Scott Jennings: UAW President Took the Air out of Endorsement When He Said It’s Trump Which Is Actually Supported by Most Workers

JENNINGS: “Can I comment on the UAW piece? I thought the most noteworthy thing that happened was he got the endorsement. And then the president of UAW went on TV and said, ‘Just to be clear, a majority of my members are going to vote for Donald Trump.’ And I think that’s the problem for President Biden in this race right now. The institutional elites in many institutions, they do support Joe Biden. But the people right now are very, very nervous about his leadership and his ability to do the job. And for him to make that comment shortly after that, I mean, it took all the air out of the balloon.”
SELLERS: “But I think it piggybacks what you were saying as well, that you get the endorsement. Now you have to go into the union halls. And what Donald Trump is doing — excuse me — what Joe Biden is doing. And Kamala Harris are both doing. Is they’re penetrating those areas now. I mean, he’s literally in South Carolina as we speak. He was in South Carolina last night. He went to beauty salons. He’s actually on the ground doing things that he wasn’t able to do in 2020, which is — you’re correct. Once you get the institution, like, once you get the black pastor, that’s the grass top. Now you got to get the people in the pews. You got to get the women who wear the big hats. When you hug them, they smell like Chanel No. 5 all day long, or they use a full stick of butter in their sweet potato pies. So you actually have to go out and visit with those people. And that’s what Joe Biden’s doing. He’s doing it in South Carolina with the black vote. He has to do it in Detroit and other places.”
DINGELL: “And he’s got to do it in the union halls. I have had many conversations with the president of the UAW. And I will tell you something. That endorsement was earned. And that man — Shawn Fain is a competitive man. He has put his name on delivering those union voters. That’s one of the biggest wins President Biden’s got.”
POLYANSKY: “And it may have been, but I think what you have seen over the last few weeks is a change and a difference here. You have seen on the political battlefield Donald Trump solidify his base, winning Republicans over and over, both in Iowa and New Hampshire, and as we head to South Carolina and Nevada and beyond.”