THREAD ON PENCE PHOTO-OP IN LORDSTOWN
Today, now that @realDonaldTrump finds himself down in the polls in Ohio, Pence is making a photo-op visit to Ohio to try to claim credit for potential new jobs in the Valley.
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Today, now that @realDonaldTrump finds himself down in the polls in Ohio, Pence is making a photo-op visit to Ohio to try to claim credit for potential new jobs in the Valley.
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There were countless opportunities for Trump to visit the Valley & take action to stop the tremendous damage that took place there.
Instead, he did nothing but insult the workers, ignore pleas for help, & break his promises to a community he assured he would fight for
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Instead, he did nothing but insult the workers, ignore pleas for help, & break his promises to a community he assured he would fight for
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What follows is the damning timeline of the GM Lordstown plant and Donald Trump--one that Pence hopes no one will bring up today.
And when you read it, you'll see why workers and families there are so skeptical of today's photo-op.
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And when you read it, you'll see why workers and families there are so skeptical of today's photo-op.
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August 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.”
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washingtonpost.com
“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.”
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washingtonpost.com
January 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."
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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."
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At a rally in Youngstown, Trump talks about jobs in the Mahoning Vlly
“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.”
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“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.”
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Dec. 22, 2017
Trump signs tax bill into law. GM reaps a massive windfall from the new tax law.
For 2018, GM received a tax rebate of $104 million on $4.3 billion in income.
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Trump signs tax bill into law. GM reaps a massive windfall from the new tax law.
For 2018, GM received a tax rebate of $104 million on $4.3 billion in income.
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June 21, 2018
GM announces it plans to build the new Chevrolet Blazer at a plant in Mexico.
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GM announces it plans to build the new Chevrolet Blazer at a plant in Mexico.
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July 6, 2018
A UAW Lordstown leader writes to Trump, “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. He does nothing to help.
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A UAW Lordstown leader writes to Trump, “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. He does nothing to help.
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Sept 1, 2018
Youngstown Mayor @YtownTitoBrown writes Trump a letter, asking for help.
Again, no response. Over the next two years, he visits Ohio many times--not once does he return to the area where he promised so much.
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Youngstown Mayor @YtownTitoBrown writes Trump a letter, asking for help.
Again, no response. Over the next two years, he visits Ohio many times--not once does he return to the area where he promised so much.
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Nov. 26, 2018
GM announces it will close its factory in Lordstown, slashing the remaining 1,600 jobs at the plant and affecting 43,000 across the industrial Midwest.
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GM announces it will close its factory in Lordstown, slashing the remaining 1,600 jobs at the plant and affecting 43,000 across the industrial Midwest.
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December 13, 2018
Trump dismisses the impact of the Lordstown GM plant closing, saying “it doesn’t really matter” if thousands of jobs are lost, adding, “Ohio’s going to replace those jobs in like two minutes.”
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Trump dismisses the impact of the Lordstown GM plant closing, saying “it doesn’t really matter” if thousands of jobs are lost, adding, “Ohio’s going to replace those jobs in like two minutes.”
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(Ohio does not replace those jobs in two minutes. Or in an entire year. The Buckeye State lost 12,500 jobs from January 2019 to January 2020, which made 2019 the worst year for jobs in Ohio since the Great Recession.)
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February 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.
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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.
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Feb. 7, 2019
Trump ignores Lordstown's crisis in State of the Union speech
One worker says: “He came out in November 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.”
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Trump ignores Lordstown's crisis in State of the Union speech
One worker says: “He came out in November 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.”
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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.
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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.
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March 16, 2019
Ten days after the Lordstown plant closes, Trump apparently realizes the factory has closed, marking the event with a series of angry tweets.
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Ten days after the Lordstown plant closes, Trump apparently realizes the factory has closed, marking the event with a series of angry tweets.
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March 17, 2019
Trump returns to Twitter to talk about Lordstown, but now he takes GM's side(!), bashing the UAW leader who had been fighting for years to protect Ohio jobs in Lordstown and passes blame onto union workers for GM's decision.
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washingtonpost.com
Trump returns to Twitter to talk about Lordstown, but now he takes GM's side(!), bashing the UAW leader who had been fighting for years to protect Ohio jobs in Lordstown and passes blame onto union workers for GM's decision.
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washingtonpost.com
Pence attends a central Ohio groundbreaking for Magna Seating, a company that had closed its plant in Lordstown and laid off hundreds of workers.
At the event, Pence makes incorrect statements about the future of the GM Lordstown plant.
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At the event, Pence makes incorrect statements about the future of the GM Lordstown plant.
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Sept. 16, 2019
GM workers start a nationwide six-week strike. The union fights to bring a new product to the shuttered Lordstown plant, but ultimately, the agreement does not reopen the factory.
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GM workers start a nationwide six-week strike. The union fights to bring a new product to the shuttered Lordstown plant, but ultimately, the agreement does not reopen the factory.
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No Trump administration officials visit a picket line to support GM’s workers, who tell Trump to stay out of the negotiations: “He didn’t support us when we went bankrupt. I don’t think that’s something the UAW will ever forget."
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Feb. 10, 2020
Trump releases a new budget that eliminates the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program -- a program that could provide $200 million in funding for Lordstown Motors.
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Trump releases a new budget that eliminates the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program -- a program that could provide $200 million in funding for Lordstown Motors.
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March 27, 2020
Trump tweets that “General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant … and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!!”
(GM had sold the Lordstown plant in November 2019.)
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Trump tweets that “General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant … and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!!”
(GM had sold the Lordstown plant in November 2019.)
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June 15, 2020
A news report reveals that the state of Ohio is attempting to claw back $60 million in tax subsidies given to GM, which had pledged to keep jobs at the Lordstown plant through 2027.
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propublica.org/article/gm-clo…
A news report reveals that the state of Ohio is attempting to claw back $60 million in tax subsidies given to GM, which had pledged to keep jobs at the Lordstown plant through 2027.
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Today, June 25, 2020
After trailing in the polls in Ohio for several months, Pence comes to Lordstown as if they’ve done a damn thing to help.
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After trailing in the polls in Ohio for several months, Pence comes to Lordstown as if they’ve done a damn thing to help.
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Of all the consequences of this shutdown, the most painful are all the jobs lost & people who left
Trump told folks not to sell their homes--but so many were forced to
Even the UAW leader who fought so hard for those jobs has moved.
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Trump told folks not to sell their homes--but so many were forced to
Even the UAW leader who fought so hard for those jobs has moved.
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