Donald Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage
Tom Kludt, CNN
Updated 6:59 AM ET, Wed July 27, 2016
Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are "too high."
The Republican presidential nominee was pressed to provide a specific number by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, who said "there has to be a federal minimum wage."
Trump initially dismissed that.
"There doesn't have to be," Trump said. "I would leave it and raise it somewhat. You need to help people. I know it's not very Republican to say."
"Ten bucks?" O'Reilly asked.
"I would say 10. I would say 10," Trump agreed. "But with the understanding that somebody like me is going to bring back jobs. I don't want people to be in that $10 category for very long. But the thing is, Bill, let the states make the deal."
Bernie Sanders assailed Trump on Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, telling delegates that the GOP nominee "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25," which is the current federal minimum wage.
In his interview with O'Reilly on Tuesday, Trump tried to repudiate that, although he also spoke in support of an incentive-based payment system.
"Nobody has ever heard of this before and a lot of companies do it," he said. "By raising it they already get the incentive. No, I believe it should be raised but when Bernie Sanders said I want to go less than what the minimum wage, I mean, honestly, Bill, these people are lying so much."
Trump has said in the past that he believes the minimum wage should be decided by the states, but his position on the issue has changed over time.
At a Republican presidential debate last November, Trump said he couldn't support protesters demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage.
"Taxes too high, wages too high," he said. "We're not going to be able to compete against the world. 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 they have to get into that upper stratum. But we cannot do this if we are going to compete with the rest of the world. We just can't do it."
But in May, Trump signaled in an interview with CNN that he would be in favor of raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour, saying "people have to get more."
Donald Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage - CNNPolitics.com
Tom Kludt, CNN
Updated 6:59 AM ET, Wed July 27, 2016
Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are "too high."
The Republican presidential nominee was pressed to provide a specific number by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, who said "there has to be a federal minimum wage."
Trump initially dismissed that.
"There doesn't have to be," Trump said. "I would leave it and raise it somewhat. You need to help people. I know it's not very Republican to say."
"Ten bucks?" O'Reilly asked.
"I would say 10. I would say 10," Trump agreed. "But with the understanding that somebody like me is going to bring back jobs. I don't want people to be in that $10 category for very long. But the thing is, Bill, let the states make the deal."
Bernie Sanders assailed Trump on Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, telling delegates that the GOP nominee "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25," which is the current federal minimum wage.
In his interview with O'Reilly on Tuesday, Trump tried to repudiate that, although he also spoke in support of an incentive-based payment system.
"Nobody has ever heard of this before and a lot of companies do it," he said. "By raising it they already get the incentive. No, I believe it should be raised but when Bernie Sanders said I want to go less than what the minimum wage, I mean, honestly, Bill, these people are lying so much."
Trump has said in the past that he believes the minimum wage should be decided by the states, but his position on the issue has changed over time.
At a Republican presidential debate last November, Trump said he couldn't support protesters demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage.
"Taxes too high, wages too high," he said. "We're not going to be able to compete against the world. 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 they have to get into that upper stratum. But we cannot do this if we are going to compete with the rest of the world. We just can't do it."
But in May, Trump signaled in an interview with CNN that he would be in favor of raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour, saying "people have to get more."
Donald Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage - CNNPolitics.com
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