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People keep talking about how Trump's election was about winning the white working class. We'll see how interested he is in their right to fair wages.
by Pxtl 10y ago
People keep talking about how Trump's election was about winning the white working class. We'll see how interested he is in their right to fair wages.
- refurb 10y agoTrump's not even in office and he's getting blamed already. This was a judge who made the ruling. Not Trump.
- kmc059000 10y agoPlus the judge was nominated by Obama.
- jacalata 10y agoThat wasn't blaming him - it was saying it will be interesting to see how he reacts to this. He's got time to whine about a theater, surely this will also get an angry tweet.
- vidarh 10y agoHe's not getting blamed. The above commenter is simply pointing out that this will serve as a good test as to whether he will come out in favour of working class people or business.
- SubiculumCode 10y agoHe already had expressed interest in changing the new Obama ruling. FYI, that was mentioned in TFA
- davidnc 10y agoThe article does mention that in August Trump promised to roll back the regulation.
- noobermin 10y agoI think this entire thread is diverging from the article, but the article does quote Trump: Trump has vowed to roll back Obama regulations that he says are hurting the economy. He expressed support for changing the overtime rule during the presidential campaign. “Rolling back the overtime regulation is just one example of the many regulations that need to be addressed to do that,” Trump told Circa in August. “We would love to see a delay or a carve-out of sorts for our small business owners."
- grzm 10y agoQuoting blocks of text this way makes it really hard to read due to side-scrolling, particularly on mobile.
- kaishiro 10y agoAgreed. This is completely removed from the context of the article but I primarily consume HN on mobile and I detest it when quotes are done this way. I really wish something was added to the FAQ re this.
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- noobermin 10y agoSorry to discriminate, but I read on a desktop mostly and the block text makes it clear it is a quote. Sorry about that, but of course, the article has the full text; although I'm not sure how the hill respects mobile or not.
- grzm 10y agoAlternatives common on HN are to use > or italics.
- runamok 10y agoClearly quoting the article adds value to the conversation since several of the posters above didn't even see the relevance of referring to trump. I'd argue the display issue is more the fault of HN than the poster.
- grzm 10y agoGotta work with what you have. If the intent is to communicate effectively on HN now, there are better ways to do it. I'm not saying quoting is bad. There are better ways to do it on HN, such as using prefix > or italics.
- mimimimi 10y agoThe election was about electing a white racist bygot. Everything else they say it was about is just deflection. He could have defrauded students, assaulted woman, have a wife pose in pseudo lesbian porn pictures, use his charity for personal expenses and he still would have gotten elected. Ho wait... Edit: At least the white nationalist guys admit why they like trump so much.
- honkhonkpants 10y ago"Working class" people (with incomes below $50k/year) voted for Clinton.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoAll of them?
- rbanffy 10y agoThe smart ones, at least.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoWhy bring Trump at all in the discussion when a federal judge has blocked Obama's initiative?