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(90,313 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2024, 08:20 PM Oct 15

Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts "out of a box" and says children could do their jobs. [View all]

Kamala HQ @KamalaHQ
Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts “out of a box” and says children could do their jobs:

“We could have our child do it”

Link to tweet

Trump at the Economic Club of Chicago, today:

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY ARE, ASSEMBLY. THEY BUILD EVERYTHING IN GERMANY AND THEY ASSEMBLE IT HERE. THEY GET AWAY WITH MURDER BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING. THEY TAKE THEM OUT OF A BOX AND ASSEMBLE THEM. YOU COULD HAVE A CHILD DO IT."

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Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts "out of a box" and says children could do their jobs. [View all] bigtree Oct 15 OP

good thing for him so many auto workers love him up til now nt msongs Oct 15 #1

What's he gonna do next? Call Veterans suckers and losers? BOSSHOG Oct 15 #2

Of course not! Abolishinist Oct 15 #14

Belittles the host as well rogerballard Oct 15 #3

Calling Harris campaign ad guys: make an ad tonight and run it in Detroit and south Carolina. fierywoman Oct 15 #4

All of Michigan and North Carolina. nt Maru Kitteh Oct 15 #10

+1 dalton99a Oct 16 #25

A disheartening number of people who haven't done PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 15 #5

So he thinks a Ford factory is just like a big IKEA for dirty poor men. Maru Kitteh Oct 15 #6

"it's a wonderful republican life"...playing soon: ret5hd Oct 15 #7

It's no coincidence that child labor laws were weakened after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Crowman2009 Oct 15 #18

thus paving the way for the return of child labor 0rganism Oct 15 #8

Geebus cripes. blue neen Oct 15 #9

or like he thinks the fix is in, regardless. B.See Oct 15 #20

Does he think cars are like toy model kits? MistakenLamb Oct 15 #11

Even building models is fairly challenging and quite an investment TheKentuckian Oct 16 #22

So all car parts are produced in foreign countries, are made easy to put together and put in boxes. Liberal In Texas Oct 15 #12

New ad material for Michigan! Keep talking @sshole! Nt helpisontheway Oct 15 #13

I'll bet he can't even tie his own shoes. Diamond_Dog Oct 15 #15

I was thinking he couldn't Tree Lady Oct 15 #21

UAW responds bigtree Oct 15 #16

I'd love to see Trump in a box! Crowman2009 Oct 15 #17

says the man who has never worked a day in his life Astraea Oct 15 #19

+1 dalton99a Oct 16 #26

Bet something similar comes out durablend Oct 16 #23

Said Pisswig the Clown, who has never worked a day in his life. Kid Berwyn Oct 16 #24

Please proceed. How does on become a moron and megalomaniac at the same time? brush Oct 16 #27

Prison psych wards will keep him busy enough during his life behind bars? Brainfodder Oct 16 #28

The real amazing thing is his followers love it and love him. Srkdqltr Oct 16 #29

Let's not forget it's a cult Marigold Oct 16 #31

I'm a supervisor at a "Big 3" plant radicalleft Oct 16 #33

I think it's the nazi strongman thing. Srkdqltr Oct 16 #34

Has Trump ever been in an auto plant? Johnny2X2X Oct 16 #30

And my two relatives who do this work will still vote for him Iris Oct 16 #32

Trump must validate a sense of low self-esteem Zambero Oct 16 #36

Yes. There's some deep-rooted mojo going on there! Iris Oct 16 #38

I forsee a Harris-Walz ad for the Michigan media market Zambero Oct 16 #35

Keep up the good work, trump. Paladin Oct 16 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Pink Hyacinth Oct 16 #39

"Just like those cars I find in the Happy Meals box!" struggle4progress Oct 16 #40