Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

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    Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

    Ouch.

    Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

    Hm, I wonder if the next time someone even worse comes down the pike and promises to shit on everyone in the outgroup, while pinky-swearing to not harm white blue collar workers, if he’ll swap back because:

    “Something has to change politically in this country,” said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist

    Ah, the centrist. Much like the “independent”, LOL.

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      Centrist are just ashamed Republicans now…same shit with libertarians. Both have been taken over by the idiots who voted for the pedophile in chief because of how bad the repubs have been.

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    Americans increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of living with just 17% approving of his handling of the issue. Trump has largely sneered at concerns about affordability, but he has promised to give people $5,000 checks if Republicans win the House and Senate next month — something Bos said he found offensive.

    “It feels like a bribe, a slap in the face, and, like, that we’re all ignorant,” Bos said.

    You voted for a blatant con-man three times! You are ignorant.