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applegrove

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Tue Jul 23, 2019, 03:06 PM Jul 2019

Trump Has Accomplished Little for Working Class

Trump Has Accomplished Little for Working Class

July 23, 2019 at 12:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/23/trump-has-accomplished-little-for-working-class/

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New York Times: “History will record last week as a moment when President Trump turned to raw racial appeals to attack a group of nonwhite lawmakers, but his attacks also underscored a remarkable fact of his first term: His rhetorical appeals to white working-class voters have not been matched by legislative accomplishments aimed at their economic interests.”

“Since he became president, Mr. Trump has largely operated as a conventional Republican, signing taxes that benefit high-end earners and companies, rolling back regulations on corporations and appointing administration officials and judges with deep roots in the conservative movement. His approach has delighted much of the political right.”

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Trump Has Accomplished Little for Working Class (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2019 OP
Little? How about nothing? nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #1
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