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I’m not attacking you. I addressed the argument as phony.

You are not your argument.

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No one had to lose any pay. They could sit in the back of the hall and play on their smartphones if they weren’t interested in the speech. It’s an easy payday.

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I actually posted about that earlier and deleted it…figured whats the use.

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Some people are stuck in entitlement mentality.

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So what?

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Union guy here.

Yes, my company can do this to me to, if they wish.

In our contract, it’s called a temporary reporting location.

If you don’t want to show, call out a vacation day or choose not to get paid.

Allan

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2015 obama

Michigan23x15 Michigan Wayne January 7 President Obama delivered remarks at the Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly Plant.[1]

Iowa23x15 Iowa Cedar Falls January 14 President Obama visited the Cedar Falls Utilities and delivered remarks on internet access.[6]

2014 obama

Pennsylvania23x15 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh January 29 President Obama signed the my RA program and delivered remarks at U.S. Steel’s Irvin plant.[3]

Wisconsin Milwaukee January 30 President Obama visited General Electric’s Gas Engine Plant, where he delivered a speech regarding jobs and minimum wage.[4]

Pennsylvania Pittsburgh June 17 President Obama visited the TechShop workshop in Pittsburgh, where he also delivered remarks and answered questions regarding manufacturing and innovation.[75]

ndiana Princeton October 3 President Obama visited the Millennium Steel Service plant to deliver remarks on manufacturing and its effect on the economy.[122]

Nevada Las Vegas November 21 President Obama delivered a speech at the Del Sol High School to discuss his executive plans for an immigration reform.[152]

That one you have to wonder was attendance mandatory for the students that day?

That’s only two of Obama’s 8 years.

I don’t remember CEC having a meldown over any of those . . . . do you?

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It wasn’t a rally. Pretty much ANYTIME a President speaks for someone it’s political.

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Were those employees forced to attend or lose pay?

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Couple of them look like they would be union shops.

Don’t know . . . doesn’t give any other information that it was a private business that he gave a speach at.

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Gotcha…but thats the point of the discussion the go or no pay deal.

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“Why doesn’t the president just use Skype?”

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Aye we had some good guys working on this job. Commissioning has been fun.

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Is all this shocking news to anyones beliefs? When large numbers of union workers gather to listen to some speaker selected by the company was every poster complaining about this incident thinking “Gee, its wonderful the way all those union workers are so eager to go out and listen to that guy?”

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Well thanks to Trump they got paid thanks to their union contracr…which is more then can be said for Trump’s contractors and illegal alien employess

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Content of the speech. Trump treated it like a rally.

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Did anyone not get paid? Presidents visit facilities all the time. Apples and oranges.

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They were told how to behave… that would have been disrespectful.

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You seem to have missed the context of the post to which you were replying.
You had tried to broadbrush every speech made by Trump as potentially having been paid for. The response was basically as to trying to compare a rally where the general public pays to enter to a speech held by a company/union where people are paid if they attend.
“No, you cannot question the basis for Trump’s large crowds based on the unique circumstances of this speech”…would be the proper response.

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So what dude? What difference does it make? Every politician treats everything like a rally. Move the needle.