Legends abound, from Bigfoot and the Easter Bunny to the Loch Ness Monster and Unicorns.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain just nuked the myth that’s in a class by itself: Donald Trump is pro-union.
“Rarely, as a union, do you get so clear of a choice between two candidates,” said Fain in his Washington speech announcing that the UAW was backing Joe Biden for reelection. The president, he added, had earned the UAW endorsement.
Fain and Biden both spoke on Wednesday to several hundred delegates at the annual UAW Community Action Program conference. The group included a Kentucky contingent.
UAW members loudly cheered and applauded Fain and Biden. They chanted, “Joe! Joe! Joe!” and “U-A-W! U-A-W! U-A-W!” They booed Trump.
Biden, who sported a black UAW baseball cap, followed Fain to the mic and thanked the union.
The UAW president had demolished Trump’s claim that he’s a working class champion. Trump “doesn't care about the American worker,” said Fain, who flayed him as “a scab,” adding “Donald Trump is a billionaire and that’s who he represents.”
Read the rest at the KY AFL-CIO site.
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