UAW strike puts Trump, GOP in political bind in key states

[TexasTowelie]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats were quick to back working-class United Auto Workers in their strike against General Motors, delivering doughnuts and holding picket signs outside factories to show solidarity. It's a union they long have aligned with politically.

There were no doughnuts from Republicans.

Led by President Donald Trump, GOP officials have largely avoided taking sides in the strike that threatens to upend the economy in Michigan, an election battleground, a year before the 2020 vote. Both here and nationally, most Republicans said little about the substance of the dispute beyond hope for a speedy resolution.

The muted response reflects the tricky politics of labor for Republicans.

Trump has made inroads with member of some unions, due partly to promises to get tough on trade and keep manufacturing jobs in the United States. The message pulled key voters away from their Democratic union bosses, who Trump argues are corrupt.

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[beachbumbob]

1. perhaps the huge percentage of union members who voted for trump and support GOP get the

memo but remember:

THEY DON'T CARE


racism is just as rampant in white union members as anywhere else in America and as long as racism isn't being addressed, they will continue to vote for those who stand up for it, like trump and the GOP