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'We got your back': Massive union makes sure worker who heckled Trump is not punished
The union worker who called out trump as a Pedo is not being punished
'We got your back': Massive union makes sure worker who heckled Trump is not punished...
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A Michigan autoworker who heckled President Donald Trump last month during a campaign visit escaped punishment after his union told him "we got your back."
A United Auto Workers official confirmed Monday that Local 600 line worker TJ Sabula kept his job and "has no discipline on his record" despite calling Trump a "pedophile protector" during his Jan. 13 visit to a Ford Motor Co. plan in Dearborn — triggering an obscene response from the president, reported The Detroit News.
"TJ, we got your back," said UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning.
Trump responded to the insult by flashing his middle finger and mouthing the words "f--k you" twice at the worker before mouthing his "you're fired" catchphrase from his reality TV show "The Apprentice."
"Well, this ain't 'The Apprentice,'" Dickerson said.
Union officials during their national political conference this week in Washington have highlighted Trump's reaction to Sabula as a symbol of how he feels about working-class Americans.
A United Auto Workers official confirmed Monday that Local 600 line worker TJ Sabula kept his job and "has no discipline on his record" despite calling Trump a "pedophile protector" during his Jan. 13 visit to a Ford Motor Co. plan in Dearborn — triggering an obscene response from the president, reported The Detroit News.
"TJ, we got your back," said UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning.
Trump responded to the insult by flashing his middle finger and mouthing the words "f--k you" twice at the worker before mouthing his "you're fired" catchphrase from his reality TV show "The Apprentice."
"Well, this ain't 'The Apprentice,'" Dickerson said.
Union officials during their national political conference this week in Washington have highlighted Trump's reaction to Sabula as a symbol of how he feels about working-class Americans.
