Originally at yahoo.com
Former president and current GOP nominee Donald Trump on Sunday admitted he “hated” to pay his staff overtime and would instead replace them with other workers to avoid doing so.
Trump’s confession came during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, after promising to deliver “gigantic tax cuts” via his pledge to end the tax on tips, overtime and social security benefits for seniors.
“I know a lot about overtime. I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I’d get other people, I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay,” Trump boasted.
Watch from the 1:42 mark here:
Some critics suggested the move was indicative of Trump’s decadeslong history of questionable behavior. Others pointed to overtime proposals in the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which analysts have suggested may see some workers losing their rights to it completely if the playbook is implemented (as it is expected to be) by a potential second Trump administration:
Unreal. Trump proves once again that he’s no friend of working Americans saying that he “hated to give overtime” and that instead of paying it he’d bring new staff in. pic.twitter.com/EwhOzzgRKu
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) September 29, 2024
BREAKINGIn a rare moment of honesty, Trump admitted he stiffed his workers:
“I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay.” pic.twitter.com/6djqFCoRF9
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 29, 2024
Exactly. That’s why he keeps saying no tax on overtime – there will be no tax because there will be no overtime.
— The Great Gig in the Sky (@thegreatgig8) September 29, 2024
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