{"id":1003113,"date":"2018-12-11T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003113"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:18","slug":"real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump promised the massive tax cuts Republicans gave to the rich and big corporations would benefit workers, spur job growth and grow the economy. None of that happened. Instead, the Trump tax law led to more outsourcing, and workers at plants like GM have lost their jobs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hear from the workers who have lost their jobs and are hurting from Trump\u2019s broken promises:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump … our area definitely needs help. You\u2019re the president of the United States, you\u2019re the CEO, please start holding these companies like General Motors and Harley-Davidson accountable for their actions.\u201d – Recently laid-off GM worker<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody works at GM, so without that, it’s gonna be really tough.” – GM Lordstown worker <\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“The core of this community is General Motors. We live here. Our house value is going to plummet. My daughter goes to school here in the community.” – GM Lordstown worker<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cIt affects everybody, not just GM. This is a trickle-down effect.\u201d – Worker at a GM supplier<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not happy, we\u2019re sad. It’s just another big company that we’re losing in White Marsh, and it\u2019s going to affect the community and we’re upset about it.\u201d – Local small business owner<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what everyone wants to do. They just want to work right now and get through this. Christmas is coming, they want to enjoy Christmas. This is a time where we should be lifted up.\u201d – 22-year GM Lordstown worker<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really scared how we\u2019re going to be able to provide for our kids. Just being able to get them Christmas presents this year, I had to literally max out my credit cards. How are we going to get money?\u201d – Recently laid-off GM Lordstown worker<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cI\u2019m mad. \u2026 I had a lot of business there. A lot of people need to work and make money for their kids. They\u2019re asking me for a job. I wish I could hire them, but I have enough already.\u201d – Business owner near GM\u2019s Detroit-Hamtramck plant<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cTrump is not willing to put his money where his mouth is. \u2026 Basically, since he\u2019s been in office, it has been an assault on good-paying jobs. What he\u2019s doing is not translating into anything good for middle-class America.\u201d – 20-year GM Lordstown worker<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cPeople are fed up and frustrated. \u2026 They don\u2019t want to pick up their families and leave the area they\u2019ve lived in their whole life. I think some people have just had enough.\u201d – Recently laid-off GM Lordstown worker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump promised the massive tax cuts Republicans gave to the rich and big corporations would benefit workers, spur job growth and grow the economy. None of that happened. Instead, the Trump tax law led to more outsourcing, and workers at plants like GM have lost their jobs.   Hear from the workers who have lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-11T14:20:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/\",\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-11T14:20:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T20:12:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\",\"name\":\"Claire DePree\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claire DePree\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2018-12-11T14:20:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-23T20:12:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Claire DePree","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claire DePree","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/","name":"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG","datePublished":"2018-12-11T14:20:09+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T20:12:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/6MzJo5WNXMkPHWXduhf6sHjSEEXfreiUd-aH51D2W1LMESu1e9k9Pxsvo4QCuuwE-HPIrWajfTZ7MeO8fZjIwFEpF2HUv_vBY7wq-totB2zNAp16zD7Jszsc_ixrttxgoVUfB4WG"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-workers-and-communities-hurt-by-trumps-broken-promises\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"REAL STORIES: Workers And Communities Hurt By Trump\u2019s Broken Promises"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564","name":"Claire DePree","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claire DePree"},"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033700,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003113\/revisions\/1033700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}