Signs touting āauto workers for Trumpā at Michigan rally found to be fake ā report At least two people holding signs saying āunion members for Trumpā and āauto workers for Trumpā turned out to be neither
Martin Pengelly in Washington @MartinPengelly Thu 28 Sep 2023 10.48 EDT When Donald Trump gave a speech in Michigan on Wednesday, seeking to capitalise on the United Auto Workers strike, at least two crowd members holding signs saying āunion members for Trumpā and āauto workers for Trumpā turned out to be neither.
The Detroit News reported: āOne individual in the crowd who held a sign that said āunion members for Trumpā acknowledged that she wasnāt a union member when approached by a reporter after the event.
āAnother person with a sign that read āauto workers for Trumpā said he wasnāt an auto worker when asked for an interview. Both people didnāt provide their names.ā
The paper said between 400 and 500 people attended the event, at a non-unionised automotive parts supplier in Clinton Township.
Trump skipped a Republican debate in California to visit Macomb county. Politico pointed out why, saying Macomb āoccupies a unique role on the political map.
āOf the more than 3,000 counties in the US, itās hard to find one thatās a better barometer of the atmospheric conditions affecting the 2024 election [than] Macomb county, with its high percentage of UAW workers.
āā¦ The blue-collar suburb is often referred to as a bellwether, though ā¦ itās more like an indicator species in biology, offering important clues on the environmental health of an ecosystem.ā
One attendee at Trumpās speech who was an auto worker, Doug King, 55, told the Detroit News: āThe four years under Trump were the best years that we had in the auto industry.ā
Trump told workers negotiations between the UAW and Ford, General Motors and Stellantis ādonāt mean as much as you thinkā.
Railing against the shift to electric vehicles, he added: āYou can be loyal to American labour or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics. But you canāt really be loyal to both. Itās one or the other.ā
A spokesperson for Joe Biden, Kevin Munoz, called Trumpās speech āincoherentā, āpatheticā and ārecycledā.
Trump went to Michigan a day after Biden. On Tuesday, in a historic moment in neighbouring Wayne county, Biden joined a UAW picket line and expressed support for striking workers.
The president did so at the invitation of the union president, Shawn Fain. Fain did not meet Trump, telling CNN the former president, the Republican presidential frontrunner, āserves the billionaire classā.
āI see no point in meeting with him because I donāt think the man has any bit of care about what our workers stand for, what the working class stands for,ā Fain said. āHe serves the billionaire class and thatās whatās wrong with this country.ā
The sad thing is his followers will buy it. And so will some of the people on strike.
And that is precisely why fraud should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, especially with repeat offenders.
Paying people to pose as a member of [group] in a campaign when they arenāt should be made a (fraud) crime under campaign finance laws. There are already similar laws enforced by the FTC over fake advertising testimonials.
Bonus is that once the act itself is made a crime, the federal conspiracy statute can also be applied, which often is under campaign finance violations.
Truth is the enemy of trump and his followers
I wish that were true, but his followers live in a bubble.
So has the mainstream media.