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he went after shawn fain and what shawn fain did in response was issue a direct, lengthy statement. on his promise there. he went after him over and over again in this state. that's the right way to take on a bully. that's the other thing. the next day donald trump went on to talk about who he was going to deliver for elon musk. donald trump in the last three days said elon musk has given me $45 million a month, we've got to make that guy happy. you know what elon musk doesn't like? auto unions. absolutely not. that's what tesla is known for and it's why it was almost puzzling last week you saw the head of the teamsters out there on the stage at the rnc. the audience was sort of like yay, we want your vote but we are antiunion. >> and the vice presidential candidate saying we are for the working class, not wall street. from the top of the ticket to the second spot on the ticket. >> the real estate developer and eventual capital guy are obviously for the working man. >> that's why this campaign needs to educate the american voter, because in this age of misinformation, j.d. vance's s
he went after shawn fain and what shawn fain did in response was issue a direct, lengthy statement. on his promise there. he went after him over and over again in this state. that's the right way to take on a bully. that's the other thing. the next day donald trump went on to talk about who he was going to deliver for elon musk. donald trump in the last three days said elon musk has given me $45 million a month, we've got to make that guy happy. you know what elon musk doesn't like? auto...
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but reuters is also reporting that the uaw president shawn fain met with the union's executive boardursday to discuss his deep concerns with biden's ability to beat trump. after thursday night's key press conference, which a bloomberg reporter had called his "big boy press conference" -- a term later used by biden's white house press secretary and national security spokesperson john kirby -- three more house democrats called on biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. congressmember jim himes, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, issued a statement that -- "the stakes are high, and we are on a losing course. my conscience requires me to speak up and put loyalty to the country and to democracy ahead of my great affection for, and loyalty to, the president and those around him." this comes after "the new york times" editorial board published a piece this week headlined "the democratic party must speak the plain truth to the president" in which it argued "donald trump's candidacy for a second term poses a grave threat to american democracy" but that biden "doe
but reuters is also reporting that the uaw president shawn fain met with the union's executive boardursday to discuss his deep concerns with biden's ability to beat trump. after thursday night's key press conference, which a bloomberg reporter had called his "big boy press conference" -- a term later used by biden's white house press secretary and national security spokesperson john kirby -- three more house democrats called on biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race....
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and another big endorsement for the vice president, the head of the autoworkers union shawn fain joins us for his first interview since throwing support behind vice president kamala harris today. fred trump will be here, also endorsed vice president kamala harris, he has a brand-new book out, that pulls the curtain back on uncle donald, explains why he should never get near the white house again, including racist comments he overheard as a young child. all those guests and more when "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. ouse" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. that goes places a regular mop just can't. ♪♪ mop smarter with the swiffer powermop. ♪ (woman) c'mon c'mon mop smarter ♪ (man) yes! ♪ (vo) you've got your sunday obsession and we got you. now with verizon, get nfl sunday ticket from youtube tv on us and get every out-of-market sunday game. plus $800 off samsung galaxy z fold6. only on verizon. (jalen hurt) see you sunday. life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's
and another big endorsement for the vice president, the head of the autoworkers union shawn fain joins us for his first interview since throwing support behind vice president kamala harris today. fred trump will be here, also endorsed vice president kamala harris, he has a brand-new book out, that pulls the curtain back on uncle donald, explains why he should never get near the white house again, including racist comments he overheard as a young child. all those guests and more when...
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did you get fired up by shawn fain?r leader who is showing us what it means to be principal to stand up and fight for working people. and i will tell you the energy around the labor movement and organizing the labor movement is the thing that gives us so much hope across the country. when we think about it and i live in seattle which is the headquarters of starbucks and the starbucks workers united is organizing a national contract and showing us a new way to begin bargaining really pushes off to think we think of that uaw. think of starbucks. all the places across the country where workers are realizing their power they are standing up and fighting for what they deserve. and that to me is showing what it looks like we use our collective power to win. that is why i'm so proud to be in this room with fears of progressive leaders from across the country who have been pushing to make a democracy at work. pushing back against the power of big money and politics pushing to remind everybody that ournd country, our country has
did you get fired up by shawn fain?r leader who is showing us what it means to be principal to stand up and fight for working people. and i will tell you the energy around the labor movement and organizing the labor movement is the thing that gives us so much hope across the country. when we think about it and i live in seattle which is the headquarters of starbucks and the starbucks workers united is organizing a national contract and showing us a new way to begin bargaining really pushes off...
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please welcome to the stage, the uaw president, shawn fain. [cheers and sean: thank you. thank you. hope i don't knock this over. look, good afternoon net roots nation. and i'm honored to be here as president of the international u.a.w., representing over a million workers, active and retired. and standing up for the working class. you know, i was asked to speak about what's at stake in november. and it's hard to overstate how consequential this november election is. it's clear that donald trump and the white house would be a complete disaster for the working class. no clap for that? [applause] shawn: we know what he stands for. he stands for everything that as a union and everything the working class stands for, he's against all those things. he would ruthlessly fight for a vision for america in which the wealthy rule everyone and everything. and the working class will be continued to be forced to settle for the scraps. his push for total billionaire and corporate class domination comes at a time where for the first time in decades, the working class is beginning to make gains. we
please welcome to the stage, the uaw president, shawn fain. [cheers and sean: thank you. thank you. hope i don't knock this over. look, good afternoon net roots nation. and i'm honored to be here as president of the international u.a.w., representing over a million workers, active and retired. and standing up for the working class. you know, i was asked to speak about what's at stake in november. and it's hard to overstate how consequential this november election is. it's clear that donald...
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shawn fain is the president of the united auto workers union. shawn, it is good to see you.the easy way or the long way. if you want to do an easy way you can tell me if you're going to endorse kamala harris, then we can talk about olympics for five minutes. >> sound like a plan. thanks for having us. look, as i said earlier, we have a process we follow when we do this, and our membership drives this union out. it is not a top-down organization. we have been having a discussions with our executive committee. i was able talk to vice president harris on wednesday, we tried hooking up the last few days throughout the week, and just couldn't make it work. so we were able to talk, had a really good conversation, as we always have. i told her the expectations we have, things we would like to see. our board, we are reaching out to leaders across the nation in our regions and stuff, getting feedback from them, what they want to see, as we always do. and we will make, when we make an endorsement, will make an announcement on our time, nobody else's. that is how we do things in the ua
shawn fain is the president of the united auto workers union. shawn, it is good to see you.the easy way or the long way. if you want to do an easy way you can tell me if you're going to endorse kamala harris, then we can talk about olympics for five minutes. >> sound like a plan. thanks for having us. look, as i said earlier, we have a process we follow when we do this, and our membership drives this union out. it is not a top-down organization. we have been having a discussions with our...
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shawn fain was on with rachel maddow last night.ing to be discussing things over the next few days. we're not going to rush in and throw it out there. we want to have fruitful discussions when we meet. >> kamala harris walked the picketÑi line with the Ñiuaw in 2019. >> right. >> what's the reluctance? why the reluctance to join the rest of the labor movement? >> i this is this is just more of process. shawn fainñrçó -- [ indiscernible ]çóÑi >> i know thatl [ indiscernible ] >> he was not the first supporting president biden either. they have a process. it's really important for them to bring their members and to be able to have that process. we know this. i heard it. i saw when donald trump said let the auto industry go bankrupt. he is a guy that was opposed to prevailing wage when i raised that. in a specific meeting with him about construction projects and how we had to make sure we had good unionÑi wages, he said tha just races theÑi cost of projec. there are so manyÑi times in whh donald trump and jd vance have done than!s that
shawn fain was on with rachel maddow last night.ing to be discussing things over the next few days. we're not going to rush in and throw it out there. we want to have fruitful discussions when we meet. >> kamala harris walked the picketÑi line with the Ñiuaw in 2019. >> right. >> what's the reluctance? why the reluctance to join the rest of the labor movement? >> i this is this is just more of process. shawn fainñrçó -- [ indiscernible ]çóÑi >> i know thatl...
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but some new comments coming in this evening from the head of the uaw, shawn fain, a really raising some pointed observations about president biden. listen to what he said said just a little while ago you know, in this election we can't put our hands in our heads in the sand and hide from reality we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work. >> people just wanted to buckle down and hope for the best knowing that we weren't meeting the moment and we see it happening again, though. very few people are willing to speak up about it so the translation for that is 2016, he's referring to the clinton campaign, hillary clinton narrowly lost michigan to donald trump in 2016. >> and yes, the uaw has endorsed president biden. we can and remember those images of the picket line president biden being the first sitting president to stand on a picket line in michigan. now the head of the uaw, they are still supportive and endorsing at least the leadership, but calling out this moment, saying we saw in 2016, people wanted to buckle down and hope for the best, but fearing the worst so those are very stark co
but some new comments coming in this evening from the head of the uaw, shawn fain, a really raising some pointed observations about president biden. listen to what he said said just a little while ago you know, in this election we can't put our hands in our heads in the sand and hide from reality we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work. >> people just wanted to buckle down and hope for the best knowing that we weren't meeting the moment and we see it happening again, though. very few...
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but, but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats don't put your head in the sand hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work. are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate. have posed to him are doing just that, putting their heads in the sand well, i showed up at multiple line, the uaw whether it was in michigan or whether it wasn't ohio, even in pennsylvania so i'm very much i'm very much a part of that and of course so there big win on all of that and i would rather focus on the vulnerabilities of donald trump he seems to have a pro porn star. >> part of his platform and then also he's all about project 25, 2025 and he's a conviction he did felon and he said a lot of crazy kinds of thing and he seems to have a strange love affair with putin as well. i think i'm more concerned about those kinds of vulnerabilities so as well. an
but, but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats don't put your head in the sand hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work. are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate. have posed to him are doing just that, putting their heads in the...
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but but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats, you know, don't put your head in the sand and hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 20 2016 and it didn't work. are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate. have posed to him are doing just that, putting their heads in the sand well, i showed up at multiple lines or the uaw whether it was in michigan or whether it was in ohio, even in pennsylvania so i'm very much very much a part of that. >> and of course they're their big win on all of that and i would rather focus on the vulnerabilities some of donald trump he seems to have a pro porn star. part of his platform and then also he's all about project 25 or 2025 and he's a convicted felon. and he said a lot of crazy kinds of thing and he seems to have a strange love affair with putin as well. i think i'm more concerned about those kinds of on the
but but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats, you know, don't put your head in the sand and hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 20 2016 and it didn't work. are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate. have posed to him are doing just that, putting their...
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but, but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats, you know, don't put your head in the sand and hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate have posed to him are doing just that, putting their heads in the sand well, i showed up at multiple lines or the uaw whether it was in michigan or whether it was in ohio, even in pennsylvania so i'm very much i'm very much a part of that and of course their big win on all of that and i would rather focus on the vulnerabilities of donald trump he seems to have a pro porn star part of his platform and then also he's all about project 25, 2025 and he's a convicted felon and he said a lot of crazy kinds of thing and he seems to have a strange love affair with putin as well. >> i think i'm more concerned about those kinds of vulnerabilities as well an
but, but we heard something interesting tonight from the united auto workers president shawn fain. he's been here on the show. he was telling democrats, you know, don't put your head in the sand and hide from reality. he said, quote, we tried that in 2016 and it didn't work are you worried that democrats who aren't being blunt and acknowledging the president's vulnerabilities and the challenges that the setbacks obviously that that debate have posed to him are doing just that, putting their...
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is different ceos to shawn fain the head of the uaw so i'm as he made that decision, he was actually at the united nations he called us together over zoom to make the decision to be the first president on the picket line. i got to go out with him in events this year. i traveled all day. i see a guy who is really detail oriented. i think any of us who work on speeches with them. thank you. there's more demanding going to ask more tough questions. so yeah. i mean, i was surprised by the debate night. it was it was a low night, but that didn't not reflect has not reflected what i see every day and what all sorts of people see every day as the president goes from dealing with israel and hamas to dealing with nato, to dealing with the economy to the border. i think of anything i get exhausted watching him have to deal with so many issues and be on top of them. nitrous understand that, but be able to get on the phone with zelenskyy or netanyahu and be a master of the topic and enabled to to cajole and persuade. >> all right, gene sperling. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it
is different ceos to shawn fain the head of the uaw so i'm as he made that decision, he was actually at the united nations he called us together over zoom to make the decision to be the first president on the picket line. i got to go out with him in events this year. i traveled all day. i see a guy who is really detail oriented. i think any of us who work on speeches with them. thank you. there's more demanding going to ask more tough questions. so yeah. i mean, i was surprised by the debate...
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we are going to begin with shawn fain, mr.n is the international president of the united automobile workers. a 29-year member with the uaw. and started as an electrician at kokomo casting plant and led the uaw in a history contract that substantially raised the benefits for the workers and that union. mr. fain, thank you for being with us. >> good morning, thank you, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important issues to any union leader and any working class person, any u.s. senator and any human being. and that's our time. you know, as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000 working class people and 600,000 retirees. and i know when my members look back on their lives, they never say i wish i would have worked more. when people reach the end of their lives, they never say i wish i would have made more money. what they wished for, they wished they had more time and that's what work does, you know. work, we're paid for our time and when we work,
we are going to begin with shawn fain, mr.n is the international president of the united automobile workers. a 29-year member with the uaw. and started as an electrician at kokomo casting plant and led the uaw in a history contract that substantially raised the benefits for the workers and that union. mr. fain, thank you for being with us. >> good morning, thank you, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important issues to any...
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fain to president biden. while trump said he wouldn't mention biden by name, he couldn't help himself. >> if you took the ten worst presidents in the history of the united states -- think of it, the ten worst. added them up, they will not have done the damage biden has done. only gonna use the term once. >> fire him! >> i'm not gonna use the name any more, just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. unthinkable. >> reporter: trump going off script, jumping from inflation to isis, trans athletes, even this reference to a fictional serial killer from the film "silence of the lambs." >> has anyone see "silence of the lambs?" the late great hannibal lecter. he'd love to have you for dinner. >> reporter: for much of his remarks trump focusing on his anti-immigrant rhetoric, falsely claiming there's a surge in violent crime by undocumented immigrants when crime rates have declined in the last two years. >> massive invasion at our southern border that has spread misery, crime, poverty, d
fain to president biden. while trump said he wouldn't mention biden by name, he couldn't help himself. >> if you took the ten worst presidents in the history of the united states -- think of it, the ten worst. added them up, they will not have done the damage biden has done. only gonna use the term once. >> fire him! >> i'm not gonna use the name any more, just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. unthinkable. >> reporter: trump going off...
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shawn fain, president biden went and stood on the picket line with this man.t so when you're in michigan and you hear from union leaders, trump is chipping away at these people. michigan potentially biden can lose, that's what congresswoman stockton even said in a donor call. >> we want the winning campaign and our union leaders they are deploying their members to knock doors, to evangelize this effort and that's what you do in closed-door meetings. you do say what's our plan, how will we do this. we are the democratic party. differing opinions, expression of opinions, i've got four to five republican members of congress from michigan who left the party, impeach the former president or got voted out. give me a break. this is how it works in our party. it's a good and healthy thing. and i will tell you something else i know about joe biden he's the ultimate comeback king. the most underestimated individual in american politics. he always has been. he's got a good northstar. he's been through things that have tested him for this moment and yes he is our older, w
shawn fain, president biden went and stood on the picket line with this man.t so when you're in michigan and you hear from union leaders, trump is chipping away at these people. michigan potentially biden can lose, that's what congresswoman stockton even said in a donor call. >> we want the winning campaign and our union leaders they are deploying their members to knock doors, to evangelize this effort and that's what you do in closed-door meetings. you do say what's our plan, how will we...