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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday unleashed a string of about 60 retweets in what appeared to be an effort to counter a notion that the Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden Jr. has the support of all firefighters in the country, belying Mr. Trump’s anxiety about losing the critical union vote to Mr. Biden in the 2020 general election.
Just days after Mr. Biden, the former vice president, announced his campaign to run for the Democratic nomination, the national firefighters’ union endorsed him over a sea of candidates, and Mr. Biden positioned himself as the best president for union workers, who largely supported Mr. Trump in the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump lashed out in between dozens of retweets early Wednesday, writing: “I’ve done more for Firefighters than this dues sucking union will ever do, and I get paid ZERO!”
The volume of retweets was unusual even for Mr. Trump, particularly as his attorney general, William P. Barr, was expected to face difficult questions from senators on Wednesday morning about his portrayal of the special counsel’s report on his investigation into Russian election interference and whether Mr. Trump obstructed the inquiry.
After his retweet barrage about firefighters, Mr. Trump posted twice about the Russia investigation, quoting a Republican senator and Lou Dobbs, a Fox Business Network host.
That his focus was overwhelmingly on the firefighters and not the Russia investigation suggested Mr. Trump perhaps is more concerned about retaining support from union workers than he is about the impact of the special counsel in his re-election bid.
On Monday, after the International Association of Fire Fighters threw its support behind Mr. Biden, a longtime ally of the labor union, Mr. Trump appeared to dismiss the endorsement and pit union members against union leadership.
“The Dues Sucking firefighters leadership will always support Democrats, even though the membership wants me. Some things never change!” he wrote in a Twitter post.
Since Mr. Biden officially joined a crowded field of now 22 Democrats competing to win the party’s nomination, Mr. Trump has narrowed his focus on Mr. Biden, the front-runner in recent polls, calling him, “Sleepy Joe” and “not the brightest light bulb.”
It was no coincidence that Mr. Biden gave his first speech as a 2020 presidential contender in Pennsylvania on Monday — a state that is critical to Democratic efforts to reclaim the Oval Office next year. In 2016, Democrats lost the state to Mr. Trump by 44,000 votes.
“He obviously doesn’t know that Pennsylvania is having one of the best economic years in its history, with lowest unemployment EVER, a now thriving Steel Industry (that was dead) & great future,” Mr. Trump wrote in a Twitter post on Monday.
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Trump Lashes Out on Twitter Over Firefighters’ Support of Biden
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