Trump Campaign Paid $20K to Fake a Union Rally

[Nevilledog]

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-campaign-paid-20k-to-fake-a-union-rally

When Joe Biden became the first president to join a picket line this past September for the UAW, the Trump campaign scrambled to do something to counter the move. Michigan is a critical state for both campaigns, and when auto workers went on strike last fall, Biden made it clear that he was on the side of the workers, and for that he was recently rewarded with the UAW endorsement.

What did Trump do? He did what he always does - used money and stagecraft to create the illusion of substance while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone. We saw this same production with the train derailment in East Palestine, OH, where Trump flew in for a photo op, passed out expired waters from one of his resorts, and had a few pallets of Goya beans from his friend flown in. Now we learn from recent FEC filings from his PAC that he did the same thing during the autoworkers strike.

The Trump campaign paid Drake Enterprises, a non-union auto parts shop in Clinton Township, $20,000 to stage a fake event with people holding up "Union Members for Trump" signs behind him to make it look like he was holding a rally with union auto workers on strike. During the rally, he rambled nonsense that if he wasn't elected the entire American auto industry was going to move to China.

Reporters interviewing attendees at the rally learned that virtually none of the people holding signs belonged to any union - they were just told to hold them behind Trump while he spoke. Some participants interviewed said that they did not see any striking workers in attendance.

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[UpInArms]

1. Fakers gotta fake

And grifters gotta grift

[Katcat]

11. Taylor Swift

Should toss that into one of her songs. I’ve never seen a head explode before!

[dmr]

2. TFG is a fake and is disgusting. NT

[spooky3]

3. And a scab (per Shawn Fain, UAW President) nt

[dmr]

5. Yes! nt

[malaise]

6. THIS

Rec

[tanyev]

4. Yes, well:

[wolfie001]

15. I'm picturing an envelope with a hundred dollar bill in it.......

"Just wear the shirt and stand behind him" (downwind )

[AllaN01Bear]

7. snork.

[senseandsensibility]

8. And yet this faked video is still shown on MSNBC and CNN

when discussing cheato. Pisses me off.

[Riverman100]

9. POS tRump

Fuck him and any news that does not report this fraud

[Takket]

10. yeah i remember that rally, and media reports afterwards that they were fake people

That was documented at the time although the part that he paid $20,000 to stage the event is new to me.

How is this not the lead story on every media outlet? The candidate for president is staging fake rallies?????????????

[Evolve Dammit]

12. Pathetic. Just fucking pathetic.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Is anyone surprised?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Trump paid a non union shop in Clinton Township $20,000 to pretend he was addressing the United Auto Workers.

Link to tweet

[CrispyQ]

16. Dominos does have those delicious choco lava cakes.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Payed Random people 20,000 To show up with signs of the auto worker.

Link to tweet