Today Linda and I were interviewed by a reporter from a Washington D.C. newspaper (no, not the Post). He was in Pennsylvania researching a story about a possible “wedge issue” to be used if Biden is the nominee.
If Biden opposes pipelines, he will irritate the labor unions which support pipeline building. If he favors pipelines, he will irritate environmentalists who oppose them. The Trump campaign would use this issue to divide people.
The reporter had learned that Linda was head of the anti-pipeline group “Save Carbon County,” and he wanted to have her take on the issue. He quickly learned that Linda was one of the founders of the Carbon County Labor Chapter and worked for a union. Most union members are environmentalists; most environmentalists support a unionized workforce.
It is typical of Trump to run a campaign based on fear and hatred. It is like him and his campaign managers to think that they can divide labor and environmentalists. It won’t work. Neither of those two groups is about to support him. We aren’t that dumb.
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