No love for Obama trade deal at California Democrats' protest
Union workers gathered for a demonstration on the second day of the California Democratic Convention harshly criticized President Obama, giving voice to the grassroots angst that has turned much of the president's own party against him on a signature trade deal.
Supporters of the deal, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, say it would strengthen commerce in the Pacific Rim by lowering barriers to trade and standardizing some areas of regulation among the U.S. and countries such as Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
Obama has lobbied hard for the agreement, seeking a home-stretch legislative victory in what many say has been a largely unfruitful second term in the White House.
But powerful figures in the president's own party have undermined the pact, including firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is scheduled to address convention delegates Saturday morning. Obama came under criticism this week for lashing out at Warren because of her opposition to the trade deal, saying she was "a politician like everybody else."
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