Trump Is Taking Wisconsin’s Working Class Down With Him Print
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Written by WisDems Press, Philip Shulman   
Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:50

trump-tariffsDonald Trump's failures as a President and leader coming home to roost on the economy.


WISCONSIN -- Five years ago, after launching his presidential campaign on a xenophobic and racist tirade, Trump descended an escalator surrounded by actors and actresses he paid to appear as his supporters. What was true then is even more true now: Trump is nothing more than a charlatan, and he has dragged Wisconsin’s working class down during his entire presidency. Since taking office, Trump has tried to take away protections for people with pre-existing conditions, health care and prescription drug costs have shot up, he passed a tax-scam bill that rewarded executives and giant corporations who were incentivized to outsource American jobs, and embarked on multiple trade wars that contributed to over 4,100 factory workers losing a job in 2019.

trump-covid-natl-emergNow, Trump’s failure to address the Coronavirus pandemic has cost hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites their livelihood. Manufacturers continue to bleed jobs, essential workers like grocery store employees and health care workers have had their lives put in jeopardy, and small businesses, which make up 99% of Wisconsin’s economy, continue to shut down.

“Trump ran his first campaign behind a veil of smoke and mirrors, but Wisconsinites can see clearly now that they can’t afford four more years of his failures,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Philip Shulman said. “Trump has destroyed the lives of so many working Wisconsinites for one simple reason: he doesn’t care about them; he doesn’t care about how they’ll provide for their families, pay their rent or health care bills, or make a better life for their children. All Trump has ever cared about is himself, which is why he still refuses to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. Wisconsinites deserve a president who cares about more than just themselves, and that’s what they are going to get in President Joe Biden."

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