Former President Donald Trump brought his campaign to Michigan on Wednesday night to ostensibly rally auto workers. But, while the United Auto Workers union made plans to expand its strike on Friday, his message wasn't what many workers wanted to hear.
"It doesn’t make a damn bit of difference what you get because in two years you're all going to be out of business," Trump said to an at times oddly silent audience.Trump said union leadership was selling the auto workers out, claiming that the White House’s forced transition to electric vehicles was going to kill good paying auto jobs. “They're going to be closing up and they're going to be building those cars in China and other places.
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign issued a statement during Trump’s speech, condemning his attacks on Biden’s initiatives such as theMaking the UAW great again? A supporter is interviewed before former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 27.