2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhich Side Are You On, Hillary?
Weve got to stand up for unions, Hillary Clinton declared in her closing statement during the Democratic debate in Milwaukee last month. The line offered the labor-friendly audience a comforting rebuke to Gov. Scott Walkers relentless attacks on Wisconsins unions. It generated passionate applause.
But Mrs. Clintons show of support contrasted with her long indifference to the concerns of organized labor. The results of Michigans primary last week highlighted this problem; exit polls showed that Mrs. Clinton narrowly lost union households to Senator Bernie Sanders. Over all, nearly 60 percent of Democratic voters thought free-trade agreements, which Mrs. Clinton has generally supported, caused job losses. Mr. Sanders won a majority of those voters, too, which raises the possibility of further upsets on Tuesday in primaries in Illinois and Ohio, where opposition to free-trade pacts is strong."
I'm so hoping for another upset!
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IllinoisLabour
(86 posts)Or rather, on their board. Tells me all I need to know about her stance on the workers' right to organize.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)We ain't in it.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)it seems like it changes daily.
Yes, Hillary has supported some good things, but she seems to change her platform on the reg depending on what state is voting next. Hillary seems to only do and say things that might benefit her and her campaign.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)and the others that she speaks to behind locked doors the real truth as to what her positions are and we wouldn't like them.