“I think of [unions] as my domestic NATO”: President Biden during remarks off-teleprompter in front of AFL-CIO members.

You know, we have two strong, strong organizations in America that I look to for our security. One literally, and I mean this sincerely, is NATO. NATO, a joint assembly of democracies that made sure we’re keeping the peace and no one’s going to screw around with us, the strongest it’s ever been. And I think of you as my domestic NATO. Not a joke. Not a joke. You’re the ones. You’re the ones beyond me. You know this better than I do. Beyond me. It’s all about whether or not we’re going to grow the economy. Whether we’re going to give working people a shot. And I told you, and you know because a lot of you were there with me all the way back when I was a kid. I’m only 42, but when I was a kid back running for the Senate when I was 29 years old, labor elected me. And we were then a right-to-work state. And we changed it all. So here’s what we’re doing. You are, you’ve heard me say it a thousand times, I’m going to say it again. Middle class built this country. You built the middle class. No, no, no. By the way, I don’t want to hurt your reputations, but even Wall Street’s acknowledging your power. No, I’m serious. Look at every projection about what we want to do with the economy on the issues that we’re talking about and what the other guy wants to do. They’re supporting us. That is your agenda we’re working on. And by the way, I’ve said from the beginning that when labor does well, everybody does better. Not a joke. That’s not a talking point. That is a reality. You know that, Lee. That is a reality. It is an absolute reality.

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