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turbinetree

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Thu Jul 10, 2025, 02:38 PM Jul 10

Trump Labor Sec: Americans Are Willing To Work In The Fields [View all]

Are there lines of US citizens waiting to become strawberry pickers?

By John Amato — July 10, 2025

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Fox News that American citizens are willing to do those jobs "illegal migrants are doing" to defend Trump's destruction of Medicaid and his mass deportations by using the Apprenticeship Programs as proof. I don't see "strawberry picking" or any other labor-intensive jobs offered through Apprenticeship, do you?

Earlier today on Fox & Friends First, the network used a figure from the Labor Department touting US-born worker increases that don't shed light on what jobs US-born citizens are taking to support Trump's agenda.

Yet, this fueled the claim that Americans are willing to work backbreaking jobs in the fields for low wages, according to Fox News.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/trump-labor-sec-americans-are-willing-work

He there DeRemer...........do you fucking understand what it takes to be lets say a journeyman carpenter, electrician...........you go through a 4 year apprenticeship program........why may you ask why does it take 4 years.............because everything you do is based on a set of hours....like form work using a transit, level, bench marks and building codes........do you use a transit to make sure the rows of strawberries are in line and at the correct height and have a bench mark at each end of the row..........your a idiot.......since your so smart why don't you get into your green jean overalls and show everyone how to pick strawberries, blueberries, peaches, apples, in your apprenticeship program and then get back to us...............

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You first, bitch. Lead by example! rsdsharp Jul 10 #1
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Name one. tanyev Jul 10 #3
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