Only ‘What Matters’ to Dems: NBC Pushes for Strengthening Unions

Nicholas Fondacaro | November 6, 2019
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As part of their new “What Matters” series, the segment they admitted was only meant to gauge the interests of Democratic voters, Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News sat down with Senator and 2020 hopeful Amy Klobuchar (MN) and asked her how she would help to strengthen unions in America.

Again, anchor Lester Holt was not shy about stating the purpose of the segment. “With another debate coming up this month, we're asking what's most important to Democratic voters and Harry Smith is taking their questions to the candidates. Tonight, Senator Amy Klobuchar in our series, what matters,” he openly admitted.

Correspondent Harry Smith was still speaking with the same group of Democratic voters in Pennsylvania as he did in the first installment, but this time the discussion was about labor:

HARRY SMITH: How many union members or former union members? Five, six, seven.

At our round table with Democratic primary voters.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I couldn't get into a union. I couldn't get health care.

A clear desire for the return of union strength,” he declared as if they were the oracles that knew what was best for the entire country.

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