Campaign groups supporting Kamala Harris served union workers in Wisconsin with an “insulting” lunch supposedly made by “prison workers” last month as they promoted their 2024 vice presidential bid, officials said. one trader told the Post.
The bland meal consisted of a “stale” brand of bread, a “single ham sandwich,” a bag of chips, and a “small apple,” accompanied by a bland speech bashing President-elect Donald Trump. Ta. , workers building a $1 billion Microsoft data center in Racine County were punished on October 21st.
“I mean, I wasn't expecting a steak dinner, but maybe a sandwich or even a barbecue — barbecue is like a popular food at construction sites — but I wouldn't have found it that insulting. ” says the self-proclaimed “proud union member.” He told the Post he sat throughout the lunch and campaign speech and asked that his name not be published.
The union member doesn't remember the exact group that made the pitch, but believes it was an out-of-state ironworkers union that was “likely funded” by the Harris campaign.
“When I opened the lunch, a guy started talking into a microphone to the 400 workers in the break area…basically saying, ‘Okay, we bought you lunch. Please listen to us,''' the union member said. said before Milwaukee radio host Dan O'Donnell About that experience.
“'Trump somehow screwed over the union workers who built his casino in Atlantic City,'” was the “gist” of the pitch, he added, noting that several colleagues threw their lunches in the trash. mentioned
A union official told the Post that during a sad lunch, “a co-worker told me he worked at the Racine County Jail, near this site, and that the inmates were talking to other inmates. He said he witnessed him making just such a lunch for his family.
“Let me just say this: This whole stunt was both ironic and pathetic,” he said.
Along with brown bag lunches, Harris' team spent millions on a sit-down between the vice president and Oprah Winfrey, and a campaign concert featuring Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion, Jon Bong and more. When asked about the contrast between the union members Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, who reportedly spent tens of millions of dollars on He suggested that he had not.
“They were more concerned with things like brand aesthetics than convincing working-class people to vote,” he said of Harris' campaign strategy.
“Maybe we should start with better quality lunches,” the union official added.
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Harris campaign did not respond to The Post's requests for comment.
Mr. Trump defeated Ms. Harris in the Badger State by about 30,000 votes, or 1 percentage point, and swept all battleground states en route to a historic victory on Election Day.
