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Bengus81

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9. Those numbers were BS from the get go....

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:19 AM

Jan 2017

Just like recent numbers. The media will spew BS about how many jobs Trump just saved and then one paragraph below the article will go on to say "but...the company still plans to send 1,000 jobs to Mexico."

That Carrier "deal" was a LIE from the get go.

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More than 1,600 factory workers are being fired after Trump said hed save their jobs [View all] still_one Jan 2017 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #1

Sorry they trusted dump with their jobs. Hard lesson to Cha Jan 2017 #2

Near the end of the article a good number say they still support for trump, so your still_one Jan 2017 #5

It figures they were in deep. Cha Jan 2017 #7

Pardon, but it was just under half of the 55% that voted, not half the country. Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #43

If they continue to support Trump then I have no sympathy avebury Jan 2017 #12

same here still_one Jan 2017 #14

a "good number" is not all, though NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #28

Were it only possible for them to change their minds GeoWilliam750 Jan 2017 #45

The refrain that will echo on down through the ages Achilleaze Jan 2017 #3

That's all Trump knows how to do NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #29

It's all perception.. clinton looked and sounded dishonest to spme, so that's what dionysus Jan 2017 #37

It's simple. Trumpy is a coward. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #44

Why anyone believes a word from the pathological LIAR malaise Jan 2017 #4

Well they believe him because the media help cover for him n2doc Jan 2017 #6

Plus, we're just elites...so... SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #17

True malaise Jan 2017 #18

Trump hates unions. Starry Messenger Jan 2017 #8

The whole RNC hates unions. They're almost gone. lindysalsagal Jan 2017 #39

Those numbers were BS from the get go.... Bengus81 Jan 2017 #9

One can ONLY hope whoever sent that Christmas card Bengus81 Jan 2017 #10

They fell for a con artist. milestogo Jan 2017 #11

So why isn't this in the Indy Star? tavernier Jan 2017 #13

I don't know about what the Indianapolis Star reported, but back in December there were a few news still_one Jan 2017 #15

But my pest control guy told me tavernier Jan 2017 #20

Probably because they ALREADY know the truth.... Bengus81 Jan 2017 #16

Answer: Eugene C. Pulliam mobeau69 Jan 2017 #25

The key words are "he lied." He lies about everything. People voted based on lies. Vinca Jan 2017 #19

Exactly as predicted dalton99a Jan 2017 #21

And how many voted for him? hatrack Jan 2017 #22

Fable of scorpion and the frog Ray Bruns Jan 2017 #23

Is he going to blame immigrants or unions? IronLionZion Jan 2017 #24

Newsflash for Planet Earth!!: world wide wally Jan 2017 #26

Nit picking on the headline: He said he saved their jobs GusBob Jan 2017 #27

K & R Scurrilous Jan 2017 #30

Trump is running cover... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #31

I'm shocked! progressoid Jan 2017 #32

Shocked you say still_one Jan 2017 #33

Dems get punished for being truthful. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #34

I feel bad for the Democrat voters who worked there Bradical79 Jan 2017 #35

It wasn't really even Trump. Bob Loblaw Jan 2017 #36

Why is this only on rawstory? edhopper Jan 2017 #38

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #40

Trump Lies rpannier Jan 2017 #41

Is there anything Trump doesn't lie about? He's already tanking jobs. Initech Jan 2017 #42