We talked about this here, that the Firefighters union was going to freeze donations to federal (national) Democrats and put all of its money into state races and state initiatives.
Now there's more, from Rachel Maddow and with her, the president of the Firefighters union, Harold Schaitberger.
Note: This is a good segment, but a long one. It has an interesting intro before it gets to the main point about the firefighters. If you're pressed for time, you may want to skip ahead, for example, to 8:20 or 10:20.
To help you, here's a handy guide:
▪ 0:00 to 7:55 — Republicans have screwed up badly in the states, and people are really upset with them.
▪ 7:55 — A great graph showing how low radical Republican governors have fallen in popularity.
▪ 8:20 — Stunningly, Democrats in the Massachusetts House just passed a union-stripping bill of their own. Democrats!
▪ 9:43 — Unions in Massachusetts are shocked and angry.
▪ 10:20 — Summary and lead-in to the Firefighters story and interview.
Schaitberger: National Dems "are not really in our corner":
This is a pattern of disappointments ... We're not going to be taken for granted, and we're not going to be made to feel like we have no other place to go. ... Accountability comes with consequences.Amen to that. I hope he makes it stick. If Dems want to join with Republicans and take the nation over the cliff, I for one don't want to reward them with access to power and all the goodies that implies. Accountability.
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