2024 Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a campaign event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on September 21st. claimed President Ronald Reagan was “the last union member to get a national ticket.”
Verdict: False
Former President Donald Trump was a member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) until he left the union in 2021.
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Walz and Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance will participate in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season, hosted by CBS News, in New York next week. new york times.
During a campaign rally on September 21, Mr. Walz claimed that Mr. Regan was “the last member of the union with a ticket to national office.”
That claim is false. Trump was a member of the SAG-AFTRA union until he announced his withdrawal from the union during the presidential election. February 2021 Letter Addressed to then-SAG-AFTRA President Gabriel Carteris.
The union's disciplinary committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on whether to revoke his union membership following the incident, according to the same letter. January 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol. President Trump mentioned several film and TV appearances in his letter, including “Home Alone 2,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The Apprentice.” (Related: Kamala Harris fact-checks Donald Trump's claim that he wants to reinstate the military draft)
In April 2023, hollywood reporter Despite leaving the union, Trump suggested he was still collecting a “six-figure SAG and AFTRA pension.” The paper cited the 2024 presidential campaign's financial disclosure forms, which show Trump will receive a pension of between $100,000 and $1 million from SAG in 2022 and a pension of between $15,000 and $50,000 from AFTRA. He said he received it.
Trump received a SAG pension in 1992 for his role in “Home Alone 2,'' and a few years earlier, in 1989, he received an AFTRA pension for his role in “You Can't Ghost.'' The former Republican president and 2024 presidential candidate's pension predates the 2012 merger between SAG and AFTRA, the paper said.
Similarly, in September 2024, Politifact The report said Walz's claims were false and that Trump was a member of the SAG-AFTRA union until he resigned. Trump joined the SAG union in 1989, years before it merged with AFTRA in 2012, according to PolitiFact.
Reagan was also involved with the SAG union. The actor-turned-Republican president reportedly served as an alternate on the board of governors before being elected third vice president and ultimately president. Official biography Via the SAG-AFTRA website.
According to the same biography, Reagan served seven terms as union president and led actors' strikes. washington post Reported. The last time actors and writers went on strike at the same time, Reagan was SAG president. Town & Country Magazine Shown in July 2023.
Walz was also a member of the union. Mr. Walz was a former high school teacher and member of the National Education Association. Los Angeles Times Reported. According to the Los Angeles Times, Walz touted his union origins, calling himself “the first union member to run for president since Ronald Reagan” during his first solo campaign in August. He said that there was.
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