{"id":2362958,"date":"2024-11-01T17:50:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T21:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-trump-is-no-regular-guy-with-cuff-links-in-a-garbage-truck-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T21:51:46","slug":"walz-trump-is-no-regular-guy-with-cuff-links-in-a-garbage-truck-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-trump-is-no-regular-guy-with-cuff-links-in-a-garbage-truck-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz: Trump is no &#8216;regular guy&#8217; with cuff links in a garbage truck &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fwalz-trump-is-no-regular-guy-with-cuff-links-in-a-garbage-truck-washington-examiner%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=2362958&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orourke-blames-gop-for-texas-natural-disaster-calls-culture-debates-stupid\/\" title=\"Beto O\u2019Rourke Blames GOP For Texas Natural Disaster, Calls Culture Debates \u2018Stupid\u2019\">recent campaign stop<\/a> in Detroit, Democratic Governor\u200d Tim Walz of Minnesota criticized former President\u200c Donald \u200cTrump, asserting that he is out of touch with everyday people and disrespects autoworkers. Walz&#8217;s \u200ccomments were in\u200b response\u2063 to\u2063 Trump\u2019s\u2062 previous statements about the auto\u200d industry, where Trump suggested that U.S. autoworkers \u2063merely assemble vehicles without proper skills. \u2063Walz countered this narrative by implying that Trump, who appeared \u200din a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">garbage truck adorned<\/a> with cuff links, is not a &#8220;regular guy&#8221; and lacks the ability to connect with \u200cworking-class Americans. Trump was also campaigning in \u200cMichigan that day, targeting blue-collar and union workers.\u200c Walz&#8217;s remarks emphasize the contrast between the two candidates&#8217; \u2063relationships with labor and working-class values.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">In Michigan, Walz says Trump is no &lsquo;regular guy&rsquo; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-trump-is-no-regular-guy-for-wearing-cuff-links-in-garbage-truck-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Walz: Trump is no &#039;regular guy&#039; for wearing cuff links in garbage truck - Washington Examiner\">wearing cuff links<\/a> in a garbage truck<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1870740\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), the running mate to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, went on the offensive against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> in Detroit and Flint, Michigan, saying the Republican disrespects autoworkers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Walz hit Trump for not being in touch with everyday people, particularly autoworkers, following comments that Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/state\/south-carolina\/article294071469.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">made<\/a> in mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only thing he knows to how to manufacture is bulls***, and he&rsquo;s continued to do it,&rdquo; Walz said during a campaign stop in Detroit on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said foreign automakers were &ldquo;getting away with murder&rdquo; by manufacturing the parts overseas and then assembling them in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[U.S. autoworkers] don&rsquo;t build cars. They take them out of a box, and they assemble them. We could have our child do it,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/state\/south-carolina\/article294071469.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump said\">Trump said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walz said Trump &ldquo;couldn&rsquo;t open the damn door to a garbage truck, let alone&rdquo; put a car together, a reference to Trump&rsquo;s surprise appearance in a garbage truck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-the-ultimate-showman-capitalizes-on-biden-garbage-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">press conference<\/a> earlier this week after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3212365\/white-house-changed-biden-garbage-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> Trump supporters &ldquo;garbage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Donald, who, by the way, got in that garbage truck wearing French cuffs with cuff links &mdash;&nbsp;no one I know wears those things to begin with but trying to tell us he&rsquo;s a regular guy,&rdquo; Walz said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also campaigning in Michigan on Friday, offering a hard pitch to blue-collar and union workers in Warren, Michigan. While the leadership of the United Auto Workers union endorsed Harris, other prominent unions have declined to back her, including the Teamsters, giving Trump an opening.<\/p>\n<p>Walz visited the Michigan town of Flint, the birthplace of General Motors, later on Friday afternoon and hit on the same points that Trump was incapable of reviving the Michigan economy and that it was time to turn the page on the embattled Republican to a new, more hopeful chapter in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>Walz said voters who believed the economy was better during Trump&rsquo;s presidency from 2017 to 2021 were mistaken and that the country was worse off when he left office than when he entered.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump botched the pandemic response so poorly. Not only did we lose 10 million jobs, we were pitted into a hunger game against our neighbors to find toilet paper. That&rsquo;s how bad it was,&rdquo; Walz said in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-harris\" title=\"\">average of polling<\/a> in Michigan conducted between Oct. 17 and Oct. 30 found Harris ahead just slightly: 48.3% to 47.5%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1870740\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1870740\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Michigan, Walz criticizes Trump for wearing cuff links in a garbage truck, claiming he disrespects autoworkers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2362959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/donald-trump-tim-walz-august-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6672,5894,3634,27318,32076],"class_list":["post-2362958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-commentary","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-walz","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/donald-trump-tim-walz-august-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362958","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\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}