Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond, President Donald Trump has accused Democrats and the left of paying supporters to attend events. It would appear the president could be accused of essentially doing just that.
The Detroit Free Pressreports the Big Three bused workers from its Michigan plants to Trump's Ypsilanti rally, held at the American Center for Mobility at Willow Run. Following a request from the Trump administration, the automakers offered to feed and transport employees to attend the event. Fiat Chrysler and General Motors even covered employee pay so they could leave their shifts.
A Fiat Chrysler spokeswoman told the Free Press that "the White House wanted to make sure it had a cross-section of employees — both salaried and hourly — to celebrate the auto industry."…