{"id":2335258,"date":"2024-09-01T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T18:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-president-still-holding-out-endorsement-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T18:51:59","slug":"teamsters-president-still-holding-out-endorsement-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-president-still-holding-out-endorsement-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamsters President still holding out endorsement &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-president-still-holding-out-endorsement-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=2335258&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>The Teamsters, a \u2064significant labor union representing 1.3 million truckers and UPS drivers, has yet to endorse a presidential candidate, with President Sean O&#8217;Brien \u2062indicating they are awaiting a meeting with\u200c Vice President Kamala\u2064 Harris. In a CBS interview, O&#8217;Brien noted that \u200cthe union&#8217;s membership \u200bis evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, emphasizing the necessity to serve\u2062 all members \u200cequitably. This union\u2063 is\u200b notably the only major non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-rnc-solidifies-union-push-with-vance-pick-and-teamsters-speech-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s RNC solidifies union push with Vance pick and Teamsters speech - Washington Examiner\">-law enforcement union<\/a> that has not\u2063 endorsed\u200d Harris. \u2063O&#8217;Brien previously gained attention for speaking at the Republican\u2062 National Convention and subsequently felt \u2064snubbed when\u200c he was not invited to speak\u200c at the Democratic convention. He\u200b expressed the importance of meeting with Harris to discuss Teamster-specific and broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-meltdown-plays-out-in-private-facebook-group\/\" title=\"New York Times Meltdown Plays Out in Private Facebook Group\">labor issues<\/a>\u200b before making an endorsement. Although there might be \u200dlingering \u2063tensions \u200ddue to O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s RNC \u200cinvolvement \u200band his lack of DNC participation, he affirmed that the Teamsters traditionally lean Democratic, despite having supported Republican candidates \u200din the past.  <\/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 still holding out endorsement, wants Harris meeting<\/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_1739136\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teamsters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Teamsters\">Teamsters<\/a> still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t endorsed a presidential candidate, and are waiting on a meeting with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> before doing so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>That was the message that Teamsters president Sean O&rsquo;Brien gave in a Sunday morning interview on CBS, in which he said his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frances-right-wing-leads-first-round-of-parliamentary-election-projections-show-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Projections indicate France&#039;s right-wing ahead in parliamentary election first round - Washington Examiner\">union&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s membership is split evenly between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to serve all of our membership equally,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.3 million-member group represents truckers and UPS drivers, and is the only large, non-law enforcement union yet to endorse Harris. O&rsquo;Brien made waves in July by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3084127\/trumps-rnc-solidifies-union-push-vance-pick-teamsters-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speaking\">speaking<\/a> at the Republican National Convention, and was subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3126941\/teamsters-president-says-dnc-shunned-him-speaking-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speaking\">ghosted<\/a> when he asked to speak at the Democratic convention in August.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s now waiting on a meeting with Harris before making any endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want the opportunity to sit down with Vice President Harris,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said. &ldquo;I said to someone the other day, &lsquo;You don&rsquo;t hire someone unless you give them an interview.&rsquo; This is our opportunity to ask her about Teamsters-specific issues and also labor issues. Until we have that meeting, we will wait to make that determination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-teamsters-trump-endorsement-union-labor-aed9b5cbe74b8db105ef1c87ea522837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> on Aug. 17 that a meeting was scheduled, but O&rsquo;Brien says it has yet to take place. <\/p>\n<p>There may be lingering animosity on both sides, from O&rsquo;Brien because he was rejected from speaking at the DNC, and from Harris because O&rsquo;Brien spoke at the RNC. <\/p>\n<p>The Teamsters, a union of largely male, non-college-educated workers, has historically been more open to Republicans than some of its counterparts. It endorsed Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush and sat out the 1996 election before backing Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in more recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that history, O&rsquo;Brien said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a very, very Democratic union.&rdquo; He also reiterated his criticism of Trump over anti-strike comments Trump made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elon-Musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a>, which O&rsquo;Brien has described as &ldquo;economic terrorism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats never told O&rsquo;Brien why he wasn&rsquo;t able to speak on the DNC stage, but he said the Republicans responded right away and made no attempts to alter his speech. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was hopeful that the Democrats would do the same, but they didn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not upset about it, but I can tell you this &mdash;&nbsp;my rank-and-file members who have been lifelong Democrats are not happy about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republicans historically are seen as friendly to big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>business<\/a> but have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-history-first-president-in-40-years-to-punt-on-contacting-israel\/\" title=\"Biden Makes History: First President in 40 Years to Punt on Contacting Israel\">made overtures<\/a> toward labor unions in recent years. Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), joined a picket line last year and has taken a critical approach to corporate power.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to the Harris campaign seeking comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1739136\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739136\"}});<\/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\u2019Brien has announced that the union has not yet endorsed a presidential candidate and is awaiting a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris before making any decisions. In a Sunday morning interview on CBS, O\u2019Brien noted that the union&#8217;s membership is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, emphasizing the need to represent all members fairly. The Teamsters, which includes 1.3 million truckers and UPS drivers, is currently the only major non-law enforcement union that has not backed Harris.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien stirred controversy in July by speaking at the Republican National Convention but was subsequently ignored when he requested to address the Democratic convention in August. He expressed his desire for a meeting with Harris to discuss issues specific to Teamsters and labor concerns before committing to an endorsement. &#8220;We want the opportunity to sit down with Vice President Harris,&#8221; he stated, adding that it\u2019s essential to have an interview-like discussion before making hiring decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Although reports indicated a meeting was scheduled for August 17, O\u2019Brien claims it hasn&#8217;t occurred yet. There may be lingering tensions due to his previous rejection from speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and his participation in the Republican National Convention (RNC). Historically, while more open to Republicans than some unions\u2014having endorsed figures like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan\u2014the Teamsters have also supported Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in recent elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this history of bipartisan support, O&#8217;Brien described his union as predominantly Democratic while criticizing former President Trump for comments he made regarding strikes, labeling them as &#8220;economic terrorism.&#8221; He mentioned that although he wasn&#8217;t upset about being excluded from speaking at the DNC stage, many of his long-time Democrat members were displeased by it.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Republicans have attempted to engage more positively with labor unions; for instance, Trump&#8217;s running mate Sen. J.D. Vance participated in picket lines last year while adopting a critical stance toward corporate power. The Washington Examiner has reached out for comments from Harris&#8217;s campaign regarding this situation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2335259,"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\/09\/Sean-OBrien-endorsement-Teamsters-Trump-Harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13348,39871,5894,19459,32076],"class_list":["post-2335258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-endorsement","tag-labor-union","tag-politics","tag-teamsters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sean-OBrien-endorsement-Teamsters-Trump-Harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335258","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}