Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE hit back at President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Monday shortly after Trump unleashed a string of Twitter attacks on the Democratic presidential candidate.
“I’m sick of this President badmouthing unions,” tweeted Biden, who formally announced last week his intention to challenge Trump in 2020. “Labor built the middle class in this country. Minimum wage, overtime pay, the 40-hour week: they exist for all of us because unions fought for those rights. We need a President who honors them and their work.”
I’m sick of this President badmouthing unions. Labor built the middle class in this country. Minimum wage, overtime pay, the 40-hour week: they exist for all of us because unions fought for those rights. We need a President who honors them and their work.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 29, 2019
Biden’s comment came hours after Trump accused labor leaders of breaking with union members by backing Democrats. He also claimed that union heads of routinely “rip-off their membership with ridiculously high dues, medical and other expenses while being paid a fortune.”
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“I’ll never get the support of Dues Crazy union leadership, those people who rip-off their membership with ridiculously high dues, medical and other expenses while being paid a fortune,” Trump wrote in one tweet. “But the members love Trump. They look at our record economy, tax & reg cuts, military etc. WIN!”
I’ll never get the support of Dues Crazy union leadership, those people who rip-off their membership with ridiculously high dues, medical and other expenses while being paid a fortune. But the members love Trump. They look at our record economy, tax & reg cuts, military etc. WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2019
The back-and-forth between Trump and Biden came after the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) announced its support for the former vice president’s nascent bid for the White House, the first major labor union to endorse in the 2020 presidential race.
The IAFF stayed out of the 2016 presidential election, declining to endorse Trump or Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE.
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While the endorsement was widely expected — Biden’s relationship with the IAFF goes back to the 1970s — it underscores how the former vice president is hoping to make support from labor unions a central part of his campaign.
Biden will appear in Pittsburgh on Monday to deliver the first major speech of his presidential bid. He’s expected to be joined by members of the United Steelworkers — another signal that Biden is leaning heavily on organized labor for early momentum.
Earlier this month, Biden appeared at a rally organized by United Food & Commercial Workers to support some 31,000 grocery workers striking over proposed changes to their wages and employment benefits.
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