Former Vice President Joe Biden, on verge of announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, spoke at a conference for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Friday. The 76-year-old Biden gave a rousing speech, praising electrical workers and referencing his upbringing in blue-collar Scranton, Pennsylvania.
But President Donald Trump, always jealous for the spotlight and apparently knowing that Biden was addressing the union, tweeted, “I’ve employed thousands of Electrical Workers. They will be voting for me!”
However, the IBEW endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton — not Trump — in 2016. And Trump has not had positive relations with that union, which has 750,000 members (according to its website).
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