Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Newsmax on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Labor Department will build a “unique coalition” between Republicans and unions.

Former congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer was set to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday in her quest to become the next Secretary of Labor. Her nomination has drawn some concerns from members of the GOP due to her past clashes with members of the business community over the right-to-work bill she co-authored during her time in Congress.

“Lori and myself and Sean O’Brien, the Teamster president, we all kind of did this together,” Mullin told “Wake Up America.” “We presented her to President Trump right after he won the election as someone that we thought we could build a coalition with. Keep in mind, President Trump has brought a unique coalition together … he’s the first Republican president to carry the union vote in decades.”

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