America's Book Club: Linda Chavez on Failed Nomination to be Secretary of Labor

Linda Chavez on her nomination to be Secretary of Labor: "My second book was, an 'An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal Or How I Became the Most Hated Hispanic in America.' The subtitle was not my choice. My publishers picked that, and it really, it it stemmed from, my having failed to become Secretary of Labor. I was nominated by George W Bush. And my nomination lasted all of about a week, I think, before it was discovered that ten years earlier I had taken into my home a woman who was an illegal immigrant, and I knew she was an illegal immigrant. I was asked by a friend if I could give her a place to live. A friend who knew that I'd taken in Vietnamese and other people who, I helped, you know, try to, to give a helping hand to. And, unfortunately, back in that period, that was enough to derail my nomination."

SUNDAYAmerica's Book Club with Linda Chavez 6pm ET on CSPAN

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