Clinton (finally) shows up at a picket line

[left-of-center2012]

Last edited Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:30 PM - Edit history (1)

ABC Evening News showed a video, showing that hours after Bernie Sanders spoke to striking CWA union members in New York City, Hillary Clinton made a brief appearance.
Surrounded by her staff, Secret Service, and the press, Hillary smiled and waved to the strikers.
"This has been going on for months," she said of the deadlocked contract talks, adding that the employees needed all the support they could get.

(Nearly 40,000 Verizon employees went on strike on Wednesday in one of the largest U.S. walkouts in recent years after contract talks hit an impasse)

[DebbieCDC]

1. Did she actually get out of her Escalade?

Or did she just roll down the window as she drove by and executed a Queen Elizabeth half-arm twist?

[B Calm]

14. She rides the subway, remember? LOL

[geek tragedy]

2. a union offical thanked her and told her "we'll be there for you"

she was very well-received.

considering that union is endorsing Bernie, a nice gesture.

But, Bernie supporters being Bernie supporters at DU, it won't go over well.

[Barack_America]

4. The strike involves the electrical workers.

[geek tragedy]

6. no, it's CWA striking against Verizon.

she showed up to show support even though they endorsed Sanders.

You can look for the video or news reports.

[Barack_America]

9. Sorry, no.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/13/474052786/tens-of-thousands-of-verizon-workers-go-on-strike

Both groups are striking.

[geek tragedy]

11. and she visited the striking CWA workers.

4/13/16, 5:57 PM
Dennis Trainer, international VP of CWA (which endorsed Sanders), tells Clinton "you know we'll be there for you." pic.twitter.com/u6VwMcnjkF

https://mobile.twitter.com/ABCLiz/status/720370379081035777

[Barack_America]

15. If she's the nominee in the GE, why not?

CWA is fully behind Bernie right now though.

[Chezboo]

22. And just like her subway stunt, she wouldn't have thought to show up if Bernie

hadn't been picketing with them this morning. Too bad she didn't follow his lead on his Iraq war vote.

[geek tragedy]

23. You'd whine if she didn't show up, you're whining because they did show up.

Has Bernie ever done anything for any person or organization that's endorsing Hillary?

[DetroitSocialist83]

3. She would have showed up sooner

But she's on cautious politician time.

[Barack_America]

7. And she was too busy cashing checks from Verizon.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511725553

[shanti]

21. BOOM! n/t

[geek tragedy]

27. funny how she took their money, and very publicly threw

her support behind the union, not Verizon.

that kind of undermines that talking point.

[pkdu]

32. Logic and math...two things not appreciated by too many here. Nt

[Barack_America]

33. If she would release the transcripts from her speeches...

...then maybe I could believe she didn't call Verizon's CEO first to tell him not to worry.

[geek tragedy]

35. what good would her calling him do the company

if she's publicly siding with the workers?

sometimes the simpler explanation is the best-accomplished politicians learn how to take money and still vote against the person giving it.

[Barack_America]

36. When has she voted against Verizon?

She's backed just about every trade agreement brought before her.

What hard-hitting votes against Verizon am I missing?

[geek tragedy]

37. How many votes on Verizon are there? nt

[timmymoff]

40. wink wink nod nod, yes she threw her support behind the union

[rurallib]

13. !

In DiBlasio's city

[2cannan]

17. LOL, excellent! nt

[winter is coming]

20. Well played!

[tabasco]

5. Her Majesty never mingles with common ruffians!

Whereas Sanders walks with us, talks with us, and marches with us.

[pdsimdars]

10. good

[Zira]

26. And Bernie has been since the 60's. Hill showed up for her photo op in this one then left.

The only other one I heard of her going to, she crossed - that's how she tells about her first date with Bill.

[Gwhittey]

8. "This has been going on for months,"

Is that all she said? That could been directed to big wigs in Verizon in support of the strife they are enduring by the peasants demanding more gruel.

[Punkingal]

12. She should be ashamed to show up there. I hope they booed her.

[Zira]

29. +1

She didn't stay long. Said campaigning words like she was with them, got her photo op, got back in her limo and left.

[Else You Are Mad]

16. I bet she the delay in her showing up...

Was the result of her having to wait for the 'okay to go' from Verizon and the executives that donated to her. She was just being a "cautious politician' and didn't want to upset her big money donors from Verizon.

[CharlotteVale]

18. Yeah, it's not like she's going to return their money or anything.

That would be the ethical thing to do.

[pantsonfire]

19. Maybe she'll hand out the $225,000 paid to her by Verizon for her pro-workers rights speech....n/t

[Kittycat]

24. Plus the maxed out campaign donations from execs & 100k-250K Bill recv'd through the Foundation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1413777

The Hillary Clinton campaign, meanwhile, has received tens of thousands of dollars from Verizon executives and lobbyists.

That’s not all. For a May 2013 speech, the corporation paid Clinton a whopping $225,000 honorarium, according to her tax records.

Verizon has also given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Foundation, which investigative journalist Ken Silverstein has referred to as a “so-called charitable enterprise has served as a vehicle to launder money and to enrich family friends.”

Moreover, the Clinton Foundation has partnered directly with Verizon, which is notorious for its vehement opposition to unions. The corporation is a partner in the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, and said it is “proud to partner with the Clinton Foundation.”

-snip-
Three Verizon vice presidents each donated $2,700 to Hillary for America. They were joined by a senior vice president and another vice president, who gave an additional $1,000.

A former Hillary Clinton operative who now lobbies for Verizon donated $2,700 as well, along with another Verizon lobbyist who pitched in $1,000.

[pantsonfire]

28. K & R + 225000....n/t

[Zira]

25. The headline should say, AND SHE DIDN'T CROSS IT THIS TIME.

as she did on at least one historic night in her life.

[Beowulf]

34. Her first date with Bill, right?

And they didn't just cross a picket line, they performed some of the work normally done by the striking workers!

[chillfactor]

30. good grief....

her schedule is not the same as Bernie's.....what a ridiculous post!

[guillaumeb]

31. Actually more than Barack Obama did.

He still cannot find his walking shoes.

[marlakay]

38. My ABC showed a clip of her there first

Then barely showed him acting like she did more.

Not a second of Bernie's huge rally.

More time over some dumb thing Trump did.

[left-of-center2012]

39. "My ABC showed a clip of her there first"

Clip I saw said she showed up two hours after Bernie.

[demwing]

41. Did she tell Verizon to cut it out?

The this whole, messy thing should be resolved in no time!

[Impedimentus]

42. Must have been the result of a focus group.

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