Rep. Virginia Foxx: "Unions didn't build the middle class in America. Entrepreneurs and hardworking Americans did."

Challenging the popular union talking point.

North Carolina Republican Representative Virginia Foxx is an unabashed proponent of so-called “Right-to-Work” laws—state laws that prohibit making payment of union fees a condition of employment in unionized workplaces.

On Wednesday, during a speech on the House floor, in a tribute-like speech about right-to-work laws, Rep. Foxx also challenged the popular union and Democrat talking point that “unions built the middle class.”

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RIGHT TO WORK: Rep. @virginiafoxx: "What I'm about to say will surely cause a strong case of hypertension among my Democrat colleagues and their union allies. I won't hold back. Unions didn't build the middle class in America. Entrepreneurs and hardworking Americans did."

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