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Some attendees at Donald Trump’s speech about the autoworkers’ strike Wednesday apparently were shills carrying signs falsely identifying them as union members, the Detroit News reported.

One person held a sign that said “union members for Trump,” but admitted to the newspaper she was not a union member. Another carried a placard with the words “auto workers for Trump” and confessed he was not an auto worker when the outlet requested an interview. Neither identified themselves.

The affiliations of the guests receiving his message came into question. The business, Drake Enterprises in suburban Detroit, employs about 150 people who are not represented by the UAW, the newspaper noted. And there were an estimated 400 to 500 in attendance.

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[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 171 points 1 year ago (4 children)

About 500 people were in attendance for around 2 hours. Trump reportedly pays $9 an hour for people to attend his rallies, that means he (or, more accurately, his campaign) could pay $9,000 to fill that room and make it look like UAW members support Trump. Very low price for a campaign to cover.

[–] Laughbone@lemmy.world 125 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know those actors that go to Trump rally’s really underestimate the value they are providing to Trump. Perhaps if they organized and bargained collectively they could get higher wages and or benefits.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure he went to one of the few non union plants to do this too...

If he'd have tried it in a union shop, they'd likely have shown up to yell shit at him.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, these are those crisis actors that republicans are always complaining about. Everyone on the left was like, “what the fuck are you talking about,” because they came up with the idea.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They've always been doing this shit and they just think everyone else is, too. That's how we got W. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

500 paid employees. Just 1 fraud though.

[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They'd better demand to be paid in advance...

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit, trump was involved in a fraud?

[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was the biggest ~~inauguration~~ auto workers really ever. Bigger than Biden's!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

It was followed by a perfect phone call, just perfect, you never heard such a phone call.

[–] ViewSonik@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago

Looking at the link to the source article, they have a quote from donald duck: "You can be loyal to American labor or you can be loyal to the environmental lunatics," Trump said at one point. "But you can’t really be loyal to both. It’s one or the other."

The man is a miserable piece of shit constantly spreading misinformation and anti-innovative/anti-American rhetoric for the sole purpose of angering his uneducated, gullible supporters. The longer he stays out of prison, the more crimes he commits.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago
[–] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago

He was invited by management to a non-union plant.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago

Imagine that, someone who committed fraud is committing more fraud.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 42 points 1 year ago

who could have predicted that the con-man hosting an event at a non-union shop to show support for the union would have fake union members in attendance?

[–] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Seems par for the course

[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Union members for Trump... SLUGS FOR SALT!!! TUNA FOR SUSHI!!!

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

SAG is still striking, would these actors be scabs?

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m shocked that only some of them were frauds.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They're all frauds, some of them are just more fraud than others.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

A fraudster using fraud to deceive people? How new!

[–] douz0a0bouz@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

Trump astroturfing? I’m shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

[–] BioDriver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Some were frauds, others were morons. Most were both.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I’d celebrate “trump drowned in his own piss day” with my whole family. It’d probably be a real boost to economy too, everyone buying hot dogs and lighter fluid and stuff.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Fake it until you make it... or in trump's case, just keep faking it.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

What a surprise. /s

[–] cyd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

What, did they inflate the value of their real estate holdings too?

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Right out of the Russian playbook

Lol, pathetic. How embarrassing.

[–] CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I passed a Trump branded office in Romeo, MI yesterday and now I know what it was for.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just following in big Papa Putin’s footsteps.