{"id":1031058,"date":"2024-05-01T18:12:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1031058"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:47:37","slug":"flashback-trump-tries-and-fails-to-cover-up-disastrous-jobs-record-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/flashback-trump-tries-and-fails-to-cover-up-disastrous-jobs-record-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Trump Tries and Fails to Cover Up Disastrous Jobs Record In Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald Trump is returning to Saginaw County today, where he will undoubtedly spread the same falsehoods to hide his disastrous record on auto manufacturing the same way he did the last time he campaigned there. No matter how hard Trump tries, though, it\u2019s clear that Michiganders won\u2019t buy his lies \u2013 they saw right through him in 2020, rejecting<\/a> him at the ballot box, and will hold him accountable again in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince Donald Trump loves taking credit for things, he should take credit for all of the jobs Michigan\u2019s auto industry lost under his watch. This is the truth: Trump said that the auto industry could \u2018go bankrupt\u2019 and attacked workers\u2019 unions as a plant closed and Michiganders lost their jobs,\u201d DNC spokesperson Stephanie Justice said. <\/strong>\u201cMeanwhile, President Biden has brought back tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs to Michigan and continues to invest in American industries and workers. Voters in Saginaw County recognize that Michigan will only lose if Trump gets another term in the White House, and they\u2019ll reject him again in November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time and time again, Trump promised auto workers in Michigan that he would bring back their jobs and open new plants \u2013 but the state\u2019s auto industry instead bled jobs, and one plant closed altogether under his watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit Free Press<\/a>: \u201c\u2018We brought you a lot of car plants, we brought you a lot … and we\u2019re going to bring you a lot more<\/strong>,\u2019 Trump began his speech at MBS International Airport in Freeland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FactCheck<\/a>: \u201c<\/strong>As of August, those Michigan jobs stood at 155,800, down 18,400 from the month Trump was inaugurated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cGeneral Motors\u2019 78-year-old transmission plant in Warren, Michigan is halting production this week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump constantly antagonized auto workers and their unions, despite the key role they play in creating good-paying jobs for Michigan families.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c\u2018You could have let it go, and rebuilt itself, through the free enterprise system,\u2019 said Trump. \u2018You could have let it go bankrupt, frankly, and rebuilt itself, and a lot of people felt it should happen.<\/strong>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Detroit News<\/a>: \u201cHe told The News on Wednesday that GM and Chrysler could have been saved without government bailouts<\/strong>. \u2018I think it would have worked out the other way, too\u2019, Trump said. \u2018It would have been a free-market deal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cIf the union bosses and the CEOs refuse to fight back against Crooked Joe Biden by forcing him to repeal this disastrous electric car scheme, then you will know they\u2019re not pro-worker, they\u2019re not on your side. They\u2019ve got some deals going for themselves. And I\u2019m telling you, you shouldn\u2019t pay those dues.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump incentivized companies to ship jobs overseas \u2013 leaving Michiganders behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cThe Offshoring of U.S. Jobs Increased on Trump\u2019s Watch<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cHow offshoring rolled along under Trump, who vowed to stop it\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump won the U.S. presidency four years ago, in part, by a promise to Midwest factory workers that he would stop companies like Schneider Electric SE from moving jobs out of the country. He didn\u2019t stop them.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201c’He pulled the wool over our eyes’: workers blame Trump for moving jobs overseas\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPromises to save US manufacturing and prevent American jobs moving abroad were a key part of Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign. But since Trump took office in January 2017, nearly 200,000 jobs have been moved overseas, based on Trade Adjustment Assistance certified petitions.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is returning to Saginaw County today, where he will undoubtedly spread the same falsehoods to hide his disastrous record on auto manufacturing the same way he did the last time he campaigned there. 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