This occurred outside the office of the ILWU Local 21in Washington state. The ILWU is an affiliate union of the AFL-CIO. The president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, was an honored guest of President and Mrs. Obama last night during the president's speech before a joint session of congress.
Not to be outdone by Teamsters Boss Hoffa, AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka lets loose this 9/11 anniversary with a diatribe equating Al Qaida terror to tea party attacks on public employee unions.They're pushing open the 'door to hate.' This coming from the guy that insisted to "take these sons a bitches out?
You can't make this stuff up:
All of us will remember the horror and anguish we experienced 10 years ago.I would like to reflect on doors that were opened on Sept. 11, 2001, and what has come of them in the 10 years since.
Working men and women rushed through doors to danger and became America's everyday heroes. But other doors opened, too-doors to hate, suspicion of "others" and self-centered greed. Our fear was twisted into something much more dangerous.
Just 10 years after 9/11 . . . the extremist small government posse has turned them into public enemy No. 1. In state after state this year-with the heroism of 9/11 less than a decade behind us-politicians targeted the paychecks, benefits and basic rights of these workers in a rabid campaign to shift government support to tax breaks for the wealthy and already profitable corporations.
Wealthy CEOs, anti-government extremist front groups and frothing talk show hosts-from the Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks to the Koch brothers, Karl Rove's American Crossroads group, Americans for Prosperity, the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the American Legislative Exchange Council-also pushed open the door to hate.
UPDATE: More from Manny Lopez on the union thug: This guy makes Hoffa look like a pansy
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