A gaggle campaigning for Kamala Harris served union employees in Wisconsin an “insulting” lunch — presumably put collectively by “prison labor” — because it made their 2024 pitch for the vice chairman final month, a tradesman informed The Publish.
The uninspiring meal — consisting of a “single-slice-of-ham sandwich” on “stale” store-brand bread, a bag of chips and a “tiny apple” — was accompanied by an uninspiring speech, bashing President-elect Donald Trump, that employees constructing a $1 billion Microsoft information middle in Racine County have been subjected to on Oct. 21.
“I mean, it’s not like we were expecting a steak dinner, but even sandwiches or barbecue — barbecue is like the favorite thing on construction sites — wouldn’t have felt so insulting,” a self-described “proud union member,” who sat by means of the lunch and marketing campaign pitch and requested that his identify not be printed, informed The Publish.
The union member doesn’t recall the precise group making the pitch however believes it was an out-of-state ironworkers union “most likely funded” by the Harris marketing campaign.
“As I opened my lunch, a man started to speak on a microphone to the 400 workers in the break area … basically said, ‘OK, because we bought all of you lunch, you have to listen to us,’” the union employee beforehand informed Milwaukee radio present host Dan O’Donnell concerning the expertise.
“’Trump blah blah blah, screwed over the union workers that built his casino in Atlantic City,’” was the “gist” of the pitch, he added, noting that a number of of his colleagues threw their lunches within the trash
The union employee informed The Publish that in the course of the unhappy lunch, “a co-worker told me that he was working at Racine County Correctional … close to this job site … and he witnessed the inmates making those exact lunches for the other inmates.”
“I’ll just say it, the whole stunt was as ironic as it was pathetic,” he mentioned.
When requested concerning the distinction between the brown bag lunch and Harris’ crew reportedly spending thousands and thousands producing a sitdown between the vice chairman and Oprah Winfrey, and tens of thousands and thousands on marketing campaign live shows that includes the likes of Beyonce, Girl Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion, Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, the union member prompt that Harris didn’t focus sufficient on getting help from blue-collar employees.
“They cared more about, like, the aesthetic of their brand than they actually did in convincing, you know, working-class people for their vote,” he mentioned of the Harris marketing campaign technique.
“Probably a higher quality of lunch would have been a good place to start,” the union employee added.
The Wisconsin Division of Corrections and Harris marketing campaign didn’t reply to The Publish’s request for remark.
Trump defeated Harris within the Badger State by about 30,000 votes, or 1 share level, and went on to comb the entire swing states en path to his historic Election Day victory.
