Beck Baselessly Smears AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka: “This Guy Has Done The Violence Gig Forever” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 02/24/11 1:34 PM EST From the February 24 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program: Video file Previously: Malkin Calls Richard Trumka “Thug In Chief At The AFL-CIO”; Accuses Him Of A “Bloody Legacy” Beck's Theory: Richard Trumka And AFL-CIO Using Egypt To Create Worldwide Socialism Beck Expands His Egypt Theory With Red-Baiting Union Smears Beck says unions are “in cahoots ... with big business” and “the AFL-CIO is a damn communist organization under Trumka” Modern-day McCarthy: Beck uses flimsy evidence to attack AFL-CIO's Trumka as “in bed with” Communists
