October 8, 2024 1:21pm EDT
Teamsters union President Sean O'Brien torches Democratic Party: 'They have f---ed us over'
Teamsters boss says Democrats 'need to look in the mirror' as party loses support from union's members
By Breck Dumas FOXBusiness
October 8, 2024 1:21pm EDT
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien issued a sharp condemnation of the Democratic Party in a recent interview, saying the party has itself to blame for losing support from the union's rank-and-file members.
"I'm a Democrat, but they have f---ed us over for the last 40 years," O'Brien said during a sit-down with Theo Von for the comedian's "This Past Weekend" podcast. "And for once – and not all – but for once, we're standing up as a union, probably the only one right now, saying, ‘what the f--- have you done for us?’"
The Teamsters made waves this year by breaking with Democrats for the first time in decades by declining to endorse a presidential candidate for 2024, after the union's internal polling showed its members favored Republican former President Donald Trump with 59.6% support over Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, who received 34% support.
O'Brien acknowledged he is being "attacked from the left" over the decision, but he told Von that in the two-and-a-half years he has been president of the Teamsters, the union has given "the Democratic machine" $15.7 million and only given $340,000 to the GOP.
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