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| Freedom supporters chatting with police after storming the US Capitol |
I am passionately pro organized labor but militant radical statements like this below form the head of the 14 million member trade union movement are just irresponsible. This could cause a riot. I read that the US Congress amid all this furor has just passed Medicare for all after reading this terrifying threat to the rule of capital. Richard Mellor
Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the breach of the U.S. Capitol building:
"We are witnessing one of the greatest assaults on our democracy since the Civil War. Today’s attempted coup has been years in the making as Donald Trump consistently spews venom, conspiracies, hate and lies to his supporters. They are carrying out his wishes, and far too many Republican lawmakers have enabled and even encouraged this violent threat to our republic. Emboldened by an Electoral College system that creates an avenue for insurrection instead of simply certifying the candidate with the most votes, this is an effort to violate the constitutional rights of every law-abiding American and the labor movement will not stand for it. Not today. Not ever."
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