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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden crosses a picket line to fundraise w/ healthcare exec?!? [View all]Gothmog
(145,567 posts)85. This was not a picket line
In the real world this is not considered to be a picket line https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/picket_line
A boundary established by workers on strike, especially at the entrance to the place of work, which others are asked not to cross.
they crossed the picket line
hundreds came to support the strikers on the picket line
they crossed the picket line
hundreds came to support the strikers on the picket line
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Joe Biden crosses a picket line to fundraise w/ healthcare exec?!? [View all]
appal_jack
May 2019
OP
And how would that position make him anti-union? I am pro-union and not sold on Medicare
emmaverybo
May 2019
#22
The story you link to makes absolutely no mention of Biden crossing a picket line,
lapucelle
May 2019
#47
so there were people blocking the way with large signs - and he plowed through them?
EveHammond13
May 2019
#11
This smear has been tried. It is false. Obviously, if only out of pure self-interest
emmaverybo
May 2019
#14
Recycling "Dems beholden to wealthy donors/corporations, hate unions, ignore working class" smear.
betsuni
May 2019
#45
That wasn't a picket line, there is no strike, and it was only about a dozen people....
George II
May 2019
#33
Won't put up with ageism no more, no more...call them out anytime they do it. Go Cha
emmaverybo
May 2019
#69
We don't even know that Biden knew about them demonstrating across the street, no doubt....
George II
May 2019
#42
You call him "old Joe." Will you call your favorite "old Liz" when she turns 70 next month?
highplainsdem
May 2019
#63
You have seen it, just won't admit seeing. People'sworld online, though critical of Biden, also
emmaverybo
May 2019
#74
The Hill called the protest an "informal picket" in its story, with a link to HuffPo.
lapucelle
May 2019
#56