Rachel Maddow

It's very weird.

The whole idea of it is very dystopian and weird, but they do it every year.

And, you know, you'd think given the responsibility associated with being the designated survivor, you'd think they'd pick like the most widely respected person.

They'd pick the person who everybody agrees would be the best choice to take over the country in the wake of an unimaginable disaster.

You'd think it would be like a really high profile person they picked every year.

They don't do that.

Actually kind of the opposite.

The person does get some attention for being picked as the designated survivor every year, but usually the person is kind of not well known.

And so like in this cabinet,

You might expect that they'd pick maybe the labor secretary, right?

Labor is not a particular area of interest for this president or really for any Republican president.

So maybe they just, you know, keep things quiet, pick somebody low key, make the labor secretary the designated survivor this year.

Could they do that?

Oh, no.

No, no, no.

No, can't do that.

Trump's labor secretary is Lori Chavez de Riemer.

And if they pick Lori Chavez de Riemer as the designated survivor, then people will Google Lori Chavez de Riemer.

And this is what they will find.

Headline, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez de Riemer under investigation for, quote, inappropriate relationship with employee.