Brian Pavlack, the founder of Steelworkers for Trump, says the Democratic Party left steelworkers. 

“When I first started U.S. Steel like 25 years ago, I’m a 25-year employee here. I was a Democrat. We all were Democrats. I mean, the Democrats, they said, were for the working-class, blue-collar workers. But years and years, I mean, they haven’t really done too much,” Pavlack told Newsmax TV’s “Saturday Agenda.”

“They have those policies that their policies shut us down or they want to move and send our facilities overseas. Like I said, we [steel workers] haven’t left the Democrat Party. They left the Democrat Party. The union hasn’t left the Democrat Party, the Democratic Party left the union,” he added.

Pavlack joined President Donald Trump on stage Friday at the U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works–Irvin Plant in suburban Pittsburgh.

There, the president told Pennsylvania steelworkers he’s doubling the tariff on steel imports to 50% to protect their industry, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos and other goods.

In a post later on his Truth Social platform, Trump added that aluminum tariffs would also be doubled to 50%. He said both tariff hikes would go into effect Wednesday.

Pavlack told Newsmax on Saturday that it is the shift in support for blue collar workers that has made so many steel workers rethink their party affiliation.

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