AFL-CIO scorns Trump’s outreach to working class

Published June 22, 2016 7:10pm ET



The AFL-CIO labor federation bashed Donald Trump’s call Wednesday for economic policies that benefit people instead of corporations, saying that the message was right but the messenger was wrong.

“Donald Trump recognized some of the challenges working people have known for decades, but the truth is he doesn’t have a clue how to fix our problems, he would only make them worse,” AFL-CIO spokesman Josh Goldstein said in a statement emailed to reporters.

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