Donald Trump
TemporalSeverityHigh
7/10
ThenMarch 30, 2016
“I think the minimum wage has to go up. People are — at least $10, but it has to go up.”
During 2016 presidential campaign, Trump called for federal minimum wage increase
https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/nov/04/biggest-flip-flops-donald-trump-and-hillary-clinto/NowNovember 10, 2015
“I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. People have to go out, they have to work really hard and have to get into that upper stratum.”
During Republican primary debate, Trump opposed raising the federal minimum wage
https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/nov/04/biggest-flip-flops-donald-trump-and-hillary-clinto/Analysis
Took diametrically opposed positions on the minimum wage within months, depending on the audience and political moment
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