Former Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told Newsmax on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s feels his nominee for Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is “just right.”

On Wednesday, Chavez-DeRemer fielded questions from both Republicans and Democrats during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Acosta noted that her skeptics on both sides of the aisle prove she’s the right choice.

“Some folks think that she’s too liberal, some folks think she’s too conservative. President Trump thinks that she’s just right. And he thinks that because he knows there are men and women in America, the construction worker, the truck driver, the waiter or waitress that really want representation in government. They love President Trump. And the labor secretary is their voice in the cabinet. And that’s why he picked her,” Acosta said during an appearance on “Wake Up America.”

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