Vice President Kamala Harris sided Wednesday with dockworkers who launched a massive strike this week that threatens to cripple the economy.
The dockworkers union has donated more than $1.6 million to Democrats under union president Harold Daggett, who threatened to "Cripple" the economy if dockworkers did not get the contract they wanted.
Daggett made $728,000 last year as union president, plus another $173,000 as president emeritus of the New Jersey local, POLITICO reported.
The union rejected a last-minute deal from port ownership which offered the union a nearly 50% wage raise.
Some have speculated that the president is unwilling to go out of his way to help Harris after Democrats ousted him from the presidential ticket, while others have wondered if the administration is simply courting the union vote.
Harris has struggled to lock in the union vote, usually an easy voting bloc for Democrats to sway.
As the strike continues, Harris is caught between trying to appease thousands of union members and averting economic disaster.
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