{"id":2298146,"date":"2024-07-17T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-president-praises-trump-and-vance-at-rnc-much-to-white-houses-dismay-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:52:07","slug":"teamsters-presidents-praise-of-trump-and-vance-at-rnc-upsets-white-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-presidents-praise-of-trump-and-vance-at-rnc-upsets-white-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamsters president&#8217;s praise of Trump and Vance at RNC upsets White House &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteamsters-presidents-praise-of-trump-and-vance-at-rnc-upsets-white-house-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2298146&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teamsters\u2062 president Sean O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s appearance and\u200d positive comments about President Donald Trump and Senator\u2062 J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention have angered White \u200dHouse officials.\u200b Despite President Joe Biden&#8217;s strong support for unions, the Teamsters have not endorsed either candidate in the presidential election. O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s speech,\u2064 in which he called Trump a\u200b &#8220;tough S.O.B.,&#8221;\u2063 was seen by some as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-ubiquitous-flag-how-the-pride-marketing-blitz-is-saturating-every-corner-of-america\/\" title=\"That Ubiquitous Flag: How The Pride Marketing Blitz Is Saturating Every Corner Of America\">de facto endorsement<\/a>. The \u200dWhite House aides, congressional Democrats, and labor leaders viewed O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s support for Trump as a \u200bbetrayal, \u2062given the administration&#8217;s backing of labor priorities. \u2063O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s speech at\u200d the RNC was unusual for a Republican convention, with\u2064 many labor leaders traditionally aligning with Democrats.\u2063 The Teamsters\u2062 defended O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s remarks, citing his criticism of Amazon&#8217;s employment \u2064practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Teamsters president praises Trump and Vance at RNC, much to White House&rsquo;s dismay<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1705761\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> officials are reportedly angry over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3084656\/teamsters-boss-intriguing-comment-corporate-welfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Teamsters<\/a> President Sean O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s appearance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a>, given President Joe Biden&rsquo;s strong support of unions.<\/p>\n<p>The Teamsters remain an outlier among labor groups because they have not endorsed either candidate in the presidential election. O&rsquo;Brien did not endorse former President Donald Trump at the RNC on Tuesday, but some viewed his address as a de facto endorsement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/07\/17\/teamsters-rnc-union-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>According<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, White House aides, congressional Democrats, and even some labor leaders were angry over O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s appearance and positive words for Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). The aides reportedly were particularly upset, viewing it as a betrayal of the administration&rsquo;s support for many of the Teamsters&rsquo; top priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How could the Teamsters not endorse the man who is transparently the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-still-weighing-china-tariff-options-as-requests-to-keep-them-pile-up\/\" title=\"Biden Still Weighing China Tariff Options as Requests to Keep Them Pile Up\">pro-labor president<\/a> in history? There is no question the White House is furious,&rdquo; one person reportedly in communication with White House officials told the outlet. &ldquo;Everybody is p&mdash;ed. Everybody is like, &lsquo;What on Earth? How could this have gotten so messed up?&rsquo;&rdquo; Biden&rsquo;s support for labor unions has led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1084037\/group-of-17-unions-endorses-biden-for-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>many of them to endorse him<\/a> this presidential cycle.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien called Trump a &ldquo;tough S.O.B.&rdquo; in his address.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new, loud, and often critical voices, and I think we all can agree, whether people like him or they don&rsquo;t like him, in light of what happened to him on Saturday, he has proven to be one tough S.O.B.,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s speech at the RNC was uncommon for a Republican convention as many labor leaders have been overwhelmingly pro-Democrat. He said, &ldquo;The left called me a traitor&rdquo; for speaking at the RNC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The corporatists that the Teamsters exposed on the floor of the RNC own the <em>Washington Post<\/em> and were likely upset by how many times Sean O&rsquo;Brien directly called out Amazon&rsquo;s atrocious employment practices,&rdquo; said Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokeswoman, in a statement provided to the outlet responding to the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Teamsters refuse to be pressured to fall in line by those who continue to applaud a broken system,&rdquo; Deniz continued. &ldquo;We will continue to participate in the political process at all levels on behalf of working people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien also praised Vance for &ldquo;truly [caring] about working people.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Vance has an awkward history with unions, awkwardly greeting Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) at a United Auto Workers strike last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nice to see you, Marcy,&rdquo; Vance said while laughing at the awkward exchange. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First time here?&rdquo; Kaptur asked. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First time here, yeah,&rdquo; Vance replied followed by thanks from Kaptur for coming. <\/p>\n<p>Biden was the first sitting president to appear at a picket line when he showed up at a UAW one in 2023, and he restored retirement accounts for around 350,000 Teamsters members. Some union members fear Trump will undo some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-unions-would-rake-in-9-billion-more-from-dues-if-pro-act-is-passed-report\/\" title=\"Labor Unions Would Rake In  Billion More From Dues If PRO Act Is Passed: Report\">pro-union policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the White House but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien has also requested to speak at the Democratic National Convention but has not received an invitation.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1705761\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1705761\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamsters president Sean O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s appearance at the Republican National Convention, where he praised Trump and Vance, has caused anger among White House officials who support Biden and unions. Despite not officially endorsing Trump, O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s speech was seen by some as an endorsement. This has led to frustration and confusion among White House aides, congressional Democrats, and labor leaders. O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s positive words for Trump and Vance at the RNC have been viewed as a betrayal of the administration&#8217;s support for labor priorities. Biden&#8217;s strong support for labor unions has led many to endorse him, making O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s speech at the RNC unusual for a Republican convention. The Teamsters have not endorsed either candidate in the presidential election. O&#8217;Brien has also requested to speak at the Democratic National Convention but has not received an invitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2298147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24198124104697-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6915,35363,3634,15469,32127],"class_list":["post-2298146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-rnc","tag-teamsters-president","tag-trump","tag-vance","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24198124104697-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2298147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}