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>During JD Vance’s appearance in Michigan on Tuesday, several members of the audience came dressed rather conspicuously, sporting T-shirts that read “Auto Workers for Trump.” But when Craig Munger of The Detroit News interviewed them, he learned something interesting: Six of the people wearing those T-shirts were not autoworkers at all.
>That’s amusing enough in its own way. But you can spot an even flimsier facade if you consider the actual policy arguments that Donald Trump and Vance are making to autoworkers about the future of their industry. That facade is so Potemkin-like that it gives Democrats an opportunity to put them on the defensive on an issue involving working-class economics—if Harris’s allies are wise enough to seize on it.
Small-But-Miiighty on
My biggest gripe with the democrats and how they run themselves is that they seem to be worried about calling things like they are and saying what needs to be said, **DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS** should get Trump laughed off the ballot
Cyndakill88 on
This isn’t the first time trump has done this. But hey at least now people are noticing and are actually upset. It only took 8 years
cowboi on
Wait until they find out his wife doesn’t actually love him ..
cmhbob on
Aw, man. Next you’re going to tell me that all those cops who appear in photo ops actually support the person they’re appearing with.
chillywanton on
Not surprised. People were paid to show up for rallies too. The Oz-curtain is being pulled back (too slowly).
Fickle_File2062 on
Man, this is wild. Imagine having to fake support from auto workers while actively screwing them over. You really cant make this stuff up. How are people still falling for this?
GlitterGirlGlos on
Trump’s policies are a threat to auto jobs, and Vance’s fake support for workers shows they have no real plan. Democrats should hammer this point home and expose their lies.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://newrepublic.com/article/186965/fake-autoworkers-trump-exposed-vance) reduced by 91%. (I’m a bot)
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> During JD Vance's appearance in Michigan on Tuesday, several members of the audience came dressed rather conspicuously, sporting T-shirts that read "Auto Workers for Trump." But when Craig Munger of The Detroit News interviewed them, he learned something interesting: Six of the people wearing those T-shirts were not autoworkers at all.
> You can spot an even flimsier facade if you consider the actual policy arguments that Donald Trump and Vance are making to autoworkers about the future of their industry.
> Ceding the industry to China is exactly what Vance and Trump would do.
I would argue that the average trump supporter has to no capacity or ability to acknowledge when they’re wrong. So here we are.
rosariorayyy on
Trump and Vance are clearly misleading autoworkers; their plans would actually threaten jobs in Michigan by scrapping vital green investments. Democrats need to highlight this truth and keep them on the defensive.
Reasonable_racoon on
Everything about Trump crumbles under the slightest scrutiny.
False_Ad_5372 on
Hard to believe that their candidate, who’s been convicted of 32 counts of felony fraud, would be drumming up so many blatant lies, huh?
Prestigious_You4002 on
Every fucking time.
MaximumManagement765 on
The only actual workers who support trump do it because they are racist or transphobes.
PieAndIScream on
“JD, Can you pls explain this?”
JD – “Now wait a minute. What about Kamala Harris (fill in lie)…? That’s why you have to vote for President Trump.”
JDameekoh on
I work in a union at an auto dealership and there are def auto workers for trump…the majority of the place tbh. Which is strange cause again, we’re union smh
jgeebaby on
No shit they don’t like him. I think like 80,000 jobs were lost in auto manufacturing sector. And not to mention plants that closed down. Considering he was supposed to save the auto industry.
Ridiculous__caddy on
It’s not the fact I dislike trump and Vance, it’s the constant blatant lying. The lies, and the people who just eat it up. How is this the a role model for children to look up to. He has zero leadership nor humanitarian qualities
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>During JD Vance’s appearance in Michigan on Tuesday, several members of the audience came dressed rather conspicuously, sporting T-shirts that read “Auto Workers for Trump.” But when Craig Munger of The Detroit News interviewed them, he learned something interesting: Six of the people wearing those T-shirts were not autoworkers at all.
>That’s amusing enough in its own way. But you can spot an even flimsier facade if you consider the actual policy arguments that Donald Trump and Vance are making to autoworkers about the future of their industry. That facade is so Potemkin-like that it gives Democrats an opportunity to put them on the defensive on an issue involving working-class economics—if Harris’s allies are wise enough to seize on it.
My biggest gripe with the democrats and how they run themselves is that they seem to be worried about calling things like they are and saying what needs to be said, **DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS** should get Trump laughed off the ballot
This isn’t the first time trump has done this. But hey at least now people are noticing and are actually upset. It only took 8 years
Wait until they find out his wife doesn’t actually love him ..
Aw, man. Next you’re going to tell me that all those cops who appear in photo ops actually support the person they’re appearing with.
Not surprised. People were paid to show up for rallies too. The Oz-curtain is being pulled back (too slowly).
Man, this is wild. Imagine having to fake support from auto workers while actively screwing them over. You really cant make this stuff up. How are people still falling for this?
Trump’s policies are a threat to auto jobs, and Vance’s fake support for workers shows they have no real plan. Democrats should hammer this point home and expose their lies.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://newrepublic.com/article/186965/fake-autoworkers-trump-exposed-vance) reduced by 91%. (I’m a bot)
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> During JD Vance's appearance in Michigan on Tuesday, several members of the audience came dressed rather conspicuously, sporting T-shirts that read "Auto Workers for Trump." But when Craig Munger of The Detroit News interviewed them, he learned something interesting: Six of the people wearing those T-shirts were not autoworkers at all.
> You can spot an even flimsier facade if you consider the actual policy arguments that Donald Trump and Vance are making to autoworkers about the future of their industry.
> Ceding the industry to China is exactly what Vance and Trump would do.
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I would argue that the average trump supporter has to no capacity or ability to acknowledge when they’re wrong. So here we are.
Trump and Vance are clearly misleading autoworkers; their plans would actually threaten jobs in Michigan by scrapping vital green investments. Democrats need to highlight this truth and keep them on the defensive.
Everything about Trump crumbles under the slightest scrutiny.
Hard to believe that their candidate, who’s been convicted of 32 counts of felony fraud, would be drumming up so many blatant lies, huh?
Every fucking time.
The only actual workers who support trump do it because they are racist or transphobes.
“JD, Can you pls explain this?”
JD – “Now wait a minute. What about Kamala Harris (fill in lie)…? That’s why you have to vote for President Trump.”
I work in a union at an auto dealership and there are def auto workers for trump…the majority of the place tbh. Which is strange cause again, we’re union smh
No shit they don’t like him. I think like 80,000 jobs were lost in auto manufacturing sector. And not to mention plants that closed down. Considering he was supposed to save the auto industry.
It’s not the fact I dislike trump and Vance, it’s the constant blatant lying. The lies, and the people who just eat it up. How is this the a role model for children to look up to. He has zero leadership nor humanitarian qualities