% : In the past, groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had influential voices, but Trump ran a campaign focused on a populist messaging supported by right-wing conservative influencers who not only don't align with the old guard Republican power structure but actively oppose its influence in the MAGA movement.
47% : "The Teamsters are doing something correct if the extremes in both parties think I shouldn't be on this stage," O'Brien said, calling Trump a "tough S.O.B." The Teamsters leadership also approved an unprecedented $45,000 contribution to Trump's campaign efforts.
47% : It was also a sign that traditional business interests may have less influence with the new version of the Republican Party that Trump has ushered in.
43% : Trump did use his 2024 campaign to try to gain the support of at least some segments of organized labor in a way that, in the past, would have been considered unheard-of from a Republican presidential candidate.
37% : "One of the biggest problems we've had, for example, with trade agreements has been that organized labor is allergic to them," Cornyn said.
35% : That new base Trump has catered to during his first week in office sees the business community as an enemy, not a friend.
26% : Another longtime Republican who has lobbied for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the past expressed concern and was unsure why Trump nominated Chavez-DeRemer.
16% : O'Brien didn't formally endorse Trump at the convention, but his appearance was a signal that Trump was trying to disrupt a political norm that expects organized labor to support Democrats.

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