The United Farm Workers on Tuesday announced its endorsement of President Joe Biden for reelection, saying that the Democrat has proven throughout his life to be an āauthentic championā for workers and their families, regardless of race or national origin.
The farm workersā union was co-founded by Cesar Chavez, the late grandfather of Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who Biden named as his 2024 campaign manager. Her father, Arturo Rodriquez, is a past UFW president.
Julie Rodriguez and āspecial guestsā were expected to formally announce the endorsement later Tuesday at Muranaka Farms in the city of Moorpark in southern California.
Gotta admit this was one hell of a PR stunt! Impressive it actually worked. Considering democrats as a whole are center right on an international scale it coulnāt have been easy to convince working class folks they actually give a damn.
But PR stunt aside, it still is one hell of a positive message in this incredibly fucked political landscape. Kudos to Biden.
Gotta push that Overton window to the left a bit, slowly but surely.
All of politics is PR. But you have to consider our US politics not on a global scale, but on a local one. These unions arenāt going to say āyouāre not far left enough for us to support.ā Just like pretty much everyone else who votes non-Republican, theyāre going to vote for whoever matches their ideology the closest, even if itās not as close as weād like it to be.
I wonāt hold my breath but if he starts pushing for some of the policy decisions he claims to stand by I am an independent progressive and I donāt have anything personal against Biden. But I donāt like neoliberals. I need more than words to support Biden at this pointā¦ and trump? What the actual fuck who is this asshat? Would never even consider voting for him under any conditions, ever.
It totally took me by surprise to see him out there picketing with the workers.