Union leader who endorsed Biden turns against him
Accuses president of 'listening to fringe activists' after killing XL pipeline
By Art MoorePublished January 26, 2021 at 8:55pm
President Joe Biden takes the oath of office during his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. (Video screenshot)
The boss of a major union has complained that Joe Biden gave in to the "voices of fringe activists" when the president killed the Keystone XL pipeline, but it shouldn't have been a surprise, because the union endorsed the Democrat after he announced he would make the move.
Biden revoked the permit on his first day in office, drawing condemnation by the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters, known as the UA.
"In revoking this permit, the Biden Administration has chosen to listen to the voices of fringe activists instead of union members and the American consumer on Day 1," said UA President Mark McManus."
McManus argued that there's no issue with the environment, insisting that when "built with union labor by the men and women of the United Association, pipelines like Keystone XL remain the safest and most efficient modes of energy transportation in the world."
Without the pipeline, the oil must be transported with trains that are subject to derailing.
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As a result of Biden's order, thousands of union workers are out of work, and, for the average American family, "energy costs will go up and communities will no longer see the local investments that come with pipeline construction."
Ironically, noted PJ Media's Matt Margolis, McManus and the UA
endorsed Biden because the then-candidate supposedly had a reputation for standing with unions and creating jobs.
"This endorsement is about putting UA members to work and fighting for fair wages and good benefits.
Under a Biden Administration, that's exactly what we'll get," said McManus at the time.
Biden, he said, "will be a fierce ally to our UA Brothers and Sisters in the White House."
But even more troubling, Margolis pointed out, is the fact that the union's endorsement came after Biden's campaign had already declared his intention to kill the pipeline if elected.
In a May 2020 statement, Biden policy director Stef Feldman said Biden "strongly opposed the Keystone pipeline in the last administration, stood alongside President Obama and Secretary Kerry to reject it in 2015."
Feldman said Biden would "proudly stand in the Roosevelt Room again as President and stop it for good by rescinding the Keystone XL pipeline permit."
'That's not how you treat a friend and ally'
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement expressing his disappointment with Biden for revoking the pipeline permit while Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he was "deeply disturbed" and threatened legal action.
Kenney noted that the U.S. is Canada's most important ally and trading partner.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney
"That's not how you treat a friend and ally," the provincial leader said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Trudeau said that while Canada welcomes Biden's "commitment to fight climate change, we are disappointed but acknowledge the president's decision to fulfill his election campaign promise on Keystone XL."
At a news conference, Kenney called the move "a gut punch for the Canadian and Alberta economies."
"Sadly it is an insult directed at the United States' most important ally and trading partner," he said.
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