Before Senator Bernie Sanders made his entrance into the Beck gymnasium in Georgetown Friday, he received an endorsement from James Sanderson, president of the United Steelworkers Local 7898.



Sanderson, who called himself a Democrat prior to the 2016 elections came out in support of Donald Trump after he announced he was seeking the presidency.



In a letter to the editor in March 2018, Sanderson stated: President Donald Trump campaigned on addressing the unfair trade and dumping and now has delivered on that promise. Nobody should have been surprised or caught off guard.”



Sanderson said one of his concerns with Trump was the president’s appointments of John Ring, and Peter Robb to the National Labor Relations Board. Sanderson describes both men as being anti-union.



Here is some of what Sanderson had to say about Sanders and why Trump does not have his 2020 support:

