Sean Fein, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), said he had “absolutely” no idea how former President Trump would win union support because he does not represent the working class.
During an appearance on CNN’s “The Source” Thursday night, Fein was asked by anchor Caitlan Collins how he would evaluate the labor movement if International Teamsters president Sean O’Brien endorsed Trump. asked.
“What would happen to you, and what would happen to the labor movement as a whole, if Mr. Trump supported him?” Collins asked.
Fein said he doesn’t support the labor movement, so he doesn’t see a chance that unions would support the current Republican front-runner.
“I’m not going to answer for Sean O’Brien, but I’m 100% betting that there’s no way a union would support Donald Trump for president,” Fein said. “This man is against everything that working-class people represent, everything that organized labor represents. Look, they chose to enjoy a visit with a candidate, and that’s what they That’s the path he chose. I mean, looking at Donald Trump’s track record, I thought it was meaningless. I mean, his two favorite sayings are, “You’re fired.” .
Mr. Trump and Mr. O’Brien met in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss possible endorsements. After the meeting, President Trump told reporters that “something strange happened,” commenting on his possible endorsement.
President Trump has criticized Fein since the UAW endorsed President Biden last week, saying that President Biden believes in “Biden’s vision” of requiring all electric vehicles to be made in China. He said it was destroying the industry.
President Trump supported Biden’s all-electric vehicle ‘vision.’ Electric vehicles require far fewer workers to produce each car, but more importantly, consumers “Everything will be made in China, not what most people want.” I have written At Truth Social this weekend. “I want all kinds of cars to be built in the United States, and I want to demand that China and other countries, through tariffs or other means, build factories here with our workers. I guess.”
According to some polls, the UAW’s support for Biden is a major boost to the president’s reelection bid, as he hopes to sway blue-collar workers in battleground states like Wisconsin and Michigan. We are hopeful, and some polls suggest that dissatisfaction with the commander-in-chief is growing.
“He’s the boss, he represents the billionaire class,” Fein said, continuing to describe Trump. “That’s his foundation, and as you can see with the two candidates on our side, Joe Biden stands by American workers and stands by American workers, as he did with our strikes this year. We have a history of gambling.”
Biden memorably joined the UAW picket line last year.
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