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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 10:40 PM Dec 2014

Sen. Elizabeth Warren to be keynote speaker for AFL-CIO

Sen. Elizabeth Warren to be keynote speaker for AFL-CIO
12/4/2014

...Warren has repeatedly said she isn’t running for president. But her strong support among progressives has made her a wished-for Democratic 2016 candidate, and she has made clear she plans to continue to shape the debate about the party’s economic priorities.

(Also on POLITICO: Clinton has met with potential campaign managers)

Richard Trumka, the AFL-CIO president who told the New York Times after the Democrats’ disastrous midterms that he hopes to see Hillary Clinton run on a platform focused on raising wages and that she won’t “cater to Wall Street,” praised Warren in a statement.

“Elizabeth Warren is a true champion of working people with the right vision and leadership to keynote this critical summit,” he said. “Senator Warren knows how to protect Main Street from Wall Street, fight for jobs and rebuild the American Dream. She has a defined set of values and unlike many politicians, she actually sticks by those and fights to implement them. That’s exactly what this summit is all about.”

Democratic strategists say the party needs a focused, clear message to appeal to the middle class and that the midterm election results show how far the party has strayed from speaking to those voters. The issue of stalled middle-class wages is expected to dominate the economic discussion during the 2016 campaign.

The purpose of the summit is to focus on wage-elevating strategies.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/elizabeth-warren-afl-cio-113317.html
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren to be keynote speaker for AFL-CIO (Original Post) RiverLover Dec 2014 OP
I would like to see Richard Trumka run for prez. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #1
What a remarkable woman she is. Autumn Dec 2014 #2
She's a champion for the middle class, so what a perfect fit for AFL-CIO RiverLover Dec 2014 #3
I have been known to take someones post about her and post it Autumn Dec 2014 #4
Wouldn't that be awesome??? RiverLover Dec 2014 #5
She isn't running for president... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #6
She's not running so quit saying that!1!!1111!!!! Le Taz Hot Dec 2014 #11
Cool (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #7
Why would Trumka hope that Hillary would run on not catering to Wall Street? liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #8
I don't see Trumka giving Hillary a lot of praise. Autumn Dec 2014 #9
No mistaking the gist of this. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #10

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
3. She's a champion for the middle class, so what a perfect fit for AFL-CIO
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 10:51 PM
Dec 2014

I reposted

I guess that's a courtesy thing here, Autumn, to not take another's post & repost it? (it wouldn't bother me)

Autumn

(45,042 posts)
4. I have been known to take someones post about her and post it
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 10:56 PM
Dec 2014

but I do like to ask first. And it's wonderful to have all the posts on her in one place just on the off chance she will see just how much we need her and decide to run for President.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
8. Why would Trumka hope that Hillary would run on not catering to Wall Street?
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:38 PM
Dec 2014

She has proven over and over and over again that Wall Street is a much bigger priority than labor. When is labor going to wake up? How long are they going to hope a Democrat will fight for labor? When will they put their support behind someone with a track record of fighting for labor?

Autumn

(45,042 posts)
9. I don't see Trumka giving Hillary a lot of praise.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:44 PM
Dec 2014

Compare "he hopes to see Hillary Clinton run on a platform focused on raising wages and that she won’t “cater to Wall Street,”

to what he said about Liz

“Elizabeth Warren is a true champion of working people with the right vision and leadership to keynote this critical summit,” he said. “Senator Warren knows how to protect Main Street from Wall Street, fight for jobs and rebuild the American Dream. She has a defined set of values and unlike many politicians, she actually sticks by those and fights to implement them."

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