Rust Belt autoworkers, traditionally a cornerstone of the blue voting base, are tilting increasingly toward the GOP in a significant political realignment that’s leaving Democrats frustrated.
For people like Brian Pannebecker, founder of Auto Workers for Trump 2024, the change isn’t too surprising.
“The mainstream media are a little bit late to the game,” he said Tuesday on FOX Business’ “The Bottom Line.”
“This has been going on since the 1980s. Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Revolution gave Macomb County, where I’m from, the political nickname of ‘home of the Reagan Democrats,’ and that was when all the UAW members jumped over and voted for Ronald Reagan, and he won in a landslide. So, this has been going on for 40 years,” he continued, referencing the 1984 presidential election from which President Reagan walked away with a 49-state victory.
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