72 hours after union honcho Jimmy Hoffa used violent language at a Labor Day rally attended by President Obama, Longshoremen responded by committing violence, vandalism, and more shockingly taking guards hostage.
This is a very disturbing development as to how far Obama’s base is willing to go to get its way. Every law abiding American citizen should be very concerned that President Obama has no problem taking this war to the American people to intimidate them.
Neither Obama, DNC head Debbie Wasurman Schultz, or the entire Democrat Party has condemned Hoffa’s call to violence and what happened today was the result.
Yahoo News
Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha.
Six guards were held hostage for a couple of hours after 500 or more Longshoremen broke down gates about 4:30 a.m. and smashed windows in the guard shack, he said.
No one was hurt, and nobody has been arrested. Most of the protesters returned to their union hall after cutting brake lines and spilling grain from car at the EGT terminal, Duscha said.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union believes it has the right to work at the facility, but the company has hired a contractor that's staffing a workforce of other union laborers.
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What will happen next?
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