Over the course of the past year and two months, Hillary Clinton accrued the endorsements of a great many labor unions. The Communications Workers of America was not among them. That changed today when the president, Chris Shelton, told members today that it was time to rethink, rescind, and re-endorse for Hillary.
POLITICS Pro-Sanders Union Gets Behind Hillary Clinton: ‘She Is The Candidate’
After endorsing Bernie Sanders, a union president says Hillary Clinton is now the only choice.
WASHINGTON — The president of one of the largest labor unions to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders says it’s time to rally behind Hillary Clinton and keep Donald Trump out of the White House at all costs.
In a speech to union members in D.C. on Tuesday, Chris Shelton, president of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America, said that while Clinton is not a “perfect candidate,” she is the candidate the union needs to get behind immediately.
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While saying Clinton is “not [the] populist” they would prefer, Shelton noted that she stood with the union on the Verizon picket line, sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act as a senator and backs comprehensive immigration reform.
“Donald Trump is a mindless jerk who threatens to destroy our country,” he said. “Hillary Clinton is a thoughtful and experienced leader with whom we have sometimes had disagreements. It’s a no-brainer.”
Regardless of what Bernie or his supporters say or do, it all ends tonight, right about now as I type, in D.C. It is on from here against Donald Trump. As we used to say in the 60s, either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
Better late than never I suppose.
It’ll be interesting to see what leaks, if any, come from the Hill/Sanders meeting. I notice in his list of demands (open primaries, no SuperDelegates $15 min wage, fracking stuff, etc.) that he does NOT mention caucuses. Which, IMO shows that he’s not as principled as he likes to portray since we all know caucuses are the least democratic type of contest.
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Did he bring Jane into this meeting? I was shocked to see her there. I know Hillary did not bring Bill, and at Dianne’s house in ’08 neither Hillary nor Obama brought a spouse along.
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Initially, reports were that the mtg would be just the 2 of them. But looks like Hill had 2 aides while Sanders brought Jane, Weaver, and I think
1 other person. One hopes the 2 got to speak 1 on 1 at some point though.
He brought Jane to the WH mtg as well. Remember, her official campaign title is “Advisor.” Hmm, I wonder if she is getting a salary. I hope she didn’t advise him on finance, considering she bankrupted that poor college in VT. (Sorry, I had to go there. 😉)
Also. It struck me that Jane never did get around to releasing those tax returns. Weaver told Chris Matthews they’d do it before the convention. Technically they still have time I guess.. 🙄
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Remind me not to sit on a hot stove while I wait.
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