Ford suspends worker who heckled Trump and got flipped off by US president
The Ford employee whose heckling of Donald Trump prompted an obscene gesture from the US president has been suspended, the US vehicle workers’ union said on Wednesday. During a tour of the Ford Motor Company’s F-150 factory in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday, Trump raised his middle finger at the worker following catcalls, according to widely…
The Ford employee whose heckling of Donald Trump prompted an obscene gesture from the US president has been suspended, the US vehicle workers’ union said on Wednesday.
During a tour of the Ford Motor Company’s F-150 factory in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday, Trump raised his middle finger at the worker following catcalls, according to widely seen video of the incident.
The heckler seemed to shout, in part, “paedophile protector”, US media reported – an apparent reference to suspicions that Trump has been covering up disclosures related to the convicted sex offender and late financier Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of the president.
The United Auto Workers confirmed the employee had been suspended, adding that it would fight for his job.
“The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union – the UAW,” UAW Ford Department Director Laura Dickerson said in a statement.
“He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.”
