WARREN, Michigan – Detroit auto worker Joe Biden swore earlier this year, protested the former vice president’s appearance at the crusade Wednesday in a Detroit suburb and cautioned that many unionized employees disagree with union decisions. about.
Jerry Wayne, who works at the Fiat-Chrysler auto plant in Detroit, met Biden when the Democratic presidential candidate visited the auto plant in March. When Wayne accused Biden of gun hunting, the former vice president told him, “You are full of shit. I am the Second Amendment. “
“He jumped from the deep end there,” Wayne told the Washington Examiner about that confrontation, saying he had asked Biden another question he ignored that day, about how Biden would make sure union members continued to work.
On Wednesday, Wayne joined a few dozen supporters of President Trump outdoors at the United Auto Workers headquarters in Warren, Michigan, as Biden delivered a speech on his plan to “ensure that the long term is made in America. “.
“He didn’t care too much that we needed a job,” Wayne said. “Lately we’re in a pandemic, and our unions are working full-time. We’re doing great even if there’s a pandemic. However, he needs to come here and shut down the economy again, and other people are going to lose our jobs. “, and that’s our livelihood. We are here to make America work; must stop. “
Last month, Biden said he would shut down the economy if scientists came forward to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but said additional shutdowns were needed.
“We have to help this economy. By shutting down the economy, it will give China more strength than American civilians,” Wayne said.
Wayne said that “many, many” unionized employees, like the United Auto Workers, do not accept decisions by their organizations to back Biden and run anti-Trump ads.
“These Biden constituents, however, those constituents don’t really make up other people,” Wayne said. “They are earning the credit of the other people who are running so diligently right now. We are doing many overtime and few other people have the ability to take a look at politics. “
He that Biden runs a radical party.
“The Democrats are very hostile right now,” he added. “These towns are burning and yet they must raise our taxes and send our paintings abroad. “
In his speech Wednesday, Biden announced a 10% “Made in America” tax credit for that investment in U. S. business.
Wayne also criticized Biden for restricting his time at Warren due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“COVID was the last time we spoke. He did not wear a mask or gloves. We were face to face,” Wayne said.