From Fox News' America's Newsroom show:
BILL HEMMER: "Are you a member of a union? If so, leaders of the union giant AFL-CIO might be fighting to save the jobs of the middle class members in that union. Those members need to know where they’re doing it. Union executives holding their winter conference at a high-class resort in South Beach--that's Miami, Florida heading to the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel. That hotel recently underwent a $1 billion makeover. We sent Brian Wilson – tough duty – for the low down with reports from Miami Beach so stay tuned for that."
MEGYN KELLY: "Boondoggle."
HEMMER: "That's where they did the Victoria's Secret show a couple months ago.
KELLY: "That's a boondoggle for everyone involved, the AFL-CIO and Brian Wilson."
HEMMER: "Cha-ching."
KELLY: "We're in the dungeon."
Here's the video:
I've been to Miami Beach twice. The first time was in the mid-1990s; I stayed at the Deauville Beach Resort, a property that had seen better days when I was there, but I believe it's been fixed up since. A few years ago I was a paying guest at a limited service art deco property called The Fairwind.
Why didn't I stay at the Fontainebleau?
Because this middle-class person couldn't afford it then, and can't afford it now.
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