GOP candidates ‘hateful and racist,’ labor leader says

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka read the riot act to the GOP presidential candidates Thursday, saying their views on immigration were “hateful and racist” and that they had taken it to “an entirely new level.”

He made the comments in a video posted on the labor federation’s official blog. He did not mention any specific remark or even name any particular candidate, but instead made a blanket accusation against all of them.

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