Unions refuse to endorse Murray, 3 Democratic House members

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The Washington State Labor Council, angry at a pending trade agreement, has denied its endorsement to Sen. Patty Murray and Democratic U.S. Reps. Suzan DelBene, Derek Kilmer and Rick Larsen.

The four federal officeholders, all up for re-election this year, are being punished for their votes last year in favor of giving President Obama "fast track" authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a 12-nation trade agreement fervently opposed by labor unions.

The TPP has unexpectedly become an issue in the 2016 election.

Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unexpectedly came out against it. Sen. Bernie Sanders has railed against trade deals that boost corporations, although leaving out his denunciations of the U.S. Export-Import Bank in speeches here. Donald Trump bloviates in general about the U.S. getting the short end on trade agreements.

Sen. Murray spoke to the labor council COPE (Committee on Political Education) convention. A panel of House members was asked "yes" or "no" on the TPP. Only Rep. Adam Smith raised the red "no" card.

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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Labor-pains-Unions-don-t-endorse-Murray-three-7934459.php

It is only 'unexpected' to those who haven't been paying attention...

[Jack Bone]

1. K & R nt

[stillwaiting]

2. Rightfully so. My God. nt

[djean111]

3. Gee, pandering much?

Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unexpectedly came out against it.

Traveled the world shilling for it.
Called it the "gold standard" in her latest book.
Anyone who believes Hillary is actually against it is a damned fool. IMO she is hoping Obama can get the TPP rammed through before it becomes an even bigger issue.

[elljay]

4. She came out against the wording.

Not against the TPP. The only specific section I have heard Hillary mention is when she campaigned in the rust belt states and spoke about how she objected to how the TPP defined local origin. As an attorney myself, I recognize her parsing of words as standard negotiating for revisions of terms. This is very different from a blanket condemnation of the entire agreement, or of the concept of the agreement, itself. She has NEVER done that.

[JDPriestly]

5. K&R. Thanks for this post. Hillary will give in to the free-traders.

She is insincere to put it politely in her anti-trade agreement policy.

She owes too much to the very people who wrote and want that policy.

What does she care about the dire effects the agreements will have on the environment, health and jobs? She'll still have the cash she gave for giving all those speeches to Wall Street.

Where are the speech videos and transcripts anyway?

How could people have voted for her without having seen them?

Have they signed a contract with her that they didn't read? I think so.

Feel the Bern!

[chknltl]

6. Odds are, i may not vote 4 her either.

I started getting upset with the Senator in Sneakers when she opposed the rally for impeachment (GW Bush) in Olympia. Her support for TPP is another black mark for me, a darn big one. I believe she is a superdelegate too, Washington State voted overwhelmingly for Bernie Sanders. If Senator Murray further refuses to respect our wishes then i see no reason to support someone who does not represent us.

[silvershadow]

7. K&R

[Optimism]

8. I will call her office this week

to gently encourage her to switch her pledge from Hillary to Bernie ASAP for the sake of winning in November. As Superdelegates will decide this, and were created to ensure the most electable candidate gets the nod, then it's incumbent that they go with the MOST ELECTABLE, as well as one not under active FBI investigation.

I have voted for Patty in all of her elections. I will tell her office that I will do so again when she comes out for Bernie (as the vast majority of her constituents have) and votes accordingly at the convention. Oh...

... and then renounces and votes against TPP.

Ha ... looks like I ain't voting Murray this time.