At GOP debate, presidential candidates bash union bosses, sympathize with striking workers

DETROIT — Thirteen days into the United Auto Workers' strike, Republican presidential candidates blasted union brass during Wednesday's presidential debate in California, while expressing support for the rank-and-file workers. Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur, said he doesn't have "a lot of patience for the union bosses," though he holds sympathy for union workers because he understands that economic hardship isn't a "choice." "If I was given advice to those workers? I would say go picket in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.," Ramaswamy said. "That's really where the protest needs t...