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That press release is meaningless.

Actions matter. Sean O'Brien was happy to be on stage at the RNC. Controversy has followed him throughout his tenure in various leadership roles in the Teamsters.

The former union president, James P. Hoffa (Jimmy's son), criticized O'Brien for not guiding the Teamsters to an endorsement of Harris.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/20/teamsters-jim-hoffa-harris-endorse/

There are approximately 1.3 members in the Teamsters. Local chapters representing nearly 1 million have voted to endorse Harris.

Some local Teamsters groups announce Harris endorsements after national union declines to do so

So yeah, I don't believe O'Brien or that press release that the Teamsters just couldn't come to an agreement.

 

I bought this ticket. Jan. 29 at Cat's Cradle. Gonna need it.

 

I guarantee you the principal at A.L. Johnson is no Trump lover, nor does the local seg academy want their students moving in.

 

Reading the early stories on this, that's the impression I got. He didn't get to speak at the DNC so threw a hissy fit.

 

And it begs the question, how many Teamsters are even in Red States where most have "right to work" laws and union membership is lower than blue states.

 

Republicans coming out against routine maintenance in 5... 4 ... 3 ...

 

Something smells about the Teamsters non-endorsement.

There are approximately 1.3m members nationwide - locals representing more than 1m have endorsed Harris.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/teamsters-union-sean-obrien-harris-trump.html

AOC Embarrasses Teamsters Chief After He Refuses to Endorse Harris

GOP Senator Who Nearly Physically Threw Down with Teamsters President During Hearing Says They’re Now Buddies Thanks To Trump

 

There are some, but there are significantly more in blue states or states where there is more of a balance. Not a ton in the sun belt, for example.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

 

Not only that, most of those states have "at-will" labor laws where they can cut you loose at the drop of a Stetson.

 

Talk about a self-own.

 

The Harris Team would be wise to continue to use their social media like this if they win. I hope Harris returns with the weekend message that was a staple until Trump, where the President talks about some issue they find important and wants to put before the people. There was a great West Wing episode where Bartlett kept flubbing the reading and it took forever.

And I'd do stuff like this with Walz, A minute or 90 second thing, whether its him reminding people to change the batteries on their smoke detectors when they change their clocks - ("And don't think you get out of THIS Arizona and Hawaii!" - or talk about what parents should be doing when their kids go back to school "I always used to love meeting the parents of my students, usually always helped the performance of the kids when we could agree on expectations." or the proper way to make a jack o'lantern and trick or treat safely with your kids. "Never a bad idea to get to know your neighbors..."

 

Dipshit Donnie is having a rally in Wilmington today. It will be telling if Robinson isn't on stage with him.