Signs touting ‘auto workers for Trump’ at Michigan rally found to be fake – report At least two people holding signs saying ‘union members for Trump’ and ‘auto workers for Trump’ turned out to be neither
Martin Pengelly in Washington @MartinPengelly Thu 28 Sep 2023 10.48 EDT When Donald Trump gave a speech in Michigan on Wednesday, seeking to capitalise on the United Auto Workers strike, at least two crowd members holding signs saying “union members for Trump” and “auto workers for Trump” turned out to be neither.
The Detroit News reported: “One individual in the crowd who held a sign that said ‘union members for Trump’ acknowledged that she wasn’t a union member when approached by a reporter after the event.
“Another person with a sign that read ‘auto workers for Trump’ said he wasn’t an auto worker when asked for an interview. Both people didn’t provide their names.”
The paper said between 400 and 500 people attended the event, at a non-unionised automotive parts supplier in Clinton Township.
Trump skipped a Republican debate in California to visit Macomb county. Politico pointed out why, saying Macomb “occupies a unique role on the political map.
“Of the more than 3,000 counties in the US, it’s hard to find one that’s a better barometer of the atmospheric conditions affecting the 2024 election [than] Macomb county, with its high percentage of UAW workers.
“… The blue-collar suburb is often referred to as a bellwether, though … it’s more like an indicator species in biology, offering important clues on the environmental health of an ecosystem.”
One attendee at Trump’s speech who was an auto worker, Doug King, 55, told the Detroit News: “The four years under Trump were the best years that we had in the auto industry.”
Trump told workers negotiations between the UAW and Ford, General Motors and Stellantis “don’t mean as much as you think”.
Railing against the shift to electric vehicles, he added: “You can be loyal to American labour or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics. But you can’t really be loyal to both. It’s one or the other.”
A spokesperson for Joe Biden, Kevin Munoz, called Trump’s speech “incoherent”, “pathetic” and “recycled”.
Trump went to Michigan a day after Biden. On Tuesday, in a historic moment in neighbouring Wayne county, Biden joined a UAW picket line and expressed support for striking workers.
The president did so at the invitation of the union president, Shawn Fain. Fain did not meet Trump, telling CNN the former president, the Republican presidential frontrunner, “serves the billionaire class”.
“I see no point in meeting with him because I don’t think the man has any bit of care about what our workers stand for, what the working class stands for,” Fain said. “He serves the billionaire class and that’s what’s wrong with this country.”
They’re all grifters.
The sad thing is his followers will buy it. And so will some of the people on strike.
And that is precisely why fraud should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, especially with repeat offenders.
Paying people to pose as a member of [group] in a campaign when they aren’t should be made a (fraud) crime under campaign finance laws. There are already similar laws enforced by the FTC over fake advertising testimonials.
Bonus is that once the act itself is made a crime, the federal conspiracy statute can also be applied, which often is under campaign finance violations.
Truth is the enemy of trump and his followers
I wish that were true, but his followers live in a bubble.
So has the mainstream media.
Remember when President Master Negotiator made a deal with Carrier in Indiana and shortly after they closed the plant and shipped 1400 jobs to Mexico?
Art of the Deal 🤣🤣🤣
Trump successfully grifted dumbasses that beg to be grifted-
Show of hands, who’s surprised by this?
Fans of President Drink Bleach have an aversion to the truth - even in writing.
Everything about trump is fake, except for his crippling personality disorders… those are very much real.
What I like about this story is instead of escaping by saying they don’t want to do an interview, they just straight up admitted they’re lying.
No shit there’s an entire world wide enterprise of people making money off sucking fascist religious bullshit out the ass of devils. People will do anything for a little cash or ego boost. Mafia/Mason/Gang games.
Next we’ll find out they were paid to be there.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The paper said between 400 and 500 people attended the event, at a non-unionised automotive parts supplier in Clinton Township.
“… The blue-collar suburb is often referred to as a bellwether, though … it’s more like an indicator species in biology, offering important clues on the environmental health of an ecosystem.”
Trump told workers negotiations between the UAW and Ford, General Motors and Stellantis “don’t mean as much as you think”.
A spokesperson for Joe Biden, Kevin Munoz, called Trump’s speech “incoherent”, “pathetic” and “recycled”.
On Tuesday, in a historic moment in neighbouring Wayne county, Biden joined a UAW picket line and expressed support for striking workers.
Fain did not meet Trump, telling CNN the former president, the Republican presidential frontrunner, “serves the billionaire class”.
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Good bot, good summary. Bot speaks the truth.
