Mr. President, do you have an enemies list? Is this decision (ba note: NLRB supports unions against Boeing) based on the fact that South Carolina appears to be a Republican state, has two Republican senators? Is this decision based on the fact that South Carolina is a 'right to work' state?" Paul said. "Are we on you enemies list? Is Alabama on your enemies list? Is Texas on your enemies list?
TPM
Haley organized the event to demand that the White House address the NLRB's complaint against Boeing, which alleges that the company illegally retaliated against union workers at their Washington State production line by opening a second line in South Carolina, where union protections are weaker. But Paul went much further, suggesting it may be part of a broader conspiracy against states that voted against him in 2008
Yes, the only possible explanation for the National Labor Relations Board taking the side of the unions against Boeing is Barack Obama intervening and ordering them to punish a red state. There's no way that, say, Boeing actually did retaliate and did break the law. Because even if they did, those laws are teh evul and shouldn't be there anyway, so the NLRB wouldn't enforce those obviously evil laws unless the corrupt evil President made them.
And Niki Haley joins in the fun.
Asked about Paul's comments by TPM, Haley suggested the president's actions left him open to ambiguous interpretation.
"I think right now no one knows what the White House is doing," she said. "When he goes and steps in and allows this happen, yes this is an assault on South Carolina, but what does this mean for every other state?"
Shades of Glenn Beck. "Why doesn't the President answer my questions?" Because your questions are stupid, Ms. Haley.
Scott Walker and Chris Christie may get the bulk of national attention for their fights with labor, but Haley has deployed at least as harsh rhetoric in her own union battles.
"There's no secret I don't like the unions," Haley told the Associated Press shortly after taking office.
You know, the more Republicans attack unions, the more I like them.