Obama’s Buddy Trumka Uses 9-11 Anniversary As Excuse to Bash Limbaugh, Beck, Rove & Koch Brothers
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:05 AM
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was Obama’s special guest tonight at his jobs and spending speech. While Trumka sat in the gallery his AFL-CIO brothers and sisters were storming the Port of Longview, overpowering and holding security guards, damaging railroad cars, and dumping grain.
Earlier today Trumka released a 9-11 Anniversary statement where he attacked Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers.
From the official AFL-CIO Blog:
In state after state this year—with the heroism of 9/11 less than a decade behind us—politicians targeted the paychecks, benefits and basic rights of these workers in a rabid campaign to shift government support to tax breaks for the wealthy and already profitable corporations.
Wealthy CEOs, anti-government extremist front groups and frothing talk show hosts—from the Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks to the Koch brothers, Karl Rove’s American Crossroads group, Americans for Prosperity, the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the American Legislative Exchange Council—also pushed open the door to hate.
Make no mistake—setting workers against workers is a highly profitable endeavor. How many times during the vilest state attacks on public workers did we hear the question: “Other people don’t have pensions. Why should he?” Prompting that question required twisting the American psyche—which, by its founding nature, seeks to lift the common good. The appropriate question should have been, “Why doesn’t everybody have a pension?” followed by collective action for retirement security.
We’ve seen the costs of hatred in ill-thought wars, in shameful attacks on immigrants and our LGBT neighbors. We saw it in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. We saw it in the racism that has found overt and covert expression since Barack Obama began his run for office—from outright declarations of people who said out loud they would never vote for a black man to the ridiculously persistent obsession with our president’s birth certificate. Regardless of his policies or priorities, President Obama is shadowed by the drumbeat of suspicion based on his “other”-ness. And those suspicions are fed and watered constantly by forces that were threatened by his message of “hope and change.”
We’ve seen the cost of greed in the recklessness of financial institutions that created the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression and the devastating jobs crisis that persists today.
But I remember that other door that opened on 9/11—the door to our better selves, to our understanding that we are one and our values require us to care for one another.
That’s what sent 347 firefighters to their death at the Twin Towers 10 years ago. It’s also what sent firefighters to stand with teachers in Wisconsin even though Gov. Scott Walker had exempted them from his attack on public employees. It’s what moves employed people now to demand good jobs for the 26 million Americans who are looking for work. It’s what gives us the courage to take on a crumbling economy and the politicians preaching austerity and ignoring our jobs crisis—to take them on and say, “We are America. We are better than this. And we are one.”
Brothers and sisters, friends, I hope you will join me in marking this solemn anniversary by committing to redouble your activism on behalf of America’s everyday working heroes. We will rise or fall together.
Obama’s far left buddy sure hates fiscal conservatives, huh?
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Sickofobama commented:
What a disgusting POS!
He is using the 10th anniversary of 9-11 when nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered to make a plea for his brothers and sisters to go kick some more ass?
Yep.
Reread this last paragraph. Progressives are scum. Look out for violent union thugs like Trumka who is encouraging his fellow thugs to harm Americans if they don’t their way.
Brothers and sisters, friends, I hope you will join me in marking this solemn anniversary by committing to redouble your activism on behalf of America’s everyday working heroes. We will rise or fall together.
ohiochili commented:
I find it interesting that Trumka talks about Rush and the rest opening the door to hate as union goons took over the port yesterday.
Some people say men evolve into goons and bullies because of shrimpy male anatomy. He probably feels he has to measure up somehow.
WTFPRESIDENT commented:
Trumka….like Obama thinks his way is the only way. Listen up Trumka…we are are working people. We just don’t agree with the union way…thuggery, lying, and bashing our way to make people join with us.
YOU are the ones inciting violence. YOU are the one calling names., YOU are the ones pulling our country apart. YOU are the ones being greedy, who want what everyone else has.
GROW UP and GET A LIFE
WTFPRESIDENT commented:
OOPS…I meant, we are ALL working people.(just because we don’t pay union dues, doesn’t mean that we don’t work)
Carbon Pootprint commented:
Bet the thugs who ran Egypt and kept 40% of the population standing in lines for bread saw things the same way too.
MAJ Mike commented:
He looks like an evil hamster.
Bad Actor commented:
My father was a UAW member, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO just like the ILWU (longshoremen who overran the port of Longview, WA yesterday). He didn’t like the idea of being part of a union, but he belonged because, in Michigan, if you wanted to work for the auto companies as a machinist, you had to belong to the UAW or you had no job – still true, by the way. He was a mild-mannered man and would never have condoned or joined in this kind of violence. He would have hated what Trumka said and stands for. These democrats are not my father’s democrats. The democrat party has been taken over by socialists, plain & simple. Trumka is a cheap thug. How fitting he should be a special guest of Obama and seated in the VIP box with the first lady. They are all socialist scum. November 2012 can’t come soon enough for me.
donh commented:
Yes the hero of the working man and best friend of all children Comrad TRUMPKKKA…. http://youtu.be/IPeRD4P578U
Militant Conservative commented:
Typical,
JWF commented:
It was actually 343 NYFD who were murdered that day. But hey, who ever said Trumka had facts on his side?
Tom63010 commented:
Reminds me of a child in a department store when the parent has to tell their child “I’m sorry honey we can’t afford that toy” and the child throws a temper tantrum.
Bad Actor commented:
This might be stating the obvious, but I really think Obama, Trumka, Ayers, Soros, Pelosi, Reid, Holder, the Black Panthers, the anarchists, flash mobs/looters, greenies, old hippies, union activists, and individual idiots like that Garafalo b**ch, that blubbery fathead Michael Moore and most of Hollywood (i.e., progressives in general) actually WANT civic unrest and rioting in the streets (like Greece) because they think it will further their cause – to make the US into a socialist country – they think the rest of us will cringe with fear and give in to their demands. They would like nothing better than all-out civil war. Well, they ought to be careful what they wish for……they would be out-manned and out-gunned.
I hope, though, that we as a country are better than that. I hope that it doesn’t come to violence, but it sure looks to be moving in that direction. What happened to all the civility after the Giffords shooting?
Ladue Pundit commented:
The only jobs Obama spoke of in his “jobs speech” were UNION jobs–teachers and construction workers.
The last stimulus was a slush fund for UNION pensions and Democrat party war chests–no jobs were created.
Trumka is an illiterate gorilla and his words are INCENDIARY.
#1AMERICAN commented:
he just looks like a fat SOB union thug…
Crackermike commented:
Just red meat to feed the attack dogs. Very few citizens believe this anymore. People hear of the pensions and KNOW what’s going on. Especially Gov’t pensions.
Hobbitually conservative commented:
#13 Bad Actor commented:
What happened to all the civility after the Giffords shooting?
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That was only for conservatives and Tea Partiers, liberals never stopped. It is funny though that Keith Olberman has be calling for the rhetoric to be tamed.
Mr. X. commented:
Is that a severed head in Trumpka lap? Third world thugs.
Strawman commented:
Trumka’s being in Caligula’s reserved seats in the House Gallery amounts to an endorsement of this gangster’s inflammatory rhetoric in Detroit. It was “in your face,” and all you need to know about where the Legacy Media’s mission can be seen in their silence over this clear message.
lyle commented:
‘Wealthy CEOs, anti-government extremist front groups and frothing talk show hosts—from the Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks to the Koch brothers, Karl Rove’s American Crossroads group, Americans for Prosperity, the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks and the American Legislative Exchange Council—also pushed open the door to hate.’
Interesting choice of words: ‘pushed open the door to hate’.
Not ‘expressed hatred’. Somebody might ask him to substantiate the charge.
No, in this formulation the word ‘hate’ is free-floating. It doesn’t belong to anyone. Whose door? Whose hate? Are Republican congressmen shouting down union speakers? Are Tea Party grandmothers intimidating union thugs? Have conservatives fired shots at Trumka or demonstrated on Hoffa’s front porch?
Nobody can open the doors to someone else’s hatred. Blaming Rush Limbaugh is a coward’s way of evading responsibility. But make no mistake. Trumka is serving notice that the door to union hatred has been flung open, and the rest of us had better watch out.
RickS commented:
This is what Obama is all about: divisive dishonest race-baiting attacks on anyone who doesn’t agree with the regime.
JPL17 commented:
Someone please explain to me how the propaganda, lies + class hatred spurting from Trumka’s piggish face and poison pen are ANY different from the propaganda, lies + class hatred spread by Leninist-Stalinist-Maoists for 70 years? At any moment I expect Trumka to instruct his thugs that all political power comes from the barrel of a gun…
Jaimo commented:
Sorry Trumpka, but I don’t consider union pukes America’s working heros. What a POS this guy is. Doesn’t surprise me that Obama licks his boots. They are the same.
Black Sabbath commented:
I’m glad Obama decided to go All Union last night with the purple ties, and Trumka. I hear Moo Moo wore a purple dress for SEIU too. Show us all who matters, Barack, because God knows we sure don’t.
Ipso Facto commented:
The unions give money to the Democrats to help them get elected, and once elected, the Democrats give the unions real fat contracts which are to the disadvantage of the public and the economy in general.
All of this talk about the unions being the custodians of the best interests of America’s everyday working heroes is total BS. They bleed the working heroes and make a mockery of craft and good work ethics.
I think its great that they make it so obvious that Obama, Trumka and Hoffa are best buddies. The American people can now see the truth behind all of Obama’s actions. Obama is all about payola! As the unions go down because of their propensity to knock heads, intimidate and be all but criminal enterprises – so too will Obama go down with them.
Gary commented:
Why does the Gateway Pundit have this anti-GOP Kaine for Virginia ad?
can’t we see that everywhere else already?
Gary commented:
Bad Actor
I made a ton of money a few years ago shorting stock on American Axle, GM, and other companies that use UAW thugs as their employees.
As soon as the strike started, I started shorting stocks, and it went on all summer with the strike. When it was over, most of the companies’ stocks were worth 10 to 20% of their original price.
Thanks union goons! Pleasure doing business with you.
Ginger commented:
Well you will never see that scumbag trumka with his thugs doing their kick some sob’s a$$. He is to coward! A leader leads not hides somewhere.
Boy are they going to get a rude awakening! When you do not have some one in front of you to confront that is one thing but when you do have that is enother.
tommy mc donnell commented:
the government is suppose to serve ALL the citizens EQUALLY. trumka is one of those leftists that think that successful people are to be exploited by the politicans so these same politicans can use the fruits of that exploition to keep themselves in power permanently.
the people in office used to be the servants of the citizens, thanks to people like trumka the citizens are now the servants of thse politicans.
his leftist activism has only one goal; the exploitation of the working people of america by the political class.
by the way i was one of those firemen that went to the trade center and big fat richard trumka doesn’t speak for me. trumka represents everything i find wrong with the current union leadership in america.
i hate it when people here refer to union workers as thugs but it certainly applies to richard trumka.
Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:
I feel sick. The UNIONS (dead wood, bullies) are their army, we saw that in Wisconsin! GOD help us. Forcing business to use unions (BOEING). Forcing companies out of America. He has opened the door for RACISTS against whites, illegals, unions, thugs, atheists, sickos and communists. WH has taken away all facets to be American, our flag, prayer, religion, education (sex in pre-K), so many thousands & thousands of regulations killing all innovation for new business, destroying our beautiful farm producers, raising the price of GRAIN so they can’t feed their livestock, stopping ALL oil drilling, giving money to Brazil to drill in our gulf! all of our Science programs for space travel, expanding his power with union control government. And our Military. Geez they love power.
Mark1957 commented:
Mr. X. commented: #18
“Is that a severed head in Trumpka lap? Third world thugs.”
“Don’t worry Mr. X, he was just an SOB scab who won’t be missed, besides, I might get hungry latter if the speech is real long.”…. Trumpka
Ladue Pundit commented:
Does anyone recall when Trumka and some union thugs burned a non-union mine in Illinois? A pal of mine asked me this…maybe I’m not old enough to recall…he said it was in the 1970′s.
Ginger commented:
#29 tommy mc donnell
Thank you for letting us know that you are one of many of our HERO’S I hope that your health is ok.. I am sad that all the HEROS that gave their time and risk their lives is now being denied all the benefits that all of you deserve. It turns my stomach that bogus black farmers by the thousands are given $50,000 as a lie and our true heros are shunned!
daryl commented:
That shot of Trumka (except for the black brutha)reminds me of one of those old top Nazi death camp wardens at Lodz or Krakow. Socialist pos.
arnonerik commented:
Trumka says, “The appropriate question should have been, “Why doesn’t everybody have a pension?” followed by collective action for retirement security.”
I tell you why Mr. Trumka. We can’t because your union blackmail tactics giving union people (especially government employees and union bosses) bloated pensions has already bankrupted the system. You pigs took it all leaving nothing but table scraps while the Ship of State is circling the drain and yet you still have your grubby hands out for more.
If we all could retire in 20 years on fat pensions where would the money come from. You Socialists have all these wonderful ideas but they are all “Ponzi schemes”.
the real wow commented:
this is off topic, but interesting —- and from the NYTimes to boot!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/us/10iht-currents10.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1315569719-RpR5AuX40tZqZl8xOiUg7g
Leatherhelmet commented:
Trumpka and his commie attitude is one of the main reasons unions are disappearing despite the friendly white house and senate. The guy alienates working people.
bobdog commented:
Every time I read a story about union thugs acting up, like the Oregon riot yesterday or the Madison lynch mob circus, I see new Republican votes. Lots of ‘em. People won’t tolerate this kind of mindless violence. The fact is that unions only control 10% of the votes in this country. It’s a battle they can’t win.
I hope they keep beating people up and screaming about “union wages” all the way up to election day. All they’re doing is focusing attention on the damage they cause to real working people every day. If they think they’re generating sympathy for union workers, they’re wrong.
Go get ‘em, boys. Teach us sons-a-bitches a lesson. What goes around, comes around.
Rock commented:
Tommy #29,
Let me add my sincere thanks for the efforts that you and your fellow 1st responders provided that day and the days that followed (Still cannot understand the decision not to let them attend the upcoming ceremony). I invite you to see my comments at http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/09/teamster-leader-jimmy-hoffa-on-tea-party-take-these-son-of-a-bitches-out/#comments about the unions. And while I cannot speak for all here I suspect many when discussing union thugs are referring to the leadership and their hired muscle that they use to protect their interest and not the hard working men and women that are as much their victims as the rest of America.
paul52 commented:
Didn’t Trumka used to do commercials for Samsonite luggage? You remember, where he threw around the luggage in the cage? Now, he’s a POS in a suit.
JimmyT commented:
This is not new. In 1976 I was the Chief Steward of a steel fab shop in South Bend, IN. We went out on strike for the first time in the companies history. (For a nickel difference!) This strike was pushed by the Local Teamster rep. We had a nonunion driver delivering steel one morning about 5:00 a.m. I called the local President, as instructed. He came down to the plant with several baseball bats and told my fellow employees to smash the truck and hurt the driver. I said, “Are you out of your f ing mind?” I told him it wasn’t going to happen on my watch. I told the crew leaders on each shift if they followed through on his request, I would personally beat their ass. After the strike was over, the rep tried to get a petition going to oust me as Chief Steward. Didn’t happen. Point being, these bastards have been doing this for decades. NOTE: They had an opening for a union rep and I applied. Rollie, the president, told me I didn’t have the “balls” to be a union rep. I told him, on second thought, I’m to intelligent to be a union rep. Trumpka, making millions of dollars a year, (salary and bribes) has the audacity to complain about CEO’s who run companies that actually produce a product? If it weren’t for unions, government and bad management allowing wages/benefits/regulations to get out of control, companies wouldn’t be looking to set up shop outside of the country. IMHO
HighKomissar commented:
the end result for this commie dog and his lapdancer will be violent and final… think they will get the “il bacio della morte?”
Indy commented:
#29 My sincere thanks for the work you did at the WTC and for speaking against union leadership. May I encourage you to grow your numbers and speak out as a group against union leaders such as Trumka. They must be exposed by union members. Our country needs citizens like you to vote out these leaders, show how much they make, salary + benefits, show their ties to socialists, communist party, hard left orgainzations and other radicals.
Sandy commented:
Bad Actor #8 — You’re right this isn’t our father’s Democratic Party.
BobM commented:
BOTH “Jabba the Trumka” and “Baby Thug” Hoffa need to be rebuked my union members EVERYWHERE!!!! Just like the THUGS of the Longshoremens Union that COMMITTED CRIMES such as destruction of property, kidnapping, and assault. As a UNION MEMBER I AM APPALLED!!! These THUGS, DO NOT REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF UNION MEMBERS. The leadership of these THUGS need to be ARRESTED AND JAILED. Where is Eric Holder when these acts are being purportrated?
NOW, the biggie! The UNMITIGATED GALL of Trumka using the 10 year anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy to spew his HATE SPEECH. This guy HAS TO GO!!!
Mikey commented:
Anyone else see a physical resemblance between Trunka and Josef Stalin?
Redwine commented:
We the People will be the ones to stop these thugs from destroying our republic. Union thuggery, race-baiting, leftist/anarchist mayhem, job-crippling regulation, institutionalized theft and graft and stealth shariah are the hallmarks of this evil regime.
This bastard regime is taking our money to impoverish us to become serfs in a fascist state. They are remaking, “transforming”, our precious republic by rewriting and misrepresenting our history and trashing our society. It is urgent that they be stopped in their tracks. We must join together to contradict these thugs and uphold the truth in every forum and venue. Remember, we surround them.
Stuart commented:
Tommy #29
When we refer to union thugs, we are talking about the thugs, who are a whole different group from the rank and file. In my lifetime I belonged to several unions, as a condition of employment.
In my experience, the rank and file payed their dues so the labor bosses and their thug pals could live high on the hog. They made sweetheart deals with management and took our money. We got nothing for our trouble, except trouble. I had one union goon threaten to fine me if I didn’t go to union meetings. I threatened to kill him if he docked my pay. Since, at that time, I was young, just a few months out of my second Viet Nam combat tour, and considered a bit crazy, he didn’t push it. I don’t know if I would have followed through with my threat, but I was in no mood to take his S***.
The point is that there are union members and then there are union bosses. They are not always on the same side.
Truth Teller commented:
Someone take this son of a b&$@h out already!
Hopeful commented:
re Union violence. It’s there all right, and nothing new.
In the 70′s, during Jimmah’s turn at the presidency, when inflation was high and going higher, there was a trucker’s strike (Teamsters?) during which there was so much violence that “scab” trucks daring to transport merchandise moved in long convoys escorted by the state police. I believe one truck driver was killed.
During a strike at the then McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft in St Louis, managers and engineers reporting for work had to run a gauntlet of picketers who carried and used baseball bats on the cars entering the grounds.
Unfortunately, union violence is condoned according to the Supreme Court in the ’70′s, so no one is prosecuted for it.
We need another Supreme Court case on the issue of union violence. I fervently hope we get one soon. The idea that in our country some people are privileged to use baseball bats on others without prosecution is sickening.