How the Firefighters Union Explain Trump's 2016 rise

Politics & Elections
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Like the blue-collar white working class police unions that supported GOP and Donald Trump for the first time since 2008’s McCain campaign, the firefighters unions worldwide supported Trump as well.

Nearly 85 percent of American firefighters are white, more than 95 percent are men.

Biden is probably the only Democrat who can shave off or perform better with these blue collar union group that deserted Hillary Clinton and the Democrats in 2016. Hillary’s alliance with Black Lives Matter probably didn’t help either.

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Worldwide? Kazakhstan too? What a country!

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“For the first time since 2008” doesn’t sound too impressive. There was only one other presidential election between 2008 and 2016.

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All of that one election fits the bill, though.

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A strange alliance I would say.

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Really?

“ LAS VEGAS — The International Association of Fire Fighters said Monday that it will abstain from endorsing a presidential candidate for the 2016 election. ”

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I know when I go to the polls, the first question in my mind is “How are the firemen voting?” and then I follow their lead.

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So how exactly does the Firefighters Union explain Trump’s rise?

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It fits into why the white working class votes conservative.

That’s why.

The Roseanne voter.