BigGov h/t:
- The AFL-CIO is one of the single largest contributors to President Obama and the Democratic Party
- They reap enormous, direct benefits from the ever-expanding size of the federal government
- The AFL-CIO ran itself insolvent in the 2008 presidential election–spending millions more than the union had taken in from dues, and later engaged in “creative accounting” to conceal their financial hardships
- The AFL-CIO has pledged to spend upwards of $53 million in the waning days of the midterm election
- Mr. Trumka has also said that he “watched (tea party protesters) spit at people, I watched them call John Lewis the n-word,” even though he is nowhere to be found on any of the videos of the alleged incident
- Mr. Trumka has also said, in reference to the Tea Party Movement: “There are forces in our country that are working hard to convert justifiable anger about an economy that only seems to work for a few of us into racist and homophobic hate and violence directed at our President…”
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