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In response to the #coronavirus outbreak, Trump has not mandated new protocols in meatpacking facilities to protect workers AND the public. Instead, he's done the opposite. Trump is invoking #ForcedLabor to satisfy the greed of his big money donors. Effectively SPREADING the #COVID virus exponentially #MoneyTrumpsLives & #FoodSafety
https://popular.info/p/meatheads
Meatheads 

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in meat processing plants across the country. 6500 meatpacking workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine, and at least 20 have already died of the virus. Nearly two dozen meatpacking facilities have closed (some temporarily) after the coronavirus began spreading among employees.

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Why?

Follow the money.

$2 million, when Trump needed it most

In August 2016, Trump, trailing in the polls. The Republican establishment viewed Trump as a loser, and major donors were keeping their checkbooks closed. ...

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On August 9, 2016, Mountaire CEO Ron Cameron donated $2 million to Rebuilding America Now, a Super PAC formed to support Trump's candidacy. Cameron and his wife each donated $446,700, for a total of $893,400, to Trump Victory, the Trump campaign's joint fundraising committee. #MoneyBeforeWorkers
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Cameron's $2 million donation to Rebuilding America Now made him the fourth largest donor to the organization. The group's top donor, Linda McMahon, was rewarded with a cabinet position. #PayForPlay #PayToPlay #Pay4Play #Pay2Play #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters
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In early 2019, the Koch network — the largest source of funding in Republican politics — "told donors that it plans to once again stay out of the presidential race and will not work to help reelect President Trump in 2020." But Cameron objected, urging his fellow wealthy Republicans to back Trump.
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Last month, Trump named Cameron to a White House advisory group on reopening the country #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-great-american-economic-revival-industry-groups/
President Donald J. Trump Announces Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups | The White House

These groups will produce a more independent, self-sufficient, and resilient Nation.

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In April, the Trump administration granted a waiver the Mountaire facility in Robeson, North Carolina, that allows it to process up to 175 birds per minute #FoodSafety #MoneyB4FoodSafety
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/188bf583-45c9-4837-9205-37e0eb1ba243/Waiver_Table.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
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The waiver allows Mountaire to produce more chicken and make more money, but it also makes the work far more dangerous. In the context of a pandemic, it makes it more difficult for workers to follow safety precautions #FoodSafety https://www.propublica.org/article/line-speed-waivers-trump-usda-is-letting-factories-with-troubling-safety-records-slaughter-chickens-even-faster
Trump’s USDA Is Letting Factories With Troubling Safety Records…

Workers are getting injured, but the Department of Agriculture says their safety is not its responsibility.

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