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What Do You Think About the Essential Workers?
Sally Kohn: There's a lot of cynicism still from itica crass with mei could dig into this deeply. But i think we also should be reflecting on the cynical misuse of the term essential workers throughout the pandemic, she says. She points out that there was not a slaughter house worker or paltry industry worker in Donald Trump's salute to "essential workers" at the convention. That would have bee awkward for trump because he invoked the defense production act to force workers in the meat packing sector back to their jobs without imposing any safety requirements upon companies employing these workers.