Posted on 09/23/2020 9:09:16 AM PDT by rktman
That looks tasty, is it too early?
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere
All great news and insights. Thanks.
My sister is a teacher in Baltimore and she is a VERY strong Trump supporter. Unfortunately, in Baltimore, she cannot tell anybody about her politics.
This is monumental! An AFL-CIO Union affiliate endorsing an ultra conservative presidential candidate is history making. Write down this day, it may never happen in your lifetime again. You can say you were there.
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I remember a lot of unions endorsing Ronald Reagan in one of his elections.
“I remember a lot of unions endorsing Ronald Reagan in one of his elections.”
The president of the US union federation, the AFL-CIO, denounced Reagan. Funny thing is they did it because of Reagan’s attacks on PATCO. PATCO (The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) did endorse Reagan but the big dog, the AFL-CIO, never did. PATCO refused to back Jimmie Carter.
And while this was happening, the AFL-CIO had their Solidarity Day September 1981 in D.C. to try to scare Reagan voters. It was an overwhelming demonstration of organized labor against Reagan. The estimate was a minimum of 236K. Unions didn’t like conservatives and had been championed for many year by the liberals.
rwood
Uh, I posted that. LOL!
“”This is HUGE. When do unions EVER endorse Republicans?””
You have to remember, Trump is not a Republican, he is an American!
Very good point!
Excellent news, particularly in this historically ultra blue collar area.
But those who are going over the moon about this news need to read a little closer. It’s one union LOCAL endorsing Trump, not the ENTIRE nationwide Boilermakers union.
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