Trump ripped for holding non-union campaign event during major auto strike

When Republicans held their second 2024 presidential primary debate on Wednesday night, September 27, one candidate who was absent was Donald Trump. The primary's frontrunner chose to skip the debate and instead, gave a campaign speech in front of auto workers during a strike in Michigan.

Trump tried to convince the workers that they should vote for him instead of President Joe Biden in 2024 — that is, assuming that Trump is the nominee. But Trump is drawing criticism for holding a non-union event.

Trump, according to Newsweek's Khaleda Rahman, gave his speech at Drake Enterprises — a non-union auto parts supplier based in Clinton Township, Michigan. Rahman reports that "the make-up of the audience at the event came under scrutiny after it was reported that at least some of the people in the crowd were not union members or even auto workers, despite the speech being directed at them."

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Rahman notes that a woman attending the event held up a "union members for Trump" sign but told a reporter that she wasn't a union member herself.

Biden, in contrast, was surrounded by United Auto Workers (UAW) members when he expressed his solidarity with them earlier in the week.

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