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source-https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/lordstown-ohio-trump-gm-plant-election
snip-"The GM plant, the size of more than 100 football fields, had long been the heart of Lordstown as recently as 2016, it employed 4,500 workers, and in its 53-year history, it produced 16m vehicles. Built alongside I-80, the hulking plant has long been a monument to Americas industrial might, or perhaps one should say its fading industrial might."
snip-"Many of the GM workers were also angry at Donald Trump. During the 2016 campaign, he repeatedly proclaimed that he would make American manufacturing great again and would bring back jobs that had gone overseas. That message resonated in Lordstown and nearby Youngstown, part of the Mahoning Valley area that has been dragged down for decades by one factory and steel mill closing after another. Trumps repeated promise to bring back factory jobs played well not only in Ohio, but also in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, helping win over many blue-collar voters, who were key to his narrow victories in those states. Blue-collar workers in those states could again play a decisive role in this years election, with many still supporting Trump, but some souring on him perhaps enough to flip those states to Joe Biden."
snip-"In July 2017, Trump spoke in Youngstown and told the crowd that on his way in from the airport, he had seen the carcasses of too many factories and mills. He bemoaned Ohios loss of manufacturing jobs, but then boldly assured the crowd: Theyre all coming back! He next told his audience, many of them workers worried about plant closings: Dont move! Dont sell your house".
snip-"Amato says she wont vote for Trump this year, but isnt sure whether shell back Biden. Im leaning in that direction, she said. Her main reservation: Bidens age. These guys who are in their 70s are just so out of touch with a whole different generation, she said. Id back Mayor Pete [Buttigieg] in a heartbeat. She feels hes much more in touch with her generation shes in her 40s."
more at source. In the article Amato, a woman, said she couldn't vote for HRC, apparently Amato has not noticed Biden has KH has his VP pick.
The article makes me sad and feel anger towards those assholes.
Cyranos thread here-https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214384906
is on my mind today.
dchill
(40,768 posts)Ohiogal
(35,177 posts)Voting time and time again against your own best interests sorta comes close.
And I am done with people who criticize Bidens age without listening to his message. Methinks they are scared to admit they are racists who support the orange anus face.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,847 posts)are not going to return to this country.
safeinOhio
(34,329 posts)will soon be history. Not going overseas either.
Lots of automotive jobs go to Canada because the company does not have to pay health care, the government pays it. The Canadian workers end up making more money without the company having to figure that cost in.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,847 posts)Even the limited testing so far doesn't show a lot of promise yet. Eventually, yeah, but that's going to require that all vehicles, and I mean ALL vehicles all have AI installed.