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Harley-Davidson Workers Ride Into Washington to Meet Trump
WMAQ-TV ^ | February 2, 2017 | Tom Schuba

Posted on 02/02/2017 5:15:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

After a meeting in Milwaukee was abruptly canceled, President Donald Trump met Thursday with a group of Harley-Davidson employees, who arrived at the White House on a fleet of motorcycles.

Trump was planning to meet Thursday with Harley-Davidson executives at a Milwaukee factory, but the company reportedly pulled out earlier this week, fearing protests.

During Thursday’s meeting, Trump lauded Harley-Davidson as a "true American icon,” thanking the steel workers and machinists who traveled to Washington for the meeting.

“In this administration our allegiance will be to the American workers and to American businesses, like Harley-Davidson,” Trump told reporters....

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: harley; harleydavidson; jobs; manufacturing; motorcycles; trump

1 posted on 02/02/2017 5:15:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love the way he is balancing things between the American workers and American business. He is drawing them together in a way that will benefit both


2 posted on 02/02/2017 5:56:41 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
FAKE NEWS FROM NBC!

Yes, the Harley executives canceled today's meeting in Milwaukee, but NBC fails to mention that it was not only the employees but also the executives of Harley that attended the White House meeting. Here's the Bloomberg.Com excerpt:

"Joining Trump for the Harley meeting were executives including CEO Matthew Levatich and union officials representing workers at the Milwaukee-based company."
NBC is nothing but a propaganda front for leftwing activists and should be added to the Fake-News list, with CNN, and frozen out of the access to the White House given to legitimate news agencies.
3 posted on 02/02/2017 6:27:58 PM PST by drpix
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Here's the CORRECTED link Bloomberg.Com
4 posted on 02/02/2017 6:29:43 PM PST by drpix
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

executives at a Milwaukee factory, but the company reportedly pulled out earlier this week, fearing protests

FAKE NEWS


5 posted on 02/02/2017 6:40:51 PM PST by GoldenPup
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To: GoldenPup

They feared compensated terrorists imported from Chicago, not peaceful protesters.


6 posted on 02/02/2017 6:56:39 PM PST by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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