Having worked for the USWA years ago, watched in amazement when people I thought were pretty smart bought into the Conman's BS. Feel sad for them but will never understand ANYONE believing Trump.
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Thing is though, they bought into his fake promises of both helping themselves AND hurting minorities. Hard to be compassionate when they were more than happy to vote to harm others who struggle.
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The town this is happening in went for Hillary by 30 points though. I don't know how many of the people laid off actually voted for Trump; NYT may be playing that up because of the whole "Steel Mill" thing.
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I agree. NYTimes and the media in general is oddly invested in this narrative.
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Turns out the Steelworkers Union endorsed Hillary, so between that and Conshohocken voting Hillary over Trump by a 2-to-1 margin, a majority of the people getting laid off probably voted for Hillary. Yet they're getting such vitriol thanks to misleading NYT article.
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USW headquarters is located in Pittsburgh, PA. During 2016 election positive comments about both Clinton & Trump came from the hdqts, which seemed to embolden some rank & file to campaign for Trump. No idea how the vote split, but city went heavily for Clinton.
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Either way, this is the stuff Trump crowed about: Saving American Industry Jobs! Steel! Coal! Also, AT&T gave bonuses but are laying off. And Carrier is laying off 300. Don't hear him talking about that, do we?
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Oh ... What a shocker! ... except now “entitlement programs are being decimated and you don’t have any job training to work on solar or other new technologies ... tired of winning much?
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I read an article recently about how those job retraining programs are barely utilized. The laid-off workers would rather wait for their job to come back.
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Lol even a coal magnate who supported Trump said coal wasn't making a comeback
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I’m in Saint Louis. We have 500 corporate coal jobs here in Missouri and 50,000 clean energy jobs. Report on THAT!
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If people like you were in the majority in Missouri I might consider moving back. I left there many years ago because I couldn't stand the subtle yet pervasive racism that seem to permeate the state. Merry Christmas

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Join the club, CULT MEMBERS...
"Many of the farmers affected by the rollback supported @realDonaldTrump for president, believing his promise to look after their interests. Now, the disillusionment is setting in."https://n.pr/2Cl3MfS -
#EminentDomain .@realDonaldTrump supporters could see their private land *SEIZED* to build wall.https://youtu.be/LwilB4MvjjU -
Funny how they change their tune, when they're AFFECTED DIRECTLY....
Former Carrier employee SLAMS @realDonaldTrump: He 'blew smoke up our asses' http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2629460 via@dcexaminer -
No sympathy. These dumbasses had all evidence in front of them pre-election that Trump was a con. They voted for greed and bigotry anyway.
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