PHILADELPHIA – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka blasted GOP nominee Donald Trump Monday, and rallied to presumptive Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s side in a “barnburner” of a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
“Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong,” he said.
Trumka with a barnburner of a pro-Hillary speech and the boos are getting quieter. Hmmm…
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) July 25, 2016
Trumka continued, and implored American workers and their unions, which tend to favor Democratic presidential candidates, to work together to keep Trump from winning the White House.
“[Trump] thinks he’s a tough guy. Well Donald, I worked in the mines with tough guys. I know tough guys, they’re friends of mine. And Donald, You’re no tough guy, you’re a phony!” he shouted to loud applause.
Trumka wasn’t all anti-Trump, though, as he also made the case for Clinton, praising her for opposing the supposedly “job-killing” Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.
He also hailed the former secretary of state for supporting “equal pay for equal work.”
Richard Trumka of AFL-CIO is raging against @realDonaldTrump *&* free trade–because nothing makes sense no more https://t.co/QLejjJ661S
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) July 25, 2016
“Let’s change the rules. Let’s take back Congress,” he shouted. “And let’s elect Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States.”
