The president of Carrier’s union started receiving threats after Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack going after the union leader for noting that Trump inflated the number of Carrier jobs he saved in Indiana.
Trump last week touted his deal with Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, to save jobs at an Indiana Carrier factory, claiming that he convinced the air conditioner manufacturer to keep 1,100 jobs in the U.S. However, United Technologies had never planned to move 350 of those jobs to Mexico and still plans to cut 700 jobs from another factory.
Chuck Jones, the president of United Steelworkers 1999, told the Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday that Trump “lied his ass off” about the number of jobs he saved. And in a Wednesday evening appearance on CNN, Jones emphasized that more than 500 people in Indianapolis will still lose their jobs, in addition to 700 people in another Indiana factory who will also lose their positions to Mexico.
Jones’ appearance on CNN prompted a Twitter attack from Trump.
Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2016
If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend more time working-less time talking. Reduce dues
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2016
Jones later told MSNBC that after Trump’s criticism, he began receiving threats.
“Nothing that says they’re gonna kill me, but, you know, you better keep your eye on your kids,” Jones said of the threats he’s received. “We know what car you drive. Things along those lines.”
Gee, can’t help noticing that the Orange Menace doesn’t dispute Chuck Jones’ key assertion - that he lied.
Oh, and Pepe admonishing others to “Spend more time working-less time talking” is priceless, especially given his only focus right now is his victory tour. And, of course, tweeting about anyone who questions him.
It’s just so horrible that receiving threats like this is becoming “standard operating procedure.”
What a sad, sad commentary.
Critical of the great American workers whose manufacturing jobs he pledged to save.
Indeed - more union busting tough talk. As if the union negotiating a fair wage and benefits is why manufacturers are moving overseas where they can hire workers who will work for far less than that US minimum wage.
And I still don’t see Pepe or his spawn moving any of their manufacturing back to the US.
The Thug Presidency of Donald Trump, coming soon to America.