{"id":1515608,"date":"2022-06-14T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515608"},"modified":"2022-06-14T14:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:34:30","slug":"are-you-prepared-to-fight-with-me-biden-calls-for-support-from-union-bosses-at-afl-cio-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-prepared-to-fight-with-me-biden-calls-for-support-from-union-bosses-at-afl-cio-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Are You Prepared To Fight With Me?\u2019: Biden Calls For Support From Union Bosses At AFL-CIO Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fare-you-prepared-to-fight-with-me-biden-calls-for-support-from-union-bosses-at-afl-cio-convention%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden issued a rallying cry to union bosses at the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday to take up the \u201cfight\u201d in support of his agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The president delivered a speech on the economy in which he slammed billionaires, blamed Republicans for inflation, and touted his own big government spending policies. He concluded by saying, \u201cI promise you, I am gonna keep fighting for you, are you prepared to fight with me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden: &#8220;I promise you, I am gonna keep fighting for you, are you prepared to fight with me?&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cmeloANLI\">pic.twitter.com\/8cmeloANLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1536738765821165569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden blasted what he decried as the \u201cultra-MAGA\u201d wing of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in bipartisanship. But I have no illusions about this Republican Party\u2026The fact is Republicans in Congress are still in the grip of the ultra-MAGA agenda,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI believe in bipartisanship. But I have no illusions about this Republican Party\u2026The fact is Republicans in Congress are still in the grip of the ultra-MAGA agenda,\u201d Pres. Biden says during address to AFL-CIO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbpgLJucQF\">https:\/\/t.co\/LbpgLJucQF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrKhqZfpxq\">pic.twitter.com\/vrKhqZfpxq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1536737069346787328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president also slammed the number of billionaires created during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it was going on,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/14\/politics\/biden-labor-union-convention\/index.html\">said<\/a> in reference to the pandemic, \u201cAmerica created more \u2026 billionaires during that crisis in 2020 than any year in history. Talk about a contrast. Ordinary people getting, waiting in line for an hour for a box of food, and the policies of the past created more billionaires than ever in American history. Folks, it\u2019s hard to believe, but it\u2019s true. That\u2019s what we inherited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics say that Biden\u2019s appearance before the AFL-CIO \u2014 and his staunch support for unions as a whole \u2014 is nothing more than him returning a political favor to union bosses who showered him and his left-wing colleagues with lavish donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that Big Labor\u2019s forced dues political war chest was critical to putting Joe Biden in the White House, it\u2019s no surprise he is going to the AFL-CIO convention to kiss the ring,\u201d Mark Mix, president of the National Right To Work Committee, said in a statement to The Daily Wire prior to the president\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>The National Right Work Committee website <a href=\"https:\/\/nrtwc.org\/can-big-labor-protect-its-puppet-president\/\">noted<\/a>, \u201cis it estimated that Big Labor spent $1.8 billion on politics and lobbying in 2019 and 2020,\u201d according to research from the National Institute for Labor Relations. In 2020, the AFL-CIO endorsed Biden for the presidency. According to BlueTent, an organization that provides information for progressive donors, the AFL-CIO itself donated $5 million toward political causes in 2020, with much of it supporting Biden\u2019s candidacy and party, with 27\/41 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cmte=AFL-CIO&#038;cycle=2020\">congressional donations<\/a> going to Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/paying-their-dues-how-a-leading-teachers-union-used-a-quarter-of-their-funds-to-elect-democrat-candidates\">reported<\/a> that the American Federation of Teachers \u2014 which is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO \u2014 spent $49 million during the 2020-2021 fiscal year on political causes, many of which supported various Democratic policies and politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince his first day in office, Biden has aggressively pushed union bosses\u2019 coercive agenda to the detriment of the rights, freedoms, and opportunities of rank-and-file workers across the nation,\u201d Mix added in his statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the fact Biden\u2019s policies have been destructive to the livelihoods of the rank-and-file workers and most Americans, his handlers know the top bosses of the unions will back him so long as he continues to promise and deliver more powers to expand the ranks of workers who can be fired just for not paying dues or fees to a union,\u201d Mix concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The president also acknowledged that the AFL-CIO was partly responsible for his presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re a gigantic reason why I\u2019m standing here, standing here today as your president,\u201d Biden told the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys don\u2019t understand,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/3522847-biden-to-afl-cio-how-well-are-you-going-to-sleep-at-night-under-scott-tax-plan\/\">continued<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think you appreciate how critically important you are. I\u2019m not trying to be nice to you. It\u2019s just a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president received a standing ovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden issued a rallying cry to union bosses at the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday to take up the \u201cfight\u201d in support of his agenda. The president delivered a speech on the economy in which he slammed billionaires, blamed Republicans for inflation, and touted his own big government spending policies. 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