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Related: About this forumTrump hits union chiefs after Biden gets key endorsement
Ill never get the support of Dues Crazy union leadership, those people who rip-off their membership with ridiculously high dues, medical and other expenses while being paid a fortune. But the members love Trump, the president said.
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Trump, who has long claimed support of rank-and-file union members, added that they look at our record economy, tax & reg cuts, military etc. and see a WIN!
The presidents latest attack came hours after the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) announced it would endorse Biden's 2020 Democratic presidential bid after staying out of the 2016 election, declining to endorse Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton or Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441132-trump-blasts-union-chiefs-after-biden-gets-key-endorsement
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
demmiblue
(36,873 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
peggysue2
(10,836 posts)Trump seems rather . . . disturbed. In a adolescent way. I mean really. Who goes on like this beyond a 15 or 16 year old.
Arrested development!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)Way to go, Donwald! Tweet away!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CatMor
(6,212 posts)200,000 to join Mar A Lago with an additional 14,000 a year in dues. The trump family is being paid a fortune for having the wealthy gather at the garish establishment. Rich people can be really stupid.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
demmiblue
(36,873 posts)"I'm sick of this President badmouthing unions," tweeted Biden, who formally announced last week his intention to challenge Trump in 2020. "Labor built the middle class in this country. Minimum wage, overtime pay, the 40-hour week: they exist for all of us because unions fought for those rights. We need a President who honors them and their work."
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His comment comes after Trump criticized labor union leaders over the fees they charge their members. The attack came in the wake of Biden receiving a key endorsement from a major firefighters labor group.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441162-biden-fires-back-at-trump-im-sick-of-this-president-badmouthing-unions
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)in 2016, and endorsing VP Biden is a slap in his narcissistic face.
Even though the IAFF had traditionally supported the Democratic Party for its pro-union policies, that support had declined for some time. They narrowly voted for Obama twice. Then in 2016 only 27% said they voted for Hillary, twice as many said they voted for Trump, and "an unusually large number" refused to say.
From late November 2016:
And all of those characteristics, along with the fact that firefighters are roughly evenly distributed across the country, make the group a microcosm of the larger breakup between working-class whites and the Democratic Party this year."
Well, this particular "microcosm" of the famous white male working class Democrats who'd just had too much equality is moving back to the Democrats.
Thanks, guys. Always grateful for you, but...
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,446 posts)LIES! That's too bad
Thank You for the Tweet, Hortensis..
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I snipped some quotes from Harold A. Schaitberger here..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=98600
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,446 posts)Psycho. he seems really disturbed that VP Joe Biden is such a positive influence!
Firefighters union leader on Biden endorsement: 'He has a track record of delivering'
He has a track record of delivering, and were a group that measures it pretty straightforward, Harold Schaitberger told Hill.TVs Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Rising.
Joe Biden has had the backs and stood with firefighters across this nation throughout his Senate career, and certainly as vice president of the United States, and so were now prepared to stand with him, Schaitberger said.
He added that Biden has long supported a number of worker-related issues, including fair wages, retirement security and protecting union rights.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/441130-firefighters-union-leader-on-biden-endorsement-he-has-a-track-record-of-delivering
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden