President Biden is expected to visit the picket line
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Newt Gingrich, who served as a informal adviser to Trump, says that’s an important distinction. It’s possible that the union leadership may have support for Biden, but he doesn’t have the support of those on the assembly line.
Former President Donald Trump, the undisputed front-runner, will not be one of them. He was going to attend the event but will instead travel to Michigan where he will be courting the vote of autoworkers.
Biden said he would send Labor Secretary Julie Su and economic adviser Gene Sperling to Detroit when the strike began. Less than a week later, the White House said the pair was staying in Washington to allow talks to move forward.
“We believe this can be a win-win agreement for all, but we’re not going to litigate the specifics of the negotiation,” she said. “We never get into the specifics of negotiations … that is something for the parties to decide on.”
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“I think the UAW gave up an incredible amount back when the automobile industry was going under. Biden said on Monday that they gave up all their pensions and saved the automobile industry.
It is disappointing for many Republican voters that Trump is the only candidate who is present at this debate, since they have been eager to see how his rivals stand up to him.
But veteran Republican strategist Sean Walsh sees it as an opportunity for the other candidates and Republican voters who are looking for an alternative to Trump.
The other candidates have time to speak about their priorities, instead of responding to Trump. This time around, though, unlike in Milwaukee for the first debate, those who seek to distinguish themselves from the former president are likely to face a more sympathetic audience.
Walsh, who served in the administrations of both former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, said the debate on the grounds of Reagan’s presidential library will also be opportunity for the candidates to “win back the hearts and minds of mainstream Republicans” — like him — who feel that Trump can’t beat President Biden.
Both Trump and Biden were supported by Michigan voters in their White House bids. Those elections were largely clinched with union voters. Biden won those voters by 20 points in 2020. Trump lost those voters overall, but by a much narrower margin, in 2016. He went on the win the state by just over 10,000 votes.
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In recent weeks, the former president has said he will continue to fight for autoworkers if he wins a second term.
Biden joined the picket line on Tuesday, even though Trump said in a statement there would be no autoworker jobs in three years.
Trump’s not expected to join a union picket line. Despite his mixed labor history, he has succeeded in convincing blue collar workers away from the Democrats.
