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Tell me about the tax cut? why did you like the trump tax cut? >> i had seen the results of the tax cut in the employer where i work. theyve been able to invest more in the building. we got the most substantial raise in our last contract that we ever got. >> you are a teamster? >> yes. >> james hoffa delivered for you, right? >> no, i was a chief negotiator myself. >> really? >> yes. >> and youre a union guy. how can you be a union guy and a republican? im curious. >> the republican party is mor...

Sometimes going up to 11, $12. these are often times not livable wages. when he riles the upper crowds and says im bringing jobs back to pennsylvania, hes not lying but hes not telling the full truth. thats what democrats are worried about. when you went to these rallies two years ago, that messaging was spot on. it was im an outsider. im not a politician. republicans here and specifically those trump supporters love that. that message is still plays. when we sat down and had beers with those un...

Nationally its incredibly low. a lot of the jobs dont pay much. what did you think. did anybody benefit from the tax cut? how many benefitted from the tax cut? thats not much. who did. you did? why did you like the tax cut? >> i had seen the results of the tax cut in the employer where i work. they invested more in the building. we got the most substantial raise that we ever got. >> you are a teamster? >> yes. >> james hoffa delivered for you. >> no, i was a chief negotiator myself. >> how can y...

Votes. you cant fill up the football stadium with that. we got to the tailgate yesterday and asked about the man who looms over everything in the midterms, president trump. >> im kind of beyond that side a little more. >> reporter: you like what he is doing, so far? >> no. him personally, no. >> i think hes doing a good job. >> he is a racist, ill say it. >> reporter: how do you think he is doing so far? >> 50/50. >> reporter: 50/50? >> i dont approve of everything he says. he needs to quit twee...

Purple. hillary clinton, she won it in 2016 by 45,000 votes. thats not enough people to fill up the football stadium so we came out here yesterday for tailgate and the first questions we asked were all about the man overshadowing the midterms, president trump. >> lets score! >> i was never trump. but same time im kind of -- id be on that side more. >> do you like what hes doing so far? >> no. him personally, no. >> he is a miss only nis racist. >> did you vote for president trump? >> of course. ...

>> im sure he had a wife. >> oh, yeah. well, yeah, that. >> you know what i mean. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah. >> and so right here francis, she was enslaved. >> right. >> her son born five years out of slavery. then her son has your father. >> right. >> you -- its not like were that far from here. >> if you want to know why we cant get over slavery because its just simple graphic to get from me back to slavery. >> its a very sobering thought. >> what do you think your dad would think about you? >> w...

Union guy. i mean, bled union blood. for me to work for a republican governor, he probably would have had a few things to say about that. >> i didnt think of it like that. >> yeah. >> i was thinking of your accomplishments and he would have said working for the republican governor, i thought i raised you better than that. >> yeah, i know. out of titanium, aluminum, and high tensile steel. hand-built by masters, scrutinized by experts, and tested... ...relentlessly. the lexus high performance lin...

Different? one key factor. he said pakistan, not pah-kistan. you go, oh, things are changing, things are going down. the man is saying pakistan, so, you knew this was a shift. so he is looking at the way pakistan is to the tally band, the way china is to north korea. so, he said, this is your mass, body, you want to clean it up. that leads to the next part, which is the mission statement. he finally gave a mission statement that was localized and specific and practical, which is, he is telling t...

Different? one key factor. he said pakistan, not pah-kistan. you go, oh, things are changing, things are going down. the man is saying pakistan, so, you knew this was a shift. so he is looking at the way pakistan is to the tally band, the way china is to north korea. so, he said, this is your mass, body, you want to clean it up. that leads to the next part, which is the mission statement. he finally gave a mission statement that was localized and specific and practical, which is, he is telling t...

Contracts ever negotiated for the american worker. >> frank and salvatore have been union auto workers for decades. both say they voted for president obama twice, but despite having pretty good paying jobs, when they >> it was very difficult for me because i have been a long democrat. people needed a change. the uaw brought us into the middle class. when i hear trump talk about solidarity and it sounds like hes a union guy right there. i was happy to have somebody stick up for us. >> their fello...