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Martin Eden

(12,804 posts)
17. What will Republicans and Trump actually do FOR unions and the working class?
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 07:29 PM
Nov 2016

(aside from the white nationalists for whom hate is a priority)

That's more irony than I think I can handle. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #1
Republicans are not party of working class... Trump MyNameIsKhan Nov 2016 #2
It's a damned shame LWolf Nov 2016 #4
Hillary won the working class- you mean whites that make 70k and millionaires? bettyellen Nov 2016 #5
Yeah really gollygee Nov 2016 #6
John Legend ... LenaBaby61 Nov 2016 #7
axelrod also said he didn't think trump was really racist but JI7 Nov 2016 #16
I've never really ... LenaBaby61 Nov 2016 #25
Also SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #3
Sad now ... LenaBaby61 Nov 2016 #11
Interesting point, Steve. As I watched the campaign unfold, I recall the candidates touring madinmaryland Nov 2016 #8
Thanks to the nonstop media coverage. Dems are not responsible for this debacle. duffyduff Nov 2016 #22
BAD news. elleng Nov 2016 #9
Same crap happened Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #10
The white working class left their spouses for a floozy. gulliver Nov 2016 #12
Perfect analogy meow2u3 Nov 2016 #15
I blame the hate radio workers hear on job sites and in transit. Qutzupalotl Nov 2016 #13
This thing predated the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine duffyduff Nov 2016 #24
didn't Reagan win union votErs also. it just shows they don't always vote based JI7 Nov 2016 #14
Reagan began the destruction of the social contract with the PATCO firings duffyduff Nov 2016 #21
yup, they voted against the democratic senate candidates JI7 Nov 2016 #23
Reagan often argued that private sector workers rights to organize were fundamental in a democracy Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #34
pres of SAG was long before he got into politics. and poland had more to do with his anti communist JI7 Nov 2016 #36
BUT it was a BIG reason in Raygun Democrats voting was the point Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #37
They voted for him because of the"welfare queen". They have been voting JI7 Nov 2016 #41
What will Republicans and Trump actually do FOR unions and the working class? Martin Eden Nov 2016 #17
Being willfully stupid is no excuse. These are racist, sexist assholes who think duffyduff Nov 2016 #20
AFSCME women make up close to 60% of the unions membership Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #26
Oh, please. This is all on white dudes. duffyduff Nov 2016 #27
Hillary lost the white women's vote Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #29
BTW Marta & I were for US Senator Warren until she said she wasn't running! Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #31
Feb 8 2015 Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #32
Yep, my husband's union IAFF had no problem endorsing Kerry, Obama 2X but would not endorse Clinton. seaglass Nov 2016 #40
IAFF Endorsement Philosophy Omaha Steve Nov 2016 #42
Already know that. n/t seaglass Nov 2016 #43
I have been Union for 33 years AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #18
Total jackasses and the article is b.s. about blaming the Dems duffyduff Nov 2016 #19
Union households voted 51% Clinton, 43% Trump per this year's exit polls ucrdem Nov 2016 #28
reality check... in WI unions are only 7% of households now jodymarie aimee Nov 2016 #30
In my state DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #33
The fact that the GOP won union households OhioBlue Nov 2016 #35
They didn't win them, they just narrowed the gap from 2008 and 2012. geek tragedy Nov 2016 #39
Trump made an awful lot of big promises to those union members. geek tragedy Nov 2016 #38
Give it a year and they'll be "former union members." Vinca Nov 2016 #44
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