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(11,641 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2016, 10:25 AM Dec 2016

Bernie Sanders: Look beneath the surface when Trump attacks people

Bernie Sanders: Look beneath the surface when Trump attacks people

ALEXANDRA ROSENMANN, ALTERNET
11 DEC 2016 AT 23:34 ET

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“What can we say?” he asked host Chris Hayes, noting that, after being appalled by Trump’s actions for over a year, “The words ‘incredible,’ and ‘unbelievable’ are no longer applicable to Mr. Trump…he does one crazy thing after another.”

But the attack on the union leader was personal to Sanders, who had breakfast with Jones on Election Day this year.

“To attack a local labor leader in Indianapolis who has fought valiantly for his workers to protect the jobs of his steel workers is really unbelievable,” Sanders remarked, urging critics to not be fooled by appearances. “As is usually the case with Mr. Trump, there’s more beneath the surface.”

“That is what I think [Trump] was really doing; sending a message to the entire trade union movement.. ‘Do not stand up and fight for working people, we’re going to go after you,'” Sanders continued, adding that “We need to grow the trade union movement in America, we need to make it easier for workers to be able to engage in collective bargaining and what Trump is saying is exactly the opposite.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/bernie-sanders-look-beneath-the-surface-when-trump-attacks-people/