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Donald Trump goes to Michigan and speaks at a non-union factory

John Fea   |  September 29, 2023 Leave a Comment

Donald Trump skipped Wednesday night’s GOP debate. Instead he went to Clinton Township, Michigan and spoke at a non-union auto parts factory. The day before Trump’s visit to Michigan, sitting president Joe Biden joined United Autoworkers leader Shawn Fain at an ACTUAL union picket line.

Here is Cornell University economic and labor historian Lawrence Glickman on the way the press is framing Trump’s speech:

It seems disingenuous for the Times subhed to claim that both Trump and Biden spoke to people "affected by the United Automobile Workers strike," without mentioning at the outset that only one of them spoke directly to striking workers. /2https://t.co/L3HLtrvVSz

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) September 28, 2023

Furthermore for the Post to claim that Trump promoted "aggressive state intervention in industrial policy" seems exaggerated, especially when the Biden administration unlike Trump has actually passed legislation that qualifies as such…/4

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) September 28, 2023

Please read @AdamSerwer's excellent article on the political stakes of this inaccurate media narrative. /6https://t.co/0QsaH5kXgO

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) September 28, 2023

This shouldn’t be that hard. pic.twitter.com/rTArt33EoM

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) September 28, 2023

Listen to our interview with Glickman in Episode 55 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast.

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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: 2024 Election, 2024 presidential election, auto workers, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, journalism, labor unions, Lawrence Glickman, New York Times, Shawn Fain, strikes, The Washington Post, unions, working class

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