In Michigan, Harris doesn't get hoped-for firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "What unfolded nonetheless reflects the shifting loyalties in American politics as Harris vies with Trump for support among working-class voters who for years could be more solidly counted on to support Democrats.
48% : Trump spent Friday in Georgia with Gov. Brian Kemp, the latest sign that he's patched up his rocky relationship with the top Republican in a key battleground state.
44% : Still, Harris didn't mince words when she spoke at the firehouse, saying Trump "has been a union-buster his entire career" and would launch a "full-on attack" against organized labor.
43% : While he was president, Trump used a series of 2018 executive orders designed to reduce those unions' powers to collectively bargain.
43% : He has expressed support for right-to-work since his initial run for president in 2016 -- while also making comments more generally supportive of labor rights when speaking to union audiences since then.Harris also accused the former president of "making the same empty promises to the people of Michigan that he did before, hoping you will forget how he let you down.
42% : During a rally in Saginaw, Mich., on Thursday, Trump said Republicans are now "the party of the American worker," glossing over his anti-union record as president.
40% : "I have no doubt that whatever can be done is going to be done," Trump said.
38% : One man, introduced as a Vietnam War veteran named Dwight, gave Trump the Purple Heart he was awarded for injuries sustained while serving.
36% : "I couldn't think of anybody more deserving to have a Purple Heart," Dwight said to Trump.
34% : "Trump got a series of deferments to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, including one obtained with a physician's letter saying he had bone spurs in his feet.
33% : "Harris said that, unlike what Trump says about the Biden administration's rules on electric vehicles, "I will never tell you what kind of car you have to drive.""But here's what I will do, I will invest in communities like Flint," she said.
27% : She spoke after basketball legend Magic Johnson, who said "nobody is going to outwork her," and UAW President Shawn Fain, who described Trump as "a scab.
21% : Harris said Trump supports "right-to-work" laws that often make it more difficult to unionize, and said he had weakened federal employees' unions.
19% : "Donald Trump's running mate suggested that if Trump wins, he might let the Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing close down," Harris said as the crowd booed.
18% : Trump repeated his promise to fire "woke generals," blasted the Biden administration's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and said he'd make it easier for veterans to seek medical care outside the Veterans Administration healthcare system.
7% : Harris also criticized Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, after Vance, while campaigning in Michigan on Wednesday, refused to commit to continue federal support going to a GM plant in Lansing, Michigan's state capital.

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