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This is a tailored piece August 13 Episode of “Alex Wagner Tonight”.
Tuesday’s running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ran his first solo campaign Event after joining the Democratic ticket. Walz appealed to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the nation’s largest public sector unions.
Unions have been big fans of Waltz for years now.
For years now unions have been big fans of Waltz. as Governor of Minnesota, it banned non-compete agreements and provided workers with paid sick days. He did this so that companies would not force workers to attend meetings where they opposed the union. The boy is even there joined the picket lines.
The reason I bring all of this up is because it stands in stark contrast to how the other side of the race thinks about labor.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took his seat on Monday live interview With Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and the social media site formerly known as Twitter. In the last few years alone, Musk has Twitter has laid off about 80% of its employees. He was also held responsible in court illegally fired a Tesla worker who tried to form a union.
During his conversation with Musk Trump offered his position on these job cuts, Musk calls it “the biggest cutter.”
During the conversation with Musk, Trump offered his position on the reduction of these jobs, calling Musk “the biggest cutter”.
“I mean, I look at what you do, you come in and you’re just like, ‘Do you want to quit?’ you say They go on vacation – I won’t name the company – but they go on vacation and you say, “Okay, you’re all gone.”
Tuesday, The United Auto Workers union filed federal labor charges against Trump and Musk over the statement. The group’s president released a statement that clearly said, “When we say Donald Trump is an itch, this is what we mean.”
The United Auto Workers already have Harris confirmed. With their support — and the support of other labor organizations like the UAW — the Harris-Walz campaign just might shore up the “blue wall” and win in November.
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Allison Detzel contributed.