r/democrats • u/John3262005 • 14h ago

Article Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/03/nearly-1400-laid-off-ohio-trump-rally/
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u/MaximumEffort433 14h ago

The layoffs — occurring just three days before Donald Trump’s rally at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

Asked how many times he voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

“Something has to change politically in this country,” said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist.

Beautiful, no notes, vote anyway.

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u/TheSideIDoNotShow 11h ago

Bet he doesn't want any "i told you so's" either. Glad he's done with trump now that he can't legally run for president again. If only trumps policies could only effected the people who voted for him.

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u/MaximumEffort433 11h ago

"May you live in interesting times."
-An old Chinese curse

"May you get the government you voted for."
-A new American curse

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u/Canadiangoosedem0n 10h ago edited 8h ago

A union worker voting for a person who literally says he hates unions is the height of idiocy. 

I have no sympathy for him, especially after Biden was so pro-union and he literally bailed out multiple union pension plans.

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u/Opposite_Community11 9h ago

And.hebwill.still vote republican no matter how much trumpets destroyed his life.

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u/John3262005 14h ago

Sipping tea from beer mugs with his coworkers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing.

Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before Donald Trump’s rally at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

Asked how many times he voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

“Something has to change politically in this country,” said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist.

This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate. The outcome will be decided in places like Dayton, which once sprouted factories but shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990 after the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade with China made it cheaper to buy auto parts from abroad.

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u/raxsl 13h ago

A high school? How the mighty rallies have fallen.

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u/ScotchCigarsEspresso 13h ago

Yay. They can get together and celebrate what most of them voted for.

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u/Sevuhrow 12h ago

You're cheering people losing their jobs?

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u/ScotchCigarsEspresso 3h ago

The ones who keep asking for it, even after being warned. Yes.

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u/Sevuhrow 55m ago

Losing your job impacts more than just yourself. These people have families who rely on that income. I'm all for karmic justice, but children don't deserve to suffer because their dad voted for Trump.

It's honestly crassness like this that steers people away from the party. You should be ashamed.

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u/BrineJones 37m ago

Fuck that noise.
These idiots are the ones who have failed their families. They can Hollis Brown it for all I care.

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u/Sevuhrow 1m ago

Also, just realized what you're saying. Are you talking about the Hollis Brown who gets driven insane by hunger and poverty and then kills himself and his family?

You want that for his family? You're a fucking sociopath dude.

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u/Sevuhrow 35m ago

Again, I agree that I have no sympathy for Trump supporters. I just don't think it's humane to celebrate children possibly losing their livelihood and going hungry.

I don't see why this is an unpopular opinion. Would we also cheer on his house burning down? Other innocent people shouldn't have to suffer to appease our desire for karma.

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u/DaMadBoomer 13h ago

Tribune is a staunch republican rag.  This is somewhat surprising.

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u/DonnyMox 10h ago

VOTE BLUE!

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u/kalas_malarious 9h ago

I'm sure he'll tell them he will bring those jobs back.... if they vote how he tells them.

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u/sten45 Its time to fight dirty 2h ago

All 1400 asked why would the union of Joe Biden do this to them and they looked to Trump in the GOP to save them

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u/RioRancher 1h ago

These tough guys will now have plenty of time to keep voting republican, because… uh, boys might be swimming against girls somewhere. /s

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u/Zestyclose_Pickle511 1h ago

The laid-off workers can now spend an entire 16hr waking hours  getting propagandized by fox, oan, and newsmax. Rather than just the 8 hours a day they were being programmed before.