<p>Steven Rattner, who once served as the Obama administration&#8217;s &#8220;car czar,&#8221; slammed President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> for joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket line.</p>
<p>NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-makes-history-striking-auto-workers-picket-line-rcna117348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> the criticism on Tuesday just as Biden arrived in Michigan to stand with protesters who are striking against &#8220;Big Three&#8221; automakers Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis in an effort to secure higher wages, improved benefits, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/uaw-strike-ford-gm-stellantis-contract-offers-5dd4dee2056b7efe06d2a55433d8d13a#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20the%20UAW%20has,pay%20raises%2C%20among%20other%20benefits." target="_blank" rel="noopener">and more</a>.</p>
<p>“For him to be going on a picket line is outrageous,” Rattner told the news outlet.</p>
<p>&#8220;There’s no precedent for it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The tradition of the president is to stay neutral in these things. I get the politics. The progressives all said, &#8216;We don’t want a mediator; we want an advocate.&#8217; And he bowed to the progressives, and now he’s going out there to put his thumb on the scale. And it’s wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rattner, a Wall Street financier, led former President Barack Obama’s auto industry task force and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124751573500734529" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oversaw</a> the federal auto industry bailout of 2009.</p>
<p>He wrote a guest essay <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion/uaw-strike-economy-biden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published last week by The New York Times</a> that expressed support for auto workers getting paid more but warned that the &#8220;increasingly militant U.A.W. is overplaying its hand with an overly lengthy and overly ambitious list of demands.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Rattner also said he was worried about the &#8220;implications&#8221; the UAW strike could have on the economy and Biden.</p>
<p>&#8220;A prolonged strike, which could lead to far more widespread shutdowns of auto facilities, could jeopardize the economic recovery,&#8221; Rattner said. &#8220;Our nearly $800 billion auto industry accounts for 3 percent of economic output, with a particular concentration in the Midwest, where states like Michigan are critical to President Biden’s re-election.&#8221;</p>
<p>Biden, who served as Obama&#8217;s vice president, visited the picket line just one day before former President Donald Trump is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-plans-to-skip-second-gop-debate-to-rally-with-striking-autoworkers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected to deliver</a> a speech to striking auto workers in Detroit instead of attending the second GOP primary debate.</p>
<p>&#8220;The President joins the picket line in solidarity with the men and women of the United Auto Workers union as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create,&#8221; said the White House, according to a press pool report.</p>

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