Ohio is an important swing state in next week's presidential election, and if Donald Trump fails to win the state, his path toward victory is very narrow. That's why AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was in the state making sure that working people know how important their vote is. Here is some of the media coverage of Trumka's visit:
Toledo Blade: "Before volunteers spent their time canvassing local neighborhoods to urge those to vote, which consisted of two three-hour shifts, Mr. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), stopped by in support of Hillary Clinton to boost the volunteer spirit and to urge people to vote in an election he called 'the most consequential of our time.'
"'It’s going to decide which direction our country goes,' Mr. Trumka told the room of about 50 people, adding there will be a record high number of American voters this year.
"'Whether we’re going to continue to build on the progress that we have under President Obama or whether we’re going to rip it apart and go back 30 years where we lead by fear and governed by division among us,' he said."
The Business Journal: "Trump’s policies, Trumka said, would cost the United States some three million jobs. Trump’s clothing lines are manufactured in Asia and Mexico. The steel for his buildings was made in China. He supports right-to-work policies. Trump has mocked people with disabilities and made casual statements about sexually assaulting women.
"'He wants to govern by fear and division. He wants to make it harder for the working people. His programs would devastate collective bargaining,' Trumka said at the round table. 'He would tear our country apart and God knows what he’d do internationally.…He wants to say, ‘You can only win if she loses and he can only win if she loses.’ That’s the America he’s trying to make and it’s not the America I grew up with.'"
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