There are coordinated #FightFor15 protests in cities across the country today, as fast-food, airport, and other low-wage workers demonstrate to demand a federal $15 minimum wage. The protesters have plenty of support from some high-profile Democrats:
Change always happens when millions of people demand it. When the American people stand up and fight, they win. #Fightfor15
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 29, 2016
In the richest nation on earth, it’s a disgrace that parents working full time are forced to raise their families in #poverty. #FightFor15
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) November 29, 2016
Our current federal minimum wage would earn you less than $15,000 a year — that’s very close to the poverty line. We need to #FightFor15.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 29, 2016
I stand with workers calling for a $15/hour minimum wage. No one working full time in the U.S. should have to live in poverty. #fightfor15
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) November 29, 2016
Building economic security starts by raising the min wage to $15/hr & making sure every worker has the right to join a union. #fightfor15
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) November 29, 2016
Speaking of unions, Fox Business Network correspondent Jeff Flock though he’d head out and talk to some of those protesters who are demanding a living wage so that they can live independently and with dignity. That didn’t go smoothly, though, as it seems the union bosses will decide who carries a sign, who leads chants with a megaphone, and who gets to actually, you know, talk.
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@gatewaypundit @FoxBusiness @JeffFlock @SEIU apparently the Union does not believe in freedom of speech.
— keith bauer (@kxbman) November 29, 2016
@gatewaypundit @FoxBusiness @JeffFlock @SEIU Silencing others is their weapon
— The real DINNER CAT (@biglugg77) November 29, 2016
I’m proud to #Fightfor15 alongside workers in Massachusetts & nationwide. #povertydoesntfly pic.twitter.com/zPWmk3aTF3
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) November 29, 2016
Um, it doesn’t look like Sen. Warren is actually “alongside workers” in Massachusetts or anywhere. Maybe she should visit the front lines of these protests and make sure these protesters don’t have to fight to for their right to speak too.
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Update: Here’s better quality video of the exchange, posted by Fox Business Network:
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