“I’ll tell you, his running mate, I don’t know if that was a value-add to this campaign or not, but he’s one of four senators, four, that has never cast a vote on a pro-worker bill in his life. Not once. A stopped clock’s right twice a day, this guy can’t get it right once, not once, for workers.”

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— Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz, in a speech in Los Angeles to a conference of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Aug. 13

Walz, the Minnesota governor, used an address to the largest public employee union to make a slashing attack on Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio. He declared that Vance “never cast a vote on a pro-worker bill in his life. Not once,” earning boos from the audience. For good measure, he added: “The only thing those two guys know about working people is how to work to take advantage of them.”

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We were struck that Walz said that Vance was one of four senators who had never cast a vote for a pro-worker bill. That was rather specific and sounded as if he was borrowing from a legislative scorecard compiled by an organization or interest group.

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When asked about Walz’s comment, the Harris-Walz campaign pointed to an AFL-CIO scorecard, which lists four senators — all Republicans — who have “lifetime records” of zero percent for voting...

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