The largest U.S. auto union and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders are clashing ahead of what is billed as this month's planned celebration of party unity to defeat President Donald Trump in the November elections.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The largest U.S. auto union and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders are clashing ahead of what is billed as this month’s planned celebration of party unity to defeat President Donald Trump in the November elections.
United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble and Sanders sparred on Monday in a phone call over the senator’s plan to have a former autoworker union leader introduce him for president at the Democratic National Convention , people briefed on the matter told Reuters. Biden, a relative centrist in his party, is attempting to project a unified front after a divisive year-long primary that pitted liberals like Sanders against moderates. Big labor unions - including the 400,000-member UAW - are essential to Democrats, offering organizing support on which the party has come to depend in elections, but many rank-and-file members also support Trump.
Although Biden’s delegate numbers mean his nomination is a formality, other primary candidates are still expected to be introduced to the audience as nominees as part of the pageantry of the week-long event.
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