Some things in life are constant: Death, taxes, and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's disdain for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).
After news broke Monday that Walker planned to suspend his presidential campaign, Trumka released a short statement, saying: "Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national." It was a more verbose follow up to the remarks he made in July when Walker announced he was entering the race: "Scott Walker is a national disgrace."
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