Gangster Tactic – Pro Hillary Union Threatened to Pull Funding if Labor Official Spoke at Sanders Rally

We’ve all seen Hillary’s shadiness on display time and time again throughout the campaign, but one thing that hasn’t been said enough is that with the Clintons, you don’t just get the Clintons. You end up electing a cadre of some of the most villainous and corrupt corporate criminals, manipulators and unethical political mercenaries America has to offer.

With Hillary in the White House, the American people are also signing up for an all-star roster of associated cronies who have spent much of the last few decades raping and pillaging both Americans at home, and innocents abroad.

– From the post: Madeleine Albright Says “There’s a Special Place in Hell for Women Who Don’t Help Each Other”

As I pointed out in the post above, the Clintons are basically white collar gangsters. You don’t attain the kind of political and now financial power that they have in modern America without your fair share of shadiness.

Of course, everybody knows this, which is why she’s considered to be untrustworthy by 60% of the American public. It’s not just her though. It’s the people who have climbed the ladder with her, and who hope to climb it further once she becomes President, that we need to be concerned about. These people can be just as vicious, power hungry and unethical as Hillary.

Yesterday, the Huffington Post highlighted the latest gangster move perpetrated by Hillary supporters:

Supporters of Bernie Sanders gathered at a union hall in Seattle for a “Labor for Bernie” rally Sunday. Early in the event, attendees were told that one speaker wouldn’t be taking the podium as planned.

Jeff Johnson, the head of the Washington State Labor Council, had been pressured not to speak at the Democratic presidential candidate’s event, an emcee told the crowd. A major international labor union had threatened to pull funding from Johnson’s group if he did, the emcee said. 

Johnson’s group is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the premiere labor federation in the U.S. The AFL-CIO has not yet endorsed anyone for president, and until it does so, state councils like Johnson’s are expected to stay in line and not publicly back any particular candidates. Johnson easily could have rankled some unions — ones backing Hillary Clinton, anyway — by appearing at a Sanders powwow. 

The union that allegedly pressured Johnson went unnamed at the rally. Contacted by The Huffington Post, Johnson politely declined to take any questions on the matter. But labor sources familiar with the situation said the union was the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. 

AFSCME is one of the largest public-sector unions in the U.S. and a member of the AFL-CIO. As an individual union, it also happens to have endorsed Clinton for president back in October.

While this may help her in the short-run, it will do immeasurable damage to her in the general election should she get the Democratic nomination. The already significant number of Sanders supporters who refuse to support her under any circumstances will only grow.

For more on Hillary, see:

Video of the Day – Cornel West Calls Hillary Clinton the “Milli Vanilli of American Politics”

Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton – “I’m Proud to Say Henry Kissinger is Not My Friend”

America’s Corrupt Media – How Reporters Took Direct Orders from Hillary Clinton’s Staff

Must Read – “Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote”

Not a Joke – War Criminal Hillary Clinton is Now Running on Her Foreign Policy “Strengths”

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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