The United Auto Workers union is doubling down on defending a disruptive Michigan worker who heckled President Donald Trump during his visit to Ford's River Rouge plant in Dearborn this week – proving once again that union leadership is completely out of step with working Americans who voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
The confrontation occurred Tuesday when 40-year-old TJ Sabula interrupted the President's tour of the historic Ford complex, prompting Trump to respond with his characteristic directness. Rather than apologizing for their member's unprofessional behavior toward the Commander-in-Chief, UAW bosses rushed to Sabula's defense with a defiant statement Wednesday.
This shameful display exposes the widening gap between radical union leadership and the rank-and-file workers they claim to represent. While UAW executives play political games, it was everyday autoworkers who helped deliver Trump's crushing electoral victory in Michigan and across the Rust Belt.
Union Bosses vs. Working Americans
The irony is staggering. Here's President Trump – the man who renegotiated NAFTA, brought manufacturing jobs back to America, and is already working to boost domestic auto production – being disrespected by a worker whose job exists because of Trump's America First policies.
"This incident shows how union leadership has abandoned the workers they're supposed to represent in favor of woke political theater,"
a Michigan GOP official told reporters.
Meanwhile, Trump continues delivering for autoworkers with plans to eliminate job-killing regulations, expand domestic energy production, and use tariffs to protect American manufacturing from unfair foreign competition.
The UAW's decision to shield this disruptive behavior sends a clear message: they're more interested in political resistance than representing workers who want good-paying jobs and economic prosperity.
How long will rank-and-file union members tolerate leadership that attacks the very President fighting hardest for their livelihoods?