{"id":2362994,"date":"2024-11-01T21:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-rally-uaw-voters-in-detroit-against-corporate-greed-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:32:09","slug":"progressive-democrats-rally-uaw-voters-in-detroit-against-corporate-greed-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-rally-uaw-voters-in-detroit-against-corporate-greed-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Democrats rally UAW voters in Detroit against \u2018corporate greed\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fprogressive-democrats-rally-uaw-voters-in-detroit-against-corporate-greed-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=2362994&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>Progressive \u200bDemocrats,\u200b including Representatives Rashida Tlaib,\u200c Pramila Jayapal,\u200b and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, rallied the \u200bUnited Auto Workers\u2064 (UAW) in Detroit \u2064to advocate for progressive causes ahead of \u200dthe elections. Emphasizing the\u2062 importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-auto-union-and-big-three-automakers-to-reach-deal-avoid-strike\/\" title=\"Biden urges auto union and Big Three automakers to settle, prevent strike.\">union\u200b workers<\/a> in the Democratic base, Tlaib, who identifies as a \u201cUAW daughter,\u201d encouraged\u2062 turnout to support Democratic candidates, especially Kimberly Thomas and Kyra Harris Bolden for the state Supreme Court. She highlighted \u200bthe Michigan Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to raise the minimum wage as a crucial victory for workers.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal directly promoted Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s candidacy,\u200b urging attendees to help elect a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-still-weighing-china-tariff-options-as-requests-to-keep-them-pile-up\/\" title=\"Biden Still Weighing China Tariff Options as Requests to Keep Them Pile Up\">pro-labor president<\/a>. She praised the successful UAW strike that secured better contracts from major automakers and stressed the \u2064need for grassroots \u2063mobilization. Ocasio-Cortez delivered\u200b a passionate speech against former President Trump, defending Detroit as a \u2064resilient, union-strong\u2063 city. Despite a challenging election landscape, she expressed confidence in the power of a united working\u2064 class to \u200bsecure a victory for Harris.\u2064 The rally aimed to solidify Democratic\u200d support and energize voters \u2064in a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/\" title=\"DeSantis admits Trump&#039;s loss in 2020 election.\">key battleground \u2064state<\/a>.  <\/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\">Progressive Democrats rally UAW voters in Detroit against &lsquo;corporate greed&rsquo;<\/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_1526902\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) rallied union members at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Auto Workers<\/a> event centered on progressive causes ahead of Election Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With union workers forming a critical component of the Democratic base, the House lawmakers took to the stage in Detroit on Friday evening in a bid to shore up blue party support in the battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Calling herself a &ldquo;UAW daughter,&rdquo; Tlaib urged workers to get out and vote in a speech that harped on the importance of reelecting Democratic candidates up and down the ballot in the state. The Michigan Democrat, who along with Ocasio-Cortez, is part of a progressive faction in the House referred to as the &ldquo;Squad,&rdquo; particularly threw her weight behind Kimberly Thomas and Kyra Harris Bolden, both candidates for the state&rsquo;s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Referencing the court&rsquo;s move this year to back raising the minimum wage over the GOP&rsquo;s protests, Tlaib claimed Republicans &ldquo;like cheating&rdquo; as she <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reminded union workers &#038;ldquo<\/a>;it was the Michigan Supreme Court that made that decision. The Michigan Supreme Court said we will have paid sick leave and raised Michigan&rsquo;s minimum wage because the people spoke and they demanded it happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stand Up Speak Up Show Up GOTV Rally in Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8MhBp9CHK0\">https:\/\/t.co\/8MhBp9CHK0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UAW (@UAW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UAW\/status\/1852467054475186610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>As the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress after winning her election in 2018, Tlaib continued to press the importance of turning out to support Democratic candidates for the state house and senate as she argued that &ldquo;they&rsquo;re all a barrier against corporate greed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want you to understand this is so important, and remember the way we make sure that we can fight corporate greed is not only deciding again all the candidates, it&rsquo;s also making sure every branch we have folks that will protect us,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal made a more direct pitch for Vice President Kamala Harris, as polls show a tight race between the Democratic presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump in Michigan with just days until the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We got five days, five days to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to be the next President and the Vice President of the United States of America. Five days to make sure we get the gavels back in the House so we can control and pass &hellip; a $15 minimum wage, a living wage, and make sure that we continue to invest in people,&rdquo; she told workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, who chairs the House Progressive Caucus, continued to express support for the unprecedented UAW workers&rsquo; strike last year that ended in the &ldquo;Big Three&rdquo; automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, making major concessions to employees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We watched those workers stand up in a righteous fight, organize and get a fair contract, and get those big three to share their profits for the first time in a long time. You took on corporate greed, you took on the billionaires, and you inspired organizing across the country,&rdquo; she said before urging workers to reach more voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Door knocking is the way we make it happen,&rdquo; Jayapal continued as she hoped that the effort would &ldquo; make sure that we elect the next most pro-labor president in history, with Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez led perhaps the most fiery speech of the night, sending some harsh words Trump&rsquo;s way when she told&nbsp;the Michigan crowd that &ldquo;Detroit will not allow a scab in the White House, not if UAW has anything to do with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during the first day of Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. Ocasio-Cortez is the Democrat candidate for New York&rsquo;s 14th Congressional District. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued to attack the former president&rsquo;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3195705\/trump-promises-great-detroit-comeback-michigan-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> repeated worries<\/a> that Detroit is a city in decline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We heard it from Trump saying, &lsquo;Oh, we want what&rsquo;s gonna happen the world&rsquo;s gonna be like Detroit,&rsquo;&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Hell yeah. Hell yeah, that&rsquo;s right. I would love to be like a place that has that is home to the strongest, most fighting union in the United States of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York congresswoman continued the theme of attacking &ldquo; all the power,&rdquo; and &ldquo;all the wealthy people, as she hailed UAW as a&rdquo; fighting&rdquo; and &ldquo;a militant union.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Ocasio-Cortez warned voters that the race is &ldquo;down to the wire&rdquo; she expressed confidence that&nbsp;&ldquo;a united working class cannot be defeated&rdquo; and that Michigan could pull off a win for Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Detroit is the home of the most powerful union in America because this is a black, beautiful, strong city right here. This. This is a place where miracles happen, and this is the place that is going to deliver a Kamala Harris presidency right here from the state of Michigan,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the majority of unions have backed Harris, the Teamsters, one of the most powerful&nbsp;labor&nbsp;unions&nbsp;in the country, has notably declined to back her candidacy. Polling from the Teamsters 1.3 million members released last month showed 59.6% backed Trump compared to 34% for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>During a dueling rally in Michigan Friday, Trump argued that while union leaders backed Harris, he enjoyed more support from union workers than thought. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fiat-chrysler-to-pay-30m-settlement-linked-to-racketeering-scandal\/\" title=\"Fiat Chrysler to pay M settlement linked to racketeering scandal\">auto workers<\/a> all summer, four or five months, and I would ask them, I do my own poll, &lsquo;what&rsquo;s it like inside? Are they voting for Trump? How&rsquo;s our support?&rsquo; I&rsquo;d say,&rdquo; a Trump surrogate said at the event in Warren. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Auto Workers for Trump founder: &ldquo;The UAW members are voting for Donald Trump for President!&rdquo; &#8252;&#65039;MAGA&#8252;&#65039;&trade;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G0XKRXGJhP\">pic.twitter.com\/G0XKRXGJhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taxman&trade;&#65039; (@TaxmanTm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaxmanTm\/status\/1852466589481775389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do we have a majority in there? They&rsquo;d say &lsquo;majority.&rsquo; You got 65 or 70%. We&rsquo;re not voting for Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris. So don&rsquo;t believe anything you read in the newspaper. Don&rsquo;t believe anything you see Sean Fain talking about the auto workers. UAW members are voting for Donald Trump,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1526902\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1526902\"}});<\/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>Progressive Democrats rally UAW voters in Detroit against corporate greed. Reps. Tlaib, Jayapal, and Ocasio-Cortez urged union support for Democratic candidates before Election Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2362996,"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\/11\/AOC-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38940,36819,44194,44195,32076],"class_list":["post-2362994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corporate-greed","tag-detroit-rally","tag-progressive-democrats","tag-uaw-voters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AOC-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362994","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}