http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/09/18/teamsters-leadership-didnt-endorse-kamala-harris-and-its-like-a-funeral-at-cnn-n2401144
As we told you earlier, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, who spoke at the Republican convention in Milwaukee this summer, announced that the union he heads up will not be making a presidential endorsement this year, which hasn't happened in decades.
The Teamster president's refusal to endorse comes despite the fact that the union's own internal polling shows the members overwhelmingly support Donald Trump. Their members' poll shows the rank-and-file backs Trump 60 percent to Harris' 34 percent:
Teamsters (@Teamsters) ~ TEAMSTERS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT POLLING DATA
“For the past year, the Teamsters Union has pledged to conduct the most inclusive, democratic, and transparent Presidential endorsement process in the history of our 121-year-old organization—and today we are delivering on that promise to our members,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Our members are the union, and their voices and opinions must be at the forefront of everything the Teamsters do. Our final decision around a possible Presidential endorsement will not be made lightly, but you can be sure it will be driven directly by our diverse membership.”
The Teamsters have not yet endorsed any candidate for U.S. President. The union’s General Executive Board expects to announce a decision on Wednesday.
The Teamsters leadership is reading the handwriting on the wall.
You might remember that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain endorsed Kamala Harris last month, all while admitting that the majority of the members of that union would also be voting for Trump.
The Teamsters' non-endorsement is tantamount to a win for the Trump campaign (the Democrats are not happy), and CNN seemed a little down while delivering the news:
Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) ~ It’s like a funeral at CNN over the news that the Teamsters won’t endorse Kamala Harris, and that most of the union’s members back Trump.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1836518984235274320
There seems to be some coping going on in the media at the moment.
mike (@mikeairbusdvr) ~ I’d love to be a fly on the wall inside the Harris campaign offices in the northeast. It’s gotta be sheer panic. Michigan is gone. Trump will win Michigan.
General™️ (@TheGeneral_0) ~ The rank-and-file Teamsters know that Kamala is weak and will hurt their pocketbooks.
Jamazel (@JRAzeltine) ~ We’re starting to get a little peek beneath the fake veneer the Dems and the MSM are putting on. We’re winning. I can feel it.
Hopefully that was a very minimal preview of election night, but we'll see.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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