{"id":77684,"date":"2021-08-05T14:17:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=77684"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:17:59","slug":"democrats-dont-even-care-if-covid-vaccines-kill-off-bidens-closest-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=77684","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Don&#8217;t Even Care If Covid Vaccines Kill Off Biden&#8217;s Closest Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Dead At 72<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has unexpectedly died at the age of 72,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/05\/afl-cio-trumka-dead-502573\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumka%201_0.jpg?itok=BUnUtK0O\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumka%201_0.jpg?itok=BUnUtK0O\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trumka%201_0.jpg?itok=BUnUtK0O\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"df924033-cbf6-4499-8152-9f33d48f96db\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\"><em>Trumka, 72, had served as president of the federation, which represents more than 12.5 million workers, for more than a decade and has been a close ally of the Biden White House.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\"><em><strong>Trumka died of what was believed to be a heart attack,<\/strong>\u00a0a source familiar with the matter said. It was unclear when exactly it occurred though\u00a0<strong>believed to have taken place either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trumka&#8217;s death comes just one week after he endorsed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/not-just-feds-top-union-boss-says-afl-cio-supports-mandatory-vaccines-workers\">mandatory vaccinations<\/a>\u00a0for union workers following months of vaccine advocacy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBA9QXHciH0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the news, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a teary-eyed floor speech: &#8220;We have lost a giant,&#8221; adding &#8220;He had in his veins, and every atom of his body, the hearts, the thoughts, the needs of the working people of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The working people of America have lost a fierce warrior,&#8221; Schumer said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1423317598666739717&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fafl-cio-president-richard-trumka-dead-72-report&amp;sessionId=2fb0ac144aa4896c837e4f9de368850e30c1d031&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1423317598666739717\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"NodeContent_footer__2EL1s\"><\/footer>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-dead-72-report\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-dead-72-report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Dead At 72<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}