Trump has performed well with union members, though leadership of the UAW has poured cold water on any support for the former president.
Donald Trump is skipping the second Republican debate to speak to auto workers in Clinton Township. While the former president has framed his visit as showing support for autoworker union members, he'll be delivering remarks from a non-union facility.
Trump's visit to Michigan comes at a fluid time in the 2024 general election race. Seen as the front-running for the Republican Party, the former president skipped the first debate to give remarks elsewhere. He's recently posted on his social media that the party should pay less attention to the upcoming primaries and instead focus on the general election.
It employs 125 workers and in 2019, it expanded its operations when it announced it would open a second manufacturing facility. According to the Michigan AFL-CIO, which encompasses several union groups, Drake Enterprises is a non-union manufacturer and supplierAmong the themes that Trump has railed against and likely will touch on again Wednesday is electric vehicles.
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