Only the Men Are Allowed to Be Drunk and Shit at Their Jobs in the Trump Administration

The thing about being a lefty feminist who believes patriarchy is the root of all the world’s evils is that you actually do get tired of always having to be like, “Seems sexist!” So it’s almost refreshing, on this rare occasion, that the Trump administration is being so transparently sexist in who’s allowed to get away with what that I barely have to say anything. What I will say is this: I would sure be getting nervous if I were Karoline Leavitt—Trump is one more fuck-up in Iran away from scapegoating her for the entire war and forcing her to step down.

Case in point: (former) Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

On Monday, Chavez-DeRemer handed in her resignation following reports that she drank at work and had an affair with a bodyguard—making her the third cabinet member, and most notably, the third woman, to get ousted from the Trump administration in less than two months. 

In March, the New York Times reported that there was an investigation into allegations that Chavez-DeRemer used department resources to travel and that, in awarding grants, her aides favored political operatives. She’s also been accused of creating a toxic work environment (three people filed formal discrimination complaints) and took her subordinates to a strip club in Oregon in April 2025; then there was the affair and the fact that she drank while on the job and reportedly kept a “stash” of alcohol in her office. She also allegedly retaliated against staff who filed complaints. Further, her husband was previously banned from the department’s headquarters in D.C. after at least two female staffers alleged he sexually assaulted them. (He denies this.) Her father is also involved. In a separate story, the NYT reported:

Ms. Chavez-DeRemer’s husband exchanged text messages with young female staff members, as did her father. Some of the young women were instructed by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and the former deputy chief of staff to “pay attention” to the men, according to people familiar with the investigation.

*Shudders* So Chavez-DeRemer deserves to lose her job, no doubt—just as former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem deserved to lose theirs. But everyone in the Trump administration deserves to lose their job.

Yet, so far, it’s only been three women who’ve been ousted.

Curious.

Meanwhile, male cabinet members have racked up their own scandals—ranging from mismanagement to abuse of power to, yes, alleged drinking on the job—and somehow, there have been few, if any, reports that they may soon face an ousting. Let’s review a few.

While Bondi bungled the handling of the Epstein Files, called survivors’ reactions “theatrics,” and tried to intimidate blue states into handing over their voter rolls, Vice President JD Vance bungled the Iranian negotiations, called Pope Leo a liar, and broke a record for being the most unpopular vice president in history.

While Noem abused millions of DHS’s budget to hold photo shoots in front of foreign gulags and called American citizens killed by federal agents “domestic terrorists,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted war plans to a journalist in a non-secure group chat, has only fired and/or blocked the promotion of women or Black people in the military, and threatened Iranian civilians in a TV interview. 

And over the weekend, while Chavez-DeRemer was seemingly drafting her resignation letter, FBI Director Kash Patel was drafting a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic for reporting that he…drinks on the job. Patel’s also bungled multiple high-profile investigations, abused government funds for personal trips, and fired people who were disloyal to Trump.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve in this historic Administration and work for the greatest President of my lifetime,” Chavez-DeRemer wrote in a statement on Twitter, which is an insane level of devotion for someone who just got pushed out. Bondi and Noem both tweeted similar departure statements, but even they stopped short of referring to Trump as the greatest. On her personal Twitter, she denied all of the allegations against her and blamed everything on the “high-ranked deep state actors” and “one-sided news media,” naturally. 

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said Chavez-DeRemer will “take a position in the private sector,” and that current deputy labor secretary, Keith Sonderling—a man—will take her place for now.

I’ll bet he lasts longer than Leavitt.

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