a month after he won the election. president trump elect returned to carrier and was greeted as a hero for saving their jobs before he even took the oath of office. united technologies and carrier stepped it up and now they re keeping actually, the number is over 1,100 people, which is so great. over 1,100 jobs. that number is going to go up substantially as they expand this area, this plant. they re not going to leave this country and the workers are going to keep their jobs. these companies are not going to be leaving anymore. they re not going to be taking people s hearts out. but that s what carrier did. they went ahead with their plans to move hundreds of jobs to mexico and as donald trump would put it rip people s hearts out. trump voter rene elliott was one of those people who lost their job. she now says she feels forgotten
joining me now used to work in that plant but has been laid off and is unemployed. rene, thank you for joining us tonight. in another interview you told nbc you voted for donald trump and felt betrayed and forgotten as one of the people laid off by carrier. when were you laid off? i was laid off january 11th. and did you believe your job was saved based on what you were hearing on the campaign? yes, absolutely. we all believed our jobs were going to be saved. when the president came to carrier when he was president-elect, chuck jones, the head of the steel workers union there came on this program that week and he said the president lied when he was at carrier and that chuck jones was trying to explain to members, that, no, hundreds of workers were still going to lose their jobs. was that a confusing time?