Today on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) about the Employee Free Choice Act. Instead of calling the bill by its name, Wallace used a string of right-wing buzzwords to describe it, calling it a favorite of “Big Labor” and falsely insisting its aim was to “eliminate the right to a secret ballot”:
WALLACE: Big Labor’s top priority is what’s called union card check, and that would be eliminating the right to a secret ballot in determining whether or not you’re gonna organize, unionize, as a working place. … Is there a compromise out there, or are you prepared to take away the secret ballot?
Watch it:
When Hoyer called Wallace out for employing the conservative tropes, Wallace shot back, “Both sides have their euphemisms.” Hoyer replied, “And you use one side!”
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