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Omaha Steve

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Mon Jul 13, 2015, 07:27 PM Jul 2015

Labor’s Short and (Not-So) Sweet Response to Scott Walker’s Campaign Launch




Ah, memories: Protestors shout outside the office of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he signs a copy of the budget repair bill on March 11, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/13/afl_cio_responds_to_scott_walker_s_campaign_launch_scott_walker_is_a_national.html?

By Josh Voorhees

Gov. Scott Walker, at long last, made his well-known presidential ambitions official on Monday. “I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them,” the Wisconsin Republican tweeted ahead of his formal campaign kickoff later today. Walker’s announcement, as expected, didn’t exactly receive a warm reception from union leaders. Here, for instance, was the full statement released by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:

“Scott Walker is a national disgrace.”

FULL story at link.
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