{"id":1984805,"date":"2023-07-28T04:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T04:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:17:18","slug":"trump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks union support in battle with Biden for Midwest votes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest-2%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=1984805&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--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Appeals to\u200d Union Voters in Bid for Endorsement<\/h2>\n<p>Former President \u2064Donald\u2064 Trump is actively\u2063 seeking\u2062 the\u2064 support of one \u2064of the Democratic Party&#8217;s most crucial voting blocs. His focus is on \u2062union voters, particularly in the Midwestern states where he \u2064faced\u200b defeat in the 2020 election.\u2064 Trump has reached out to the United Auto Workers (UAW) in hopes of securing their\u200d endorsement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think \u2063you&#8217;d better endorse Trump because I&#8217;m\u2064 going to grow your business, and they are \u2064destroying your business,&#8221; he said in a video\u2063 released last week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the\u200b video, Trump accuses\u2064 President Joe Biden of waging war on \u2063the U.S. auto industry through electric\u200c vehicle mandates and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest\/\" title=\"Trump seeks union support in Midwest battle against Biden.\">green energy promises<\/a> that only benefit \u2062the wealthy, \u200dwhile causing\u2062 devastation to factories. \u200bThe voting patterns of union workers will be closely watched in \u2063the upcoming 2024 presidential contest.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s success in winning \u2062the &#8220;blue wall&#8221; states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, where the \u200dUAW is based, played\u2064 a significant role in \u200chis previous\u200b election\u2064 victory. However, Biden managed to\u2063 flip these states back in 2020 by emphasizing\u2063 his \u2064roots \u200din Scranton and adopting some of Trump&#8217;s policies. If Trump becomes \u200dthe\u2062 GOP nominee, he will \u200bonce again attempt to win over the blue-collar\u200c union voters who have shown a recent trend towards supporting Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Former Michigan Democratic Rep. and UAW employee \u200bAndy Levin dismisses Trump&#8217;s chances, stating, &#8220;My reaction\u2064 is two\u200d words: Dream on.&#8221;\u2063 Levin, now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, acknowledges that Trump implemented policies\u2064 that attracted potential Democratic\u2064 voters. Notably, Trump promised\u200b to bring \u200cback \u2062manufacturing jobs to \u200cthe United States and implemented trade tariffs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-for-union-votes-as-he-and-biden-fight-for-the-midwest-2\/\" title=\"Trump seeks union support in battle with Biden for Midwest votes.\">boost \u200bdomestic factory\u200d employment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden has largely maintained Trump&#8217;s tariffs and proudly signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure\u2064 bill \u200cinto law. \u200bLevin predicts that these actions will be\u200c enough \u2062to retain the support of union workers \u2062and keep\u2062 the blue wall intact in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d facing skepticism from union leadership, Trump has already\u200c garnered endorsements from over a dozen unions. He proudly \u200crefers to\u2063 himself as the most pro-union \u200cpresident in \u2064history, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cas-prison-guard-union-gives-1-75m-to-newsoms-anti-recall-committee-after-negotiating-bonuses-and-raises\/\" title=\"CA\u2019s Prison-Guard Union Gives .75M To Newsom\u2019s Anti-Recall Committee After Negotiating Bonuses And Raises\">received significant financial support<\/a> from labor groups during his 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, the voting preferences of union members do not always align with \u2064those\u200c of\u200b their leadership. According to \u200bEdison research, Biden won 57% of union households nationwide in 2020, compared to Trump&#8217;s 40%. This was\u2063 twice the margin of Hillary\u200b Clinton&#8217;s advantage among union voters in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who \u2062frequently visits the Rust Belt, warns that manufacturing jobs are at risk if he does not secure\u200d the White House in the next election. At a rally with union members in Pennsylvania, he stated,\u2062 &#8220;If Republicans come\u200b after\u2062 what \u200dI&#8217;ve done, when \u200cthey come back to try to get rid of\u2064 all these clean energy \u2062investments and they try to stop \u2064the plan on infrastructure, when they try to do these things, guess what? They&#8217;re coming for your jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The UAW union is hesitant to\u200b endorse any candidate\u200c due to concerns that the rise of electric vehicles will lead to a \u2064decrease in auto plant \u200djobs. Trump claims \u2064that he would\u2062 fight harder for\u2062 auto workers than Biden. However,\u200d UAW spokesman Jim McNeill did not comment on the Trump video, stating, &#8220;We don&#8217;t have anything new on that front.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump&#8217;s efforts, the likelihood of receiving the UAW&#8217;s endorsement is slim. UAW President Shawn\u2062 Fain has expressed that another Trump \u200cpresidency\u200b would be a &#8220;disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the University of \u200dVirginia, highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-state-library-commission-votes-to-cut-ties-with-american-library-association-over-marxist-lesbian-president\/\" title=\"Montana State Library Commission ends association with ALA due to 'Marxist Lesbian' President.\">ongoing discussion surrounding<\/a> the disconnect between union leadership, union funds, and\u200c the voting \u2064preferences of rank-and-file \u2063members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You think of union \u200dmembers as people without a four-year college\u2063 degree, which\u200b is now a pretty \u200bRepublican \u200dgroup,&#8221; Kondik explains. \u2062&#8221;It&#8217;s pretty natural for Trump\u200d to appeal to that segment\u2063 of the\u2063 electorate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s focus\u2062 on the UAW \u200bstems\u2064 from the fact that most other\u200c unions have already endorsed a Democrat well \u200din\u2064 advance of the next \u2064election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s almost \u200dlike Trump has to try to find a \u200dunion\u200c that&#8217;s upset with the \u200bpresident,&#8221; Kondik remarks. &#8220;In terms of labor leadership, Biden seems to be doing pretty well. It&#8217;s just \u2064that there&#8217;s always\u200c been a disconnect between\u2064 labor\u2062 leadership and their own\u2062 rank and file.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump seeks support from union voters, particularly in the Midwestern states he lost in 2020. He aims to secure an endorsement from the United Auto Workers, courting one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s crucial voting blocs. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea deal faces a setback in court due to an unexpected turn of events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}