(CNN) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on President Donald Trump to withdraw the nomination of Andrew Puzder, to head the Labor Department, citing his record as a business executive and his position on labor issues.

"They ought to withdraw Mr. Puzder before he further embarrasses this administration and further exposes the hypocrisy of President Trump, who says one thing to the American worker and does another," the New York Democrat said Thursday at a news conference, referencing Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, which runs Hardee's and Carl's Jr.

Schumer said Puzder's record contradicts campaign promises Trump made to the working class.

"You could not have picked a worse nominee to uphold these goals than Andew Puzder," he said. "Everything in his career is antithetical to the goals of the Department of Labor."

A spokesman for Puzder described the news conference as "fake news" in statement to CNN.

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