HuffPost: Top Democrat Signals Possible Support For One Of Trump's Nominees

A top Democrat and critic of Donald Trump says she might be willing to throw her support behind the president-elect’s choice for labor secretary, a sign of how one Trump nominee could scramble the usual political lines in the Senate confirmation process.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told HuffPost it’s a “big deal” that Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, outgoing GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Oregon), endorsed the pro-union legislation known as the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Only two other House Republicans signed on to the bill in this Congress.

Warren takes that as a hopeful sign for the nominee’s approach to workplace issues.

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