AFL-CIO President Ended DNC Interview by Swatting Away Reporter

The trigger word: TPP.

It happened on the floor of the DNC Tuesday. And today, freelance journalist Arun Gupta has revisited his impromptu walking encounter with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.

Gupta basically accosted Trumka as the latter walked by and kept pace to ask a few questions. The labor union leader abruptly ended the conversation by swatting a cardboard sign in the journalist’s direction. From Gupta’s item:

I asked Trumka, “Aren’t you afraid once she [Hillary Clinton] gets into office she’ll support free-trade deals?” Trumka responded, “No, I’m not worried at all, she’s against TPP.”

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