Donald Trump has pushed Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer off Love Island, in part perhaps because of antics that looked like outtakes from a cringeworthy reality show.

In January, the Department of Labor’s inspector general began investigating allegations that Chavez-DeRemer ordered her staff to create official-looking reasons for personal travel, that she was a day-drinker and had an extramarital affair with a member of her security team, that she took staff to dine at strip clubs — because who doesn’t go to a jiggle joint for the fine food?

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White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said Chavez-DeRemer was leaving “to take a position in the private sector.” In a separate release, Chavez-DeRemer praised herself and her accomplishments — claims that Joe Biden’s acting Labor Secretary Julie Su might have bragged about.

C-DR’s real misdeeds (in one person’s mind, at least) had to do with her loyalty to government unions. As I wrote during her nomination a year ago:

Trump has nominated Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer to take Su’s desk at the Labor Department. As Trump........

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