Republicans push 'blue-collar comeback' – but is the party a true friend of the worker?

Multimillionaire Trump ally and senators who oppose $15 wage rise among those promoting idea that party is for working people

Amid the resurrection of the big lie" about an election stolen from Donald Trump, another deceptive theme has emerged at this weekend's rightwing gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference: Republicans as the true party of the blue-collar worker.

It was a concept promoted variously over CPAC's first two days by, among others, a multimillionaire former governor who made a fortune in healthcare; the son of Donald Trump, who lives in his own exclusive Florida club; and two firebrand US senators with law degrees from Ivy League universities who oppose a universal hike in the minimum wage to $15 an hour.