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Barack Obama: “Blue collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy where they are no longer getting the same bargain they got…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2015
Blue collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy where they are no longer getting the same bargain they got when they were going to factory and able to support their families on a single paycheck. You combine those things and it means that there is going to be potential anger, frustration, fear. Some of it justified but just misdirected. And, you know, I think somebody like Mr. Trump is taking advantage of that. I mean, that's what he's exploiting during the course of his campaign.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama criticizes Donald Trump for exploiting the fears of working-class men.

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