As former President Donald Trump heads toward a rematch with President Joe Biden, he is targeting the labor unions to divide the incumbent’s votes. Some experts say this strategy could work for President Trump.
The presumed Republican 2024 presidential nominee is looking for more gains among the blue-collar workers that helped propel his 2016 victory. His campaign is eyeing the divide between union leaders, who have backed Democratic candidates, and rank-and-file union members who could be swayed to vote for President Trump.
“My hunch is that the rank and file members of the Teamsters are 60-40, meaning it is likely that 60 percent of the membership will vote Democratic and 40 percent will vote Republican,” Prof. Lee Adler, who teaches labor law at Cornell University told The Epoch Times….
