Some Attendees At Donald Trump's Autoworkers Speech Were Total Frauds: Report
By: HuffPost
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Some attendees at Donald Trump's speech about the autoworkers' strike Wednesday apparently were shills carrying signs falsely identifying them as union members, the Detroit News reported.
One person held a sign that said "union members for Trump," but admitted to the newspaper she was not a union member. Another carried a placard with the words "auto workers for Trump" and confessed he was not an auto worker when the outlet requested an interview. Neither identified themselves.
Trump visited Michigan to show solidarity with striking United Auto Workers members, but instead stoked fear about electric cars to the crowd at a nonunion auto parts supplier. He warned workers that they would be out of a job in a few years, even if they secured sought-after salary increases.
"Your current negotiations don't mean as much as you think," he said.
Donald Trump was in Michigan to court blue-collar workers but there were questions about the rally attendees.MATTHEW HATCHER via Getty Images
The affiliations of the guests receiving his message came into question. The business, Drake Enterprises in suburban Detroit, employs about 150 people who are not represented by the UAW, the newspaper noted. And there were an estimated 400 to 500 in attendance.
Former President Donald Trump spoke about the autoworkers' strike in Clinton Township, Michigan, but who was he speaking to?via Associated Press
The Guardian cast doubt on the composition of the crowd, writing "Trump's pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers" in its headline.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called Trump's rally at a nonunion shop a "pathetic irony," The Daily Beast reported.
Trump has faced crowd-related controversy before. His inflated boasts about attendance at his 2017 inauguration got his presidency off to a falsehood-marred start.
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... but Biden with a bullhorn at a workers' picket line is the real deal, man...
Biden knew where he was and why. Trump certainly didn't.
It isnt possible to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. Based on past actions , he would place fake autoworkers union people in that audience in a heartbeat.
I thought he was there to rally with union auto workers?
The attendee's were no more fraudulent than the bellicose dude behind the podium. Actually, they are a match made in the mud puddle in the nearby field.