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New audio: Ted Strickland jokes that Scalia's death came 'at a good time' ( Ohio )
Washington Examiner ^ | 8/10/16 | Al Weaver

Posted on 11/05/2016 7:31:39 PM PDT by george76

Ohio Senate candidate Ted Strickland joked about the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday, saying it came "at a good time" for union workers since he was unable to cast the deciding vote in a March case that ended up in a 4-4 deadlock.

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Strickland made the remarks in Cleveland, telling AFL-CIO members that Scalia's death "saved labor" from a terrible decision in the case, which could have dealt a blow to the ability of public-sector unions to collect fees from those who decide against joining the union and pay for collective bargaining activities.

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the death of Scalia saved labor from a terrible decision," Strickland said to cheers, with laughter soon filling the room as he made the joke

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: afl; aflcio; antoninscalia; cio; ohio; publicsectorunions; scalia; scaliasdeath; strickland; supremecourt; teachersunion; teachersunions; teacherunion; teacherunions; tedstrickland; union; unionize; unionmembership; unions

1 posted on 11/05/2016 7:31:39 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Liberals have no souls. They are the outlets the the one demonic master


2 posted on 11/05/2016 7:50:17 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: george76

Hope Ted likes his new “tar and feather” wardrobe.


3 posted on 11/05/2016 7:51:28 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

George HW Bush joked about JFK’s assassination, too.


4 posted on 11/05/2016 8:04:06 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: george76

Dems are evil.


5 posted on 11/05/2016 8:05:19 PM PDT by A message
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To: Carl Vehse

You can count on me trying to “tar and Feather” this POS in my local paper tomorrow, seems I’m on a roll, lol. My whole county knows what this George Soros sellout is about.


6 posted on 11/05/2016 11:41:13 PM PDT by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could kata - Romeo company)
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To: BigEdLB

I’m of the opinion that Scalia was killed....just too convenient.....people just do not die even with heart problems or other problems like they may have done even 10 yrs ago....


7 posted on 11/05/2016 11:48:28 PM PDT by cherry
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To: george76

Ted Strickland can’t die soon enough.......hey, it’s just a joke.


8 posted on 11/05/2016 11:53:08 PM PDT by windsorknot
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