Brown: Trump 'finally woke up and acts like he wants to do something' about GM plant closure

[DonViejo]

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 03/19/2019 09:42 AM EDT

Sen. Sherrod Brown said Tuesday that President Donald Trump "finally woke up and acts like he wants to do something" regarding the closure of an automotive plant in Ohio, accusing the president of doing little to save the jobs lost by the facility's closure.

The Ohio Democrat, who recently ruled out a run for president in 2020, ripped Trump in an interview on CNN’s “New Day” for failing to heed his warnings about the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that began laying off workers in 2016 before shutting down last week, arguing that there’s no way Trump could claim ignorance about the plant being in danger.

“We just finally woke him up. I mean, I've been talking to him about this plant for over a year,” Brown said. “He, I assume, gets briefings about a major auto layoff in a major state. He should know that.”

Brown said that Trump’s defenses for letting the plant close — despite successfully campaigning in the Midwest to revive the region's declining manufacturing sector — are evidence that the president will continue to pass off blame and refuse to accept any responsibility while he keeps railing against the plant’s closure on Twitter.

Trump over the weekend demanded that GM and local union leaders work to reopen the plant, even if that meant selling it. GM last year announced that it would shutter a handful of plants in the U.S. and Canada because of a lack of demand for the Chevrolet Cruze sedans made at the plants.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/19/trump-brown-ohio-gm-1226897

[louis-t]

1. He only 'acts' like he wants do do something because

it makes him look like he's a loser, which he is. He's acting like a 2 year old who didn't get what he wanted. As usual.