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JohnnyRingo

(20,201 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 09:59 PM Sep 2023

There's something to consider about Trump's visit with the auto workers.

And I haven't heard it mentioned.

Of course they're non-union and it's only a supplier of minute transmission parts, but one glaring detail is barely mentioned. He wasn't invited there by the workers.

The company is offering the plant for what amounts to a campaign stop, with what may be to some degree a captive audience. Drake Enterprises is simply making a backdoor campaign donation and hopes the investment pays off in 2025.

Trump is not supporting the workers.

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LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
1. Two of the local news stations here in Los Angeles was talking about his visit ..
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:09 PM
Sep 2023

And BOTH stations said that both the President and former President were visiting UAW workers today

The traitor was visiting non-union people, and Pres. Biden was visiting current union workers et al.

We don't have a legitimate media any longer. It started going down hill when the news division was folded into the entertainment division. The news division used to have it's OWN budget etc. I don't fool with watching local news much anymore. I get our local news from other States and from friends who are government workers here in California.

niyad

(127,750 posts)
6. Well that, and TRAITOR** will actually be there tomorrow. No way he would
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 11:02 PM
Sep 2023

share news time with our PRESIDENT!!!

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
17. "which stations?"
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 03:47 PM
Sep 2023

One station was KTLA, and it was a male anchor, early AM. And the other station was of course Faux News, and a woman anchor. Late night It makes me SO angry that most of these corporate media people normalize that bastard tRump.

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
18. Bet what you heard was on either KFWB News OR on KNX 10.70 😑
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 04:03 PM
Sep 2023

Last edited Wed Sep 27, 2023, 07:29 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm so sick of these news stations normalizing this asshole

And that Washington post poll where the criminal is leading Pres. Biden by almost 10 points? The cross tabs on that 'thing' was so bad, that the guy at the Post Dan Balz said that this was an outlier poll Why the hell publish it then? These newspapers publishing their OWN polling is "whack."

tRump leading Pres. Biden by 20% amongst young people?

And mostly landlines were used in the polling.

Landlines ONLY reach 2% of those being polled by landline 👀

MichMan

(16,042 posts)
2. "only a supplier of minute transmission parts"
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:13 PM
Sep 2023

Does that mean they aren't necessary for the transmission to function correctly?

JohnnyRingo

(20,201 posts)
4. The point is....
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:32 PM
Sep 2023

...they could switch over to making skateboard bearings without much trouble.
It's a gray area calling them "autoworkers".

BOSSHOG

(43,787 posts)
3. Appreciate that info
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:13 PM
Sep 2023

Trump supports no one but himself. Not his wife, not his children, not his lawyers, not other republicans, not 12 year old rape victims, not hurricane victims, not union workers, not Drake Enterprises, not homeless people. I could go on.

Thanks teammate. A captive audience indeed. May trump discover being a captive audience.

BOSSHOG

(43,787 posts)
15. Holy Cow
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 11:23 AM
Sep 2023

What a nightmare. Maybe the warden could use that as a threat to the other inmates. Be bad, ya get 90 days with trump.

ProfessorPlum

(11,458 posts)
16. They are non-UAW workers, non-union, not on strike, and their owners support right-to-work laws
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 02:15 PM
Sep 2023

About as far off from supporting the UAW strike as it is possible to get

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