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Labor’s Short and (Not-So) Sweet Response to Scott Walker’s Campaign Launch
Ah, memories: Protestors shout outside the office of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he signs a copy of the budget repair bill on March 11, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/13/afl_cio_responds_to_scott_walker_s_campaign_launch_scott_walker_is_a_national.html?
By Josh Voorhees
Gov. Scott Walker, at long last, made his well-known presidential ambitions official on Monday. “I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them,” the Wisconsin Republican tweeted ahead of his formal campaign kickoff later today. Walker’s announcement, as expected, didn’t exactly receive a warm reception from union leaders. Here, for instance, was the full statement released by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:
“Scott Walker is a national disgrace.”
FULL story at link.