New York union leaders say Democratic policies are pushing voters toward the Republican Party, with a majority of the union’s 9,000 members supporting former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden.
Bob Bartels, manager of Steamfitters Local 638, spoke to both Newsmax and Fox News in Manhattan on Thursday morning after President Trump stopped at a construction site on his way to a business records trial.
NEW: New York union leader Bobby Bartels says most of his members are Democrats, but they support Trump in 2024.
Bartels said the poll of 9,000 members showed Trump leading Biden 3-1.
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Bartels Said Newsmax correspondent Addison Smith said it was “very exciting” when Trump stopped by the scene and emphasized that his party, most of which are former Democrats, emphasized that far-left policies were pushing blue-collar workers to the right. Stated.
“Up until now, we’ve basically all been Democrats. After what’s happened in this country over the last four years, the Democrats are basically pushing everyone over to the other side,” he said. “We are a very patriotic group, we love our country and we want what’s best for America.”
In a separate interview with Fox News Channel fox & friends On Thursday morning, union representatives said: Said Host Brian Kilmeade polled members of Congress to support him in the presidential election, and Trump smoked Biden.
“I conducted a poll in my union. Right now, my presidential poll of 9,000 members has President Trump leading Joe Biden 3-1,” he said. .
Bartels, who noted that Kilmeade plans to vote for Trump, further emphasized that his union members are “very fed up with the way things are going with groceries, inflation, gas prices, illegal immigration, crime, etc.” . “We live it every day in New York City,” he said.
Asked if Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s corporate records case against Trump would change his opinion of the 45th president, Bartels said: “My opinion doesn’t change anything, because…I believe in what’s right for America. Because they want it,” he said.
“I want what’s right for the people, and the members want it too. They’re very excited. They live week to week. Some of them can afford to pay the bills. “There are some people who don’t have one, and I think things need to change,” he added.
Mr. Kilmeade noted in the interview that Mr. Bartels worked for Mr. Trump in some capacity in 1986.
