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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 06:58 PM Jul 2017

Unemployed ex-Carrier worker: Trump blew smoke up our asses with a sh*t-eating grin on his face

“It used to be a fun place to work; I didn’t mind going,” she explained. “Then they started making changes that only benefit them: robots, cutting jobs. Just yesterday, they were talking about cutting a three-man blower-shelf crew—they deal with the forms that hold the blower on one side and the heating element on the other—down to two. But two people can’t do that job.”

She then reflected about Trump’s visit to Carrier last December — and said she believed it was a setup to make Trump look good while still keeping in place plans for mass layoffs.


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“I think the C.E.O. of Carrier and Trump was in bed together the whole time,” she said. “That day Trump came to Carrier, those two were too chummy. The way they sniggled and giggled. That sneaky kind of sh*t-eating grin.”

As for what she’ll do now, Battle says that she will spend some time with her 77-year-old father.

“He thinks Trump blew smoke up our asses, too,” she said of her father.





http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/unemployed-ex-carrier-worker-trump-blew-smoke-up-our-asses-with-a-sht-eating-grin-on-his-face/?platform=hootsuite


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Unemployed ex-Carrier worker: Trump blew smoke up our asses with a sh*t-eating grin on his face (Original Post) kpete Jul 2017 OP
Smoke and Mirrors MagickMuffin Jul 2017 #1
Yep, there's that brick wall Warpy Jul 2017 #2
Yes. But they need to ask themselves why they fell for it in the first place JI7 Jul 2017 #3
Fox News and Limbaugh. Workers didn't know the truth sharedvalues Jul 2017 #13
They didn't hear him attack mexicans as rapists criminals etc ? JI7 Jul 2017 #15
They hated Hillary more - "she killed people"! sharedvalues Jul 2017 #18
I think their problem was she likes black people JI7 Jul 2017 #23
If they only listened to Fox news, probably not. sharedvalues Jul 2017 #28
BS. Too Lazy and bigoted to look at facts and accept the truth. we can do it Jul 2017 #24
Every dictator has state control of media sharedvalues Jul 2017 #29
!!! Alice11111 Jul 2017 #31
Campaign lies to pander to bigots and idiots. we can do it Jul 2017 #33
Only kind of grin he's capable of El Mimbreno Jul 2017 #4
He told the workers just what they wanted to hear gratuitous Jul 2017 #5
The woman they interviewed voted for Clinton. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #9
You so nailed it. Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #11
And they couldn't, wouldn't believe he would lie outright to them. no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #12
Yep! Yep! Alice11111 Jul 2017 #32
Wouldn't. Bought the lies to go with the hate that was true. we can do it Jul 2017 #34
After the candidate 45 went to carrier I swore off ever buying one. AJT Jul 2017 #6
The Republican draft dodger in chief is a notorious liar Achilleaze Jul 2017 #7
I hope more of these people will come forward to tell the world how they were hoodwinked. Grammy23 Jul 2017 #8
No first term President has had a sub 50% approval in their first six months. Dawson Leery Jul 2017 #10
Is Carrier the Corporatin Pences State 'gave' 7 MILLION of state money to? Sunlei Jul 2017 #14
Yes and Carrier plans to use some of the money for automation rather than jobs. Vinca Jul 2017 #20
And you dumb-asses believed it! Lesson learned???? n/t USALiberal Jul 2017 #16
I doubt it. we can do it Jul 2017 #25
These stories need to be spread far and wide. And the media should be hounded to report on the nikibatts Jul 2017 #17
This exactly. we can do it Jul 2017 #26
Well, that's one person who's figured it out. Vinca Jul 2017 #19
Trust Trump at your own peril MrScorpio Jul 2017 #21
"The way they sniggled and giggled. That sneaky kind of sh*t-eating grin. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #22
How is FOX reporting this? Mr. Ected Jul 2017 #27
"Trump blew smoke". Who woulda thunk it? oasis Jul 2017 #30
When you're sitting in Ohio, laid off, it all becomes clear DFW Jul 2017 #35

JI7

(89,248 posts)
3. Yes. But they need to ask themselves why they fell for it in the first place
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:08 PM
Jul 2017

considering things KNOW about him and the way he attacks others.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
13. Fox News and Limbaugh. Workers didn't know the truth
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 08:23 PM
Jul 2017

As long as we have virtual state/GOP media willing to tell any lie no matter how low, America will be in danger.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
18. They hated Hillary more - "she killed people"!
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 08:11 AM
Jul 2017

Those lies about HRC came from the right wing press.

we can do it

(12,184 posts)
24. BS. Too Lazy and bigoted to look at facts and accept the truth.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jul 2017

I feel no pity for assholes who've fucked us all. None.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
29. Every dictator has state control of media
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 03:52 PM
Jul 2017

Propanganda works. It works with Americans and it works with the citizens of every dictatorship. It works with all societies. That's why Putin and Chavez and even yes Hitler moved to take control of their media.

Putin is brutally killing journalists. Yet his people support him. Why? Propanganda.

Hitler killed millions, yet his people voted him in. Why? Propaganda.

We will never save this country until we eliminate the propaganda GOP media.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. He told the workers just what they wanted to hear
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jul 2017

The workers didn't look too closely at what Candidate Trump was saying, they just knew it sounded good. Other people's jobs might go away, but Trump would save theirs. How was he going to do that? Well, he's a successful businessman, with brilliant insights unavailable to mere mortals. Democrats told those workers that Trump's promises weren't worth the breath it took to lie them out, but that's not what those workers wanted to hear. The workers' dissatisfaction with the Democrats' message was heavily buttressed by Fox, which told those workers that the Democrats wanted them to be out of work.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
11. You so nailed it.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:16 PM
Jul 2017

Been down that road,fear of the unknown is a powerful tool for those who are uninformed of the real truth.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. The Republican draft dodger in chief is a notorious liar
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:11 PM
Jul 2017

Lies may be acceptable for Republicans, but not for Americans

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
8. I hope more of these people will come forward to tell the world how they were hoodwinked.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:12 PM
Jul 2017

How tRump with a grin and a handshake sold these workers and the nation a bill of goods. They were hopeful yet worried about their jobs---their future. And tRump, knowing this, preyed upon their vulnerabilities to make himself look good. They should expose this scumdog for the lowlife he is.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
10. No first term President has had a sub 50% approval in their first six months.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 07:15 PM
Jul 2017

This professional conman will do anything to get his way.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
14. Is Carrier the Corporatin Pences State 'gave' 7 MILLION of state money to?
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 08:38 PM
Jul 2017

handouts of state taxpayer money to corporations are why states are BROKE 'no money to help citizens" today.

 

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)
17. These stories need to be spread far and wide. And the media should be hounded to report on the
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 07:15 AM
Jul 2017

fake promises Trump made. The same kind of media attention needs to be given to this story as the big media event when Trump went to Carrier and the coverage they received then.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. "The way they sniggled and giggled. That sneaky kind of sh*t-eating grin.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 08:53 AM
Jul 2017

Evil, heartless bastard! Just when I think my opinion of him can't go any lower, he manages to top himself. Has this man ever done a kind or generous thing in his life? Has he ever done anything good at all? All I can see is a lifetime of selfishness, cruelty, greed, corruption, vengeance, hatred, perversion, vulgarity and lies.

DFW

(54,369 posts)
35. When you're sitting in Ohio, laid off, it all becomes clear
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:07 AM
Jul 2017

Until, that is, you turn on Fox Noise, and you reach for your beer, thoroughly convinced you'd still have a job if it weren't for Hillary, Mexicans and libbruls.

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