Posted on 02/03/2024 4:21:27 AM PST by Libloather
WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden won a strong pledge of support on Thursday from union autoworkers crucial to his reelection bid in Michigan, while protests over his backing of Israel's actions in Gaza shadowed the trip.
Biden's travel to the election battleground state was intended as a celebration after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union recently endorsed his reelection bid. But his visit was also met with protests from some of the state's sizable Arab-American community, who demand the president seek a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war and have refused to meet his campaign.
Biden visited a UAW union hall in Warren, Michigan, where UAW members plan to work a phone bank on his behalf ahead of the state's Feb. 27 nominating contest.
He was greeted by UAW President Shawn Fain, who last week gave a full-throated endorsement of the Democratic incumbent and a sharp rebuke of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
As the crowd chanted, "Joe, Joe," Fain promised Biden, "We're going to fight like hell" for him to win the November presidential election.
"Wall Street didn't build the middle class. Labor built the middle class, and the middle class built the country," Biden said. "When labor does well, everybody does well."
He later joked: "Besides, you built my '67 Corvette."
The campaign kept specific details of the president's visit private in the face of expected opposition until just before his arrival.
Ahead of his motorcade, about 100 protesters marched down a street toward the UAW location, chanting “Genocide Joe has got to go” and waving Palestinian flags.
Before heading to Michigan, Biden attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. He said he was working to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict, including a two-state solution for Palestinians and bringing home the hostages still held following Hamas's...
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And I bet the UAW workers know that the electric cars still continue to sell like hotcakes, eh?
I’m quite sure that there are Jewish members of the UAW who’d never vote for JoeBiden, but whether they’d be willing to go on record for it I have no idea.
Yeh, assembly cost is about a third of an ice vehicle for a product no one wants except a few costal elites and enviro-idiots. Bottom line; UAW is supporting a job crushing proposition 🙄…
Small business built the middle class - and Biden's minders hate small business with an intense passion.
It's really odd how unions will vote themselves out of a job and then blame it on republicans... (?)
Are there any non-union automakers?
The UAW is an American enemy. UAW workers are a blight on American society
I think KIA and Hyundai are non-UAW shops.
Most auto workers are non union.
VW, BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Tesla are non union American auto workers
Autoworkers are voting largely for Trump despite their communist union bosses telling them to support Biden. Trump will protect their jobs a lot better than globalist Biden
Any Islamic terrorist infiltrators and spies and their enablers need to be arrested, tried, and repatriated to krapistan. They represent a serious dangerous in USA
Biden is trying to eliminate the UAW with his EV mandates and the uAW supports him. To top it off, he is boasting about his 67 Corvette. Why is his Corvette not an EV? And how many vehicles in his motorcade are EVs?
The areas around Detroit that are blue-collar were solidly Trump, flags everywhere.
This is just blather from the union leadership. I recall the same in 2016.
Every supporter supports a chomo who molested his own daughter.
Only socialists and communists vote for Biden Fabian Society on the march.
Hahaha... Yea, union leadership vs rank and file.
I would love to see the actual numbers of autoworker unions members who plan to work unpaid to stump for Biden.
Wow! The combined credibility of Reuters and MSNBC!
Are we sure it was the WORKERS and not the Top level union Fat Cats who cheered for Creepy Joe?
Thanks..
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