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The 2024 U.S. Senate race reached the first major post-primary clash this week as both Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) went after each other over labor union.
While both Garvey and Schiff had gone after each other previously, especially during the primary debates, Schiff being busy in Washington and Garvey preparing his campaign while making some appearances in California have largely kept the two apart. While they did both give opinions both on the Gaza War and over campus protesters, little clash was seen between them. In fact, UC Berkeley took away one of the debates this year because of perceived future problems with Gaza protesters. So far this year, the biggest argument between the two has been over Congresswoman and former Senate primary candidate Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) decision to endorse Schiff. While Garvey denounced Schiff for accepting her endorsement, Schiff failed to respond to any and all criticisms over his decision.
This led to Tuesday, when Schiff was in La Palma at an ironworkers training center. There, Schiff blasted Garvey over allegedly not supporting labor, and even saying that he would be against healthcare and retirement plans.
“I support their ability to work together to bargain for good healthcare, a retirement, to be able to provide for their family,” said Schiff on Tuesday. “I don’t think Mr. Garvey particularly cares about those things. Not very supportive at all of working people, let alone labor, and I think that is a big distinguishing factor.
“He was a great baseball player. I take nothing away from his performance as a baseball player. It’s not the same skills. He’s probably a good person to go to if you want information about the designated hitter rule, but if you want to know how do we build things in California, how do we get things done, how do we address public safety challenges – he doesn’t have any idea.”
Schiff, Garvey on unions
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Author: Evan Symon
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