The embattled union head falsely claimed that members in the congresswoman’s district overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump.

  • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    3 months ago

    How does one get elected head of the most historic, blue-collar, working class unions and think ‘maybe that guy shitting on golden toilets and his contractors has something going for him…’ ?

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      3 months ago

      A lot of people are politically idiotic, like my colleagues who vote for the party that wants to cut their public servant jobs…

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      3 months ago

      Probably because a lot of members are in a union but are otherwise conservative.

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      3 months ago

      Honestly, that is the dumbest train of thought I’ve had to read in a while. And it’s also probably 100% accurate.