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Here is a timeline of @realDonaldTrump’s looooooong history of failing to stand up for Ohio workers:
Here is a timeline of @realDonaldTrump’s looooooong history of failing to stand up for Ohio workers:
Dec. 17, 2008:
Trump goes on Fox News and says he opposes the auto bailout, saying they should have been thrown into bankruptcy.
“You can’t just throw the money at the auto companies.”
ohiodems.org/bankruptcy-bud…
Trump goes on Fox News and says he opposes the auto bailout, saying they should have been thrown into bankruptcy.
“You can’t just throw the money at the auto companies.”
ohiodems.org/bankruptcy-bud…
Aug. 11, 2015:
“Asked if President Obama showed leadership in the 2008/2009 bailout of the major auto companies, Trump meandered through an answer that left him without a position.”
Trump: “I think you would have wound up in the same place.”
washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
“Asked if President Obama showed leadership in the 2008/2009 bailout of the major auto companies, Trump meandered through an answer that left him without a position.”
Trump: “I think you would have wound up in the same place.”
washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
Jan. 20, 2017:
Trump is inaugurated the same day that 1,200 GM Lordstown workers are laid off.
One laid-off worker who voted for Trump said: “Please help us in Lordstown...This is a great middle-class job. You can't find one better around here."
money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/new…
Trump is inaugurated the same day that 1,200 GM Lordstown workers are laid off.
One laid-off worker who voted for Trump said: “Please help us in Lordstown...This is a great middle-class job. You can't find one better around here."
money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/new…
July 25, 2017:
Trump talks about jobs in the Mahoning Valley.
“They’re all coming back. They’re all coming back. Don’t move, don’t sell your house...We never again will sacrifice Ohio jobs and those in other states to enrich other countries.”
dispatch.com/news/20170726/…
Trump talks about jobs in the Mahoning Valley.
“They’re all coming back. They’re all coming back. Don’t move, don’t sell your house...We never again will sacrifice Ohio jobs and those in other states to enrich other countries.”
dispatch.com/news/20170726/…
July 6, 2018:
A UAW Lordstown leader writes Trump after 1,200 workers lose their jobs.
“The fact (is) that many of our workers here in Ohio voted for you, and for you to remain silent on this issue is disturbing.”
Trump doesn't respond to the letter.
gmauthority.com/blog/2018/07/u…
A UAW Lordstown leader writes Trump after 1,200 workers lose their jobs.
“The fact (is) that many of our workers here in Ohio voted for you, and for you to remain silent on this issue is disturbing.”
Trump doesn't respond to the letter.
gmauthority.com/blog/2018/07/u…
Nov. 26, 2018:
GM announces it will close its plant in Lordstown, losing 1,600 jobs in the plant and affecting 43,000 across the industrial Midwest.
ohio.com/news/20181126/…
GM announces it will close its plant in Lordstown, losing 1,600 jobs in the plant and affecting 43,000 across the industrial Midwest.
ohio.com/news/20181126/…
Dec. 13, 2018:
Trump dismisses the impact of the Lordstown GM plant closing, saying “it doesn’t really matter” if thousands of jobs are lost.
“Ohio’s going to replace those jobs in like two minutes.”
Trump dismisses the impact of the Lordstown GM plant closing, saying “it doesn’t really matter” if thousands of jobs are lost.
“Ohio’s going to replace those jobs in like two minutes.”
Jan. 25, 2019:
Ohio Democrats deliver a petition with over 7,000 signatures to UAW leaders in Lordstown calling on GM to save these jobs.
ohiodems.org/thousands-of-o…
Ohio Democrats deliver a petition with over 7,000 signatures to UAW leaders in Lordstown calling on GM to save these jobs.
ohiodems.org/thousands-of-o…
Feb. 1, 2019:
A UAW Lordstown leader pens his second letter to Trump after not hearing back about his first letter from the summer before. He reminds Trump that 40,000 jobs could be impacted.
The president does not respond to this letter.
wfmj.com/story/39896004…
A UAW Lordstown leader pens his second letter to Trump after not hearing back about his first letter from the summer before. He reminds Trump that 40,000 jobs could be impacted.
The president does not respond to this letter.
wfmj.com/story/39896004…
Feb. 7, 2019:
Trump ignores Lordstown's crisis in his State of the Union speech.
One UAW worker says: “He came out in Nov. and said that he expected something to go there and then in the SOTU he had the perfect opportunity and didn’t even mention us.”
ohiodems.org/icymi-trump-ig…
Trump ignores Lordstown's crisis in his State of the Union speech.
One UAW worker says: “He came out in Nov. and said that he expected something to go there and then in the SOTU he had the perfect opportunity and didn’t even mention us.”
ohiodems.org/icymi-trump-ig…
Feb. 12, 2019:
Trump has still not responded to thousands of Ohioans asking him to stand up for GM jobs, but during a speech he lies about “car companies...going back to Ohio.”
ohiodems.org/fact-check-des…
Trump has still not responded to thousands of Ohioans asking him to stand up for GM jobs, but during a speech he lies about “car companies...going back to Ohio.”
ohiodems.org/fact-check-des…
March 6, 2019:
The Lordstown GM plant shuts its doors, displacing thousands of workers.
Trump says nothing about Lordstown. Instead, he tweets about fake news and his manufactured “national emergency” at the border.
The Lordstown GM plant shuts its doors, displacing thousands of workers.
Trump says nothing about Lordstown. Instead, he tweets about fake news and his manufactured “national emergency” at the border.
March 16, 2019:
Ten days after the Lordstown plant closes, Trump apparently realizes the GM Lordstown Plant has closed, marking the event with a series of angry tweets.
ohiodems.org/ten-days-later…
Ten days after the Lordstown plant closes, Trump apparently realizes the GM Lordstown Plant has closed, marking the event with a series of angry tweets.
ohiodems.org/ten-days-later…
March 17, 2019:
Trump gets on Twitter to bash the UAW leader who has been fighting for nearly a year to protect Ohio jobs in Lordstown.
Trump gets on Twitter to bash the UAW leader who has been fighting for nearly a year to protect Ohio jobs in Lordstown.
March 17, 2019:
Trump continues his Twitter tirade, passing blame on union workers for GM shuttering its Lordstown plant.
Trump continues his Twitter tirade, passing blame on union workers for GM shuttering its Lordstown plant.
TL;DR
@realDonaldTrump doesn't care about Lordstown. He has never cared, going back to 2008 when he wanted to let the auto companies go bankrupt.
He has ignored the workers for years, while giving a massive tax break to GM.
And now he's attacking the workers and their union.
@realDonaldTrump doesn't care about Lordstown. He has never cared, going back to 2008 when he wanted to let the auto companies go bankrupt.
He has ignored the workers for years, while giving a massive tax break to GM.
And now he's attacking the workers and their union.
The @ohiogop can kowtow to Trump. We will #StandWithLordstown and Ohio workers.
