Posted on 10/02/2024 2:19:20 PM PDT by CFW
Vice President Kamala Harris sided Wednesday with dockworkers who launched a massive strike this week that threatens to cripple the economy.
“This strike is about fairness,” Harris said. “Foreign-owned shipping companies have made record profits and executive compensation has grown. The Longshoremen, who play a vital role transporting essential goods across America, deserve a fair share of these record profits.”
Harris also threw in a barb at her opponent, accusing former President Donald Trump of making “empty promises” to workers and promising that she will “have workers’ backs” and fight for an “opportunity economy.”
“Donald Trump, on the other hand, wants to pull us back to a time before workers had the freedom to organize,” Harris said. “Donald Trump makes empty promise after empty promise to American workers, but never delivers. He thinks our economy should only work for those who own the big skyscrapers, not those who actually build them.”
The dockworkers union has donated more than $1.6 million to Democrats under union president Harold Daggett, who threatened to “cripple” the economy if dockworkers did not get the contract they wanted.
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They WANT to cripple the economy.
Makes me wonder why exactly?
Do they think Trump is going to win and can then pin this on him?
Did she side with the Longshoremen before the strike started?
She just is trolling for votes. Being a DemocRAT, she’ll change to whichever position benefits her and her fellow felons as soon as she is elected. (Sadly, not much diff for the Repulsicans - except when folks such as Trump - have FU money.
She’s desperate for voters. She’s a panderer
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I’m sure her operatives know what she should say.
Maybe the October surprise will be when she appears to have solved the crisis on terms temporarily, mutually, acceptable to both sides.
She will then receive massive accolades for her negotiating skills
This is a HUGE political miscalculation.
There is plenty of time for the ramifications of the strike to be felt before the election, and people will be PISSED at those who endorse it.
Harris would have trouble getting a coffee(black) for 1 person
She casts her lot with the toiling masses who make $200K a year.
Kambala's daily "eye opener" is a shot or two of vodka, chased with a couple of tic-tacs.
I think Harris just made a huge mistake. (Yay!)
She is supposed to be the leader of the people and looking out for their interests. Instead, she’ll be seen as a partisan stooge, siding with the people who will be hurting the average American.
Has any President not evoked the 90 day cooling off period in a longshoreman strike? 90 days to negotiate and save Christmas should be a no brainer (and Joe and Kamala both have no brain).
“This is a HUGE political miscalculation”
My thoughts as well. Unless she has inside information that the Port Authorities are going to bend a knee sooner than later to the Union?
If that’s not the case, then someone on her “Team” is trying to sink her. BTW where in Greaseball Gavin these days other than signing some Bills trying destroying California?
That’s what the union bosses were waiting for. Expect a quick settlement in their favor (with government interference).
My thoughts are that she is adding fuel to the coming riots so that she/Biden/Obama can declare martial law and “postpone” the election.
“Donald Trump, on the other hand, wants to pull us back to a time before workers had the freedom to organize,” Harris said.
They’ve been crippling the economy for 3 3/4 years. It’s what they do
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