Trump relays about 60 anti-Biden tweets, almost all of them responding to firefighter union approval

President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning launched a frenzy on Twitter to show that he was backed by firefighters after former Vice President Joe Biden, the most recent Democratic presidential candidate of 2020, got downstream of one of the country's largest fire brigades last week.

To repel this recommendation, Trump has retweeted about 60 Twitter users in less than an hour, claiming to have backed it via Biden. Many users, retweeted Trump, allegedly be firefighters responding to a tweet from a conservative radio host who was supporting the president or criticized the union's approval by Biden, although it's hard to determine if each answer came from legitimate accounts and not from Twitter robots. interact in the political discourse.

The International Association of Fire Fighters, a union representing more than 300,000 firefighters, approved Biden last week. This approval was a loss for Trump and a sign that Biden could lead a bitter fight for middle-class voters who propelled Trump towards his 2016 victory.

Trump also tweeted about the approval on Wednesday after an exchange of views with Biden on approval last week. Trump has done more for the firefighters than the "union that levies dues" and is paid "zero," he said.

The IAFF chose not to approve a presidential candidate in 2016, but supported former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. A union survey conducted in 2016 showed that Trump was supported by members of the IAFF union.

President of the IAFF, Harold Schaitberger, spoke out in favor of Biden joining the union despite the support of its members to Trump in an interview with ABC News last week.

In 2016, "Biden was not in the vote," Schaitberger said.

"It's a great distinction from then and today. He has 40 years of support to firefighters, whether it's job money to protect their jobs during the Great Recession or to provide support to their families through the public officer death benefit bill ", he said.

"He has also shown leadership and experience," Schaitberger added. "This is a history of service and service delivery for the American people and workers – and these workers will vote in the states that matter: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan." Joe Biden will establish connections."

Trump began attacking a few hours after Schaitberger announced the union's support for Biden, calling Schaitberger "the leadership of firefighters" and saying that union support will always go to Democrats, "even if members want me".

Biden reacted to Trump's attack by tweeting "I'm fed up with this president, they're insulting unions." Workers built the middle class in this country.Minimum wages, overtime pay, 40-hour week: they exist for all of us because the unions fought for these rights. "

He added, "We need a president who honors them, as well as their work."

Devin Dwyer of ABC News contributed to this report.