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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 31, 2016, 03:22 AM Oct 2016

In Las Vegas speech, Biden warns of GOP’s threat to unions

A Donald Trump presidency and continued Republican majority in Congress would make labor unions extinct over the next eight years, Vice President Joe Biden warned a crowd of nearly 800 union workers in Las Vegas today.

"If (Democrats) don't win the Senate and Hillary doesn't win the presidency, you'll be out of business," he said during a 30-minute speech at the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters office, at 4245 W. Sunset Road.

Biden, who visited on the same day House Speaker Paul Ryan touted Republican candidates in Southern Nevada, also called the Republican presidential candidate "too soft" on Russian leader Vladimir Putin and criticized him for having spoken in favor of Japan and Saudi Arabia having nuclear weapons.

"Does that seem like a good idea to you?" Biden asked as the crowd booed. "This man is devoid of any information on foreign policy."

Read more: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/oct/29/in-las-vegas-speech-biden-warns-of-gop-threat-to-u/

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